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I just purchased a set of Elizabethan stays on etsy.

You know how the suggestion page when one logs in is generally pretty awful? Well, the other day it gave me a set of stays made from the Hunisett pattern, and the measurements of the stays when laid flat were exactly three inches smaller than my current bust and hip measurements. Which is perfect. Perfectly perfect.

And they're covered in rust, green, and gold brocade, and with shipping the total was 43 dollars.

Reader, I folded like a flimsy card table. I'm both ashamed and elated.

Date: 2015-09-27 09:12 pm (UTC)
northernwalker: (Default)
From: [personal profile] northernwalker
Wisdom indeed!

Date: 2015-09-27 11:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noodledays.livejournal.com
ha, I totally get it - sometimes you just gotta cave on things like that.

Date: 2015-09-27 11:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] colliemommie.livejournal.com

43 bucks!! The lady sells her custom stays for over 200! And these are the exact bust, waist, and length I would order if I was getting custom ones made!!


I'd spend about that on materials, with metal boning, and I suck at binding. Super suck. And there are about a,zillion eyelets in the back. Eyelets are time intensive little buggers.

Date: 2015-09-27 11:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noodledays.livejournal.com
it makes good sense! : D

Date: 2015-09-28 01:17 am (UTC)
raechel: (Default)
From: [personal profile] raechel
It's a hell of a steal!!

Date: 2015-09-28 02:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] colliemommie.livejournal.com

It really is! I debated calling a friend to talk me off the ledge, then objectively realized she'd push me right off the ledge and consider it a good deed.

Date: 2015-10-02 04:06 pm (UTC)
raechel: (Default)
From: [personal profile] raechel
I am absolutely that friend. I tell my friends when they ask for advice on something to tread carefully because my official title should be "Enabler of bad decisions."

Date: 2015-09-28 12:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skittish-derby.livejournal.com
sounds like a good buy then! :D

Date: 2015-09-29 05:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] moonflowers.livejournal.com
It's so hard to resist sometimes! Sounds like you got yourself some lovely things though. :D

Date: 2015-09-30 02:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ccangel42.livejournal.com
I vote for greatness :)

Date: 2015-10-07 12:20 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] filkferengi
So, instead of a drumroll, will there be a bumroll?

;)

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