Hi zyurelaie
Thank you for your nice comment about my articles. Yes I to like the look of retro swimsuits and a one-piece strapless skirted retro style can still turn heads in a nice way on the beach, I have put some pics of some suits in a zip file on the forum page under bras. Look at pic file name 3698.jpg, a classic ruched number. To make one start with an inner foundation garment, a boned and cupped panty corselet or Basque and ruche the outer fabric on this foundation. Look at my article on making a corselet.
Corset Hugs
Mark.

Hi Mark,
Your bra making articles were very easy to understand and I think it could be applied to overbust corset pattern making, especially the measuring method you demonstrate. It is remarkably similar to a method devised by a US plastic surgeon a number of years ago to assist women with breast implants to find the correct size bra. The surgeon even came up with a slide rule type of device to make it easier for someone to figure out their bra size.

I remember the retro swimsuits well. I grew up in the 1950s and 1960s (graduated from high school in 1969). In the states they were called dressmaker swimsuits; more like a full body girdle with a synthetic covering.

If you really want to do your own thing and make money at it head over to the Fashion Incubator. The woman who runs the site has published a book that is designed to help Designer Entrepreneurs be a success.

Regards
Paul Villforth