Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 It's time I looked the part! I'm lookin' to assemble my first pyrate wench outfit and I'd like some advice on where ta begin... I've already googled and found lots of places, but which is the best to start with? ebay? a certain website? (I can sew pretty well, too.) So... can ye help me? Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Wow! I always thought ye had one? Well, thrift shops are one good place to start. The skirts and blouses they have there are perfect! I got my bodice at one of the ren faires and also a chemise as well. The rest I put together with skirts or blouses from thrift stores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 Nope, sure don't.. but I will... I like your bodice.. the way it goes under the boobs and lifts... (ok, I'm being blunt, what the hell, how else to I explain meself?) anyhow... I want one that does that. I've found a beautiful dress on ebay, but the bodice doesn't appear to do that. I will go to my thrift shop and see what I can find there... hopefully they'll have something that will work... the dress on ebay is $200. thanks! Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Yeah, those faire bodices works wonders-lol! I swear, men designed those suckers! Thank ye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 yuo're welcome... yeah, men must've desinged them, but of course.. we dress for them anyhow, don't we? Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Yup! They say beauty is pain and ye definitely feel pain in the bodice-lol! But the look is great! Guys enjoy it, that's fer sure! I get a lot of attention in it. :) Ye definitely need to get yerself a bodice, good times with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 I definitely will! Damn, I wish there were some faires around here where I live... :: sigh :: I'll have to order one from somewhere. Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Wait, where are you from? There's at least one faire in every state. At least I think so..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 I'm in South Arkansas. Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Hmmmm....there should be faire out there somewhere. Get yer husband to buy ya one. Tell him it'll be money well spent-lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 what should I expect ta pay for one? Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Um, they range in prices. The cheapest can go as low as $50, the highest being closer to $100. No reason to pay so much, so shop around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 Will do.. thanks! I'm off ta bed now... it's 4:20 AM!! Jeez! I had no idea! LOL! Sleep sweet, Christine. thanks for all your help, when I get my dress together I'm going to post it up. Hopefully it'll be sooner than later. G'nite, luv! Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Time flies huh? lol! Sleep well, see ya later luv! *yawns and stretches and makes her way to her bed as well.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Bodices are the hardest to fit to women. You have to try them on to see what works. I wouldn't buy one off the Internet without being able to try it on first. One bodice I made out of leather a few years back came under my boobs, so while looked great to the guys, it can be your undoing too- as my chemise with the elastic neck accidentally came down, while I t'was on stage preformin' with Mallory and McCall one year, exposing myself to all...I was redder than the skirt I t'was wearin'. Nowadays I prefer them just enough to push me up, but not fall out. Course, for some reason, they just sort of slide back down. I think I need to build 'shelfs' in my bodices like bellydancing bras... But I swears, I gots 'em! Rumba Rue **In the beginning there was nothing and then it exploded** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancy Posted May 15, 2005 Author Share Posted May 15, 2005 I'd like to find a faire... but it may be that I have to order one... and if so, I'll make sure they have a good return policy and order a few... to try on.. maybe that would work... No, I don't wanna be fallin' out... I just want 'em... supported. Fancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charity Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 That's what i told some one too Rumba. I made one after the pattern and it didn't fit as it should, so we adjusted it and it was great for a while (the pic i posted here remember?) but after wearing it a day it was horible.. So much for working hard on your first bodice, so i'l make sure you get one of good fabric and boning too. To see it go bad like that is a huge disapointment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkyns Posted May 15, 2005 Share Posted May 15, 2005 Most of the ladies I know swear by these guys http://www.bruteforceleather.com/scripts/p...p?idCategory=17 Pricey, but worth it. I know they do quite a faire circuit, and Pennsic. I've seen them at the Fetish Flea in Boston, too. Hawkyns Cannon add dignity to what otherwise would be merely an ugly brawl I do what I do for my own reasons. I do not require anyone to follow me. I do not require society's approval for my actions or beliefs. if I am to be judged, let me be judged in the pure light of history, not the harsh glare of modern trends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charity Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 WOW check out the Elisabethan corsets..magnificiant but the price.. That's way beyond pricy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumba Rue Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 cough cough sputter.....for those prices I can definately make it myself!!! And for a third of the cost! Geesh! Rumba Rue ** ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renfairepirate Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 you might like this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...8305677199&rd=1 my wife makes them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkyns Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 cough cough sputter.....for those prices I can definately make it myself!!! And for a third of the cost! Geesh!Rumba Rue ** ** Yeah, like I said, pricy. but the pics don't do them justice. The leather work is, I am told, lasercut. Certainly I have never seen such clean crisp lines with any kind of knife. Those who I know that have bought them swear that they fit perfectly and nothing shifts. They don't show pics, but they've made a full leather dress of about 6 oz, laser cut, studded and spiked. The spike bra was interesting, too. Hawkyns Cannon add dignity to what otherwise would be merely an ugly brawl I do what I do for my own reasons. I do not require anyone to follow me. I do not require society's approval for my actions or beliefs. if I am to be judged, let me be judged in the pure light of history, not the harsh glare of modern trends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergal Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 and when yea be done with the "quest for the perfect bodice" and need other leatherwork, woodwork, jackwear, etcetcetcetc come see me! arrr! http://www.granddesignworkshop.com *this shameless webplug brought to you by Lord Fergal the Botteler member in good standing of the BSMSG......."blood sucking merchant scum guild * Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 These folks do fabulous work as well http://www.pendragoncostumes.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tudor MercWench Smith Posted May 16, 2005 Share Posted May 16, 2005 alot of websites do custom works - you give them your exact measurements and they cut it to fit you. Also, they will most times have an alter policy instead of a return. This is where I ordered my bodice - www.greycatdesigns.com She does all custom work and is very nice to work with. The bodice fit perfectly, the only thing I wished diffrent is the fact that she doesn't use steel boning which I cold have used. The prices are in a mid-range - bit more pricey, but they really are well made and custom crafted. Can't get anything in leather though . . . as for skirts and chemises and the like - as was said before, thrift shops and even some chain stores will have peasant, hippie, flowy types of skirts that should do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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