Category: roots
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Are You Overfitting Your Wires? A look at breast root anatomy
Bra making has taken a very modular turn in the past few years: to make a well fitting bra, you must: Take a root trace (while leaning forwards) Match this to a wire chart and order some similar wires Make a fitting band to fit your wire and band Add the cups and fit those…
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You’re probably not Omega, just Projected – here’s the difference, and how it affects bra patterns
In the online bra making community omega is a popular term, and many people (esp. in larger cup sizes) consider themselves to have an omega breast shape. Omega is a term that popular instructor Beverly Johnson claims to have coined, and she explains what she means by it in this post. Her definition (and conceptualisation)…
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Bra Science — Center full? Outer full? Splayed? What does it all mean?
With the recent advent of increasing discussion on center fullness and outer fullness – including a gore alteration that increases center depth, and more and more people being confused as to what it all means, I thought I’d try and explain what these shapes are and why so many people struggle to figure out which…
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Hi, can you tell me what's that pretty green bra? Thanks in advance.
Here is a thought I would be interested in exploring: How would the opposite affect wire spring? (meaning if the…