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Waist suppression, please explain...
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I'm lost, I sort of know what it is, but, really, what is it?Originally Posted by farfisa23
Essentially, it's shaping done to a coat to accent the traditional male V torso shape. A sack coat usually hangs straight down, while a coat with significant waist suppression will look more like an hourglass. Or are you asking about how the effect is achieved?
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Done well it is very three dimensional, but most of the time it is more of a pinching in at the sides of the waist.
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Here we have a picture of a coat with significant -- some might call it extreme -- waist suppression. Notice how nipped in the waist is, and how much shape the coat has overall.
For RTW, waist suppression is often done as an after-purchase alteration.
For RTW, waist suppression is often done as an after-purchase alteration.
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I see, I thought it had to do with the actual construction of the waistband in the pants, like a mirdle (man's girdle). Like something Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute would have worn.Originally Posted by farfisa23
You should not have admitted this.
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I see, I thought it had to do with the actual construction of the waistband in the pants, like a mirdle (man's girdle). Like something Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute would have worn.Originally Posted by farfisa23
Those girdles were actually worn historically by men wanting to achieve that suited hourglass shape.
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Those girdles were actually worn historically by men wanting to achieve that suited hourglass shape.Originally Posted by LabelKing
This thread is hilarious.
Historically they were referred to euphemistically as 'belts'.
Mirdle indeed
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From a tailoring standpoint, what is the correct way to achieve waist suppression? Does it occur when the pattern is made or is is simply just nipping the waist during the finishing stages of making a jacket? I suspect that it is probably both, but has more to do with the pattern and how the jacket is initially cut, versus just nipping in excess material after the jacket has been made. Chris (Despos) or anyone else, please clarify.
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From a tailoring standpoint, what is the correct way to achieve waist suppression? Does it occur when the pattern is made or is is simply just nipping the waist during the finishing stages of making a jacket? I suspect that it is probably both, but has more to do with the pattern and how the jacket is initially cut, versus just nipping in excess material after the jacket has been made. Chris (Despos) or anyone else, please clarify.Originally Posted by sammy
A bespoke jacket should have its shape already in the initial pattern, not as an afterthought once the jacket is already put together.
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A bespoke jacket should have its shape already in the initial pattern, not as an afterthought once the jacket is already put together.Originally Posted by zjpj83
Just remember that, if you are in the habit of wearing corsets, to wear it when you go to be measured and on each of the fittings.
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