Sewing the world's OLDEST BRA!

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You know, that’s not a million miles from the little hippie tops we wore in in the early 70s. Very cute, and acute detective work. A ‘touch me’ dress with a ‘do not touch me’ belt, very a la mode

As a bra maker you did really well with the fitting! Just a tip for anyone recreating: if you want more volume in these cups try cutting it horizontally at the centre, not at the top of the cups. This should give you a more projected "bra" shape, if that's the look you're going for. Morgan's method probably works better for a more classic bodice look though

I have to say, when I saw the first medieval image of a bathing house dress, I immediately thought "summer dress!" ^^

It looks like a slip my Gran made for me when I started to fill out as a teen. Her and my great-Gran knit a wool one to go over it in the winter. Looking back it was my most lived in article of clothing. They made it out of layers of really thin linen and I had it until it fell off me and couldn't be patched anymore. Pretty sure my mom secretly disposed of it. Lol

Massive fan of the accidental sexy midpoint... there's just something super fun about the idea of making a risqué version for any medieval garment. Also looking forward to a sprang-learning video someday in the future lol

Here in Sweden, bathing suit wasn't recommend for swimming / Bathing but for walking at the beaches , because the wet fabric would cool you down and get you sick and that would be dangerous, so go to cold swim house and bathe naked instead. I have a book from 1850 talking about the healthy and long held tradition of swimming naked here and how it makes people strong and gentle.

I looove this! As someone who can NEVER find a bra that fits right, this medieval option looks so comfy. And linen in the summer is a dream. I may have to buy this pattern, as my drafting skills aren't there yet

Part of the reason why the Duct tape pattern was fitting the way it was on the 1st sample is because you did not fit exactly to your chest. Since you taped yourself in to a mono-bossom the pattern made a mono-bossom garment.

A big part of the issue with the first mockup was probably the tape form being taken with a bra on. It's always better to draft a support garment from the point your breasts just kinda naturally are.

"You know how sometimes you look at a bra and go 'eeeeeeeh I don't think that bra is gonna fit me'" That thought is precisely why I switched to wearing historical corsets over bras on the daily. Tiny ribcage + large bust = 🙃

I just love your sense of humor XD The bath dress looks so cute! I wonder if the smoothing out of the taped cups might be why the curve wasn't right at first? Now I'm curious how the researcher's pattern is going to look like :D

What I noticed in the "string-fitting" garment was how perfectly flat to your chestbone the top part rested. The strings curved nicely over each side, giving a sense of separation and shape. But in the finished garment the top part popped away from your skin, and you got more of a monoboob effect. I think what this garment really needs is for the circles cut into the chest binder to be completed, not just crescent moon shapes. Don't sew the cups to each other. Let there be separation between the breasts and increase the depth of the cups on the inner sides. The chest portion of the garment should fit flat against the chest, not angled away at all. And you were exactly correct that the seams of the first try were in the wrong place. The seams belong at the crease (all around) where your breast starts and your chest ends. Sprang is a very stretchy sort of weave, similar to a string shopping bag, or a hairnet. It supports vertically, but allows free stretch sideways. This may have been put there to allow for chest expansion while reaching and lifting. If you can make a chest portion that fits closely to your body, with holes that your breasts fit comfortably through, but with the edges of those holes precisely where your breast edges are, then the way to fit the breasts perfectly would be to put a circle of fabric over each breast and pinch out the darts needed, while wearing the chest foundation.

My spouse and I were literally talking like last week about whether I could try making a custom bra for my ridiculously-sensitive, thin EDS skin that would fit my proportionately-large chest and, um, yeah I guess so. Wish I could sew well enough but I kinda want to try it now.

I really don’t want this to come across as weird, for context I’m both autistic and asexual, but my word. Morgan is so stunningly beautiful. I just find her so incredibly lovely and easy to look at. I’m not even jealous or anything I just think to myself “darn, that’s a beautiful lady” every time I see her

This video comes at the exact moment that I realized that you English speaking people have missed the opportunity to call bras booby traps 😂😂

Lmao, I literally just commented on an Elden Ring let’s play about how weird it is that FromSoftware games always have female character underwear shown as a simple tied of piece of cloth. The unflatteringly named Breast Bags were a thing. They even had smocks with support and the under bodice.

OMW, when you said, "I think I could make the cups a bit more round" I was so worried you wouldn't realize you just needed a LOT more fullness in the cups, heh heh. I would likely add even more, honestly, though at a certain point you run into Breast Nest syndrome, and while comfy, is A Lewk, to say the least! Very cute garment!!

I would love to hear what Mr. Morgan Donner's reactions are when you walk out of the sewing room covered in tape and plastic wrap saying "honey, I need your help for a sec..."

Oh my gosh, the mockup is giving me vibes of the stewardess outfit from The Fifth Element haha there are two different stewardess outfits, but one has décolletage cutouts like that haha As someone who is both learning to sew, and wants to make a bustier at some point, this is really inspiring! Thanks for sharing ~