Miss Celie's Pants

So, through work I happen to know a guy who imports from China. A few weeks ago, we got to talking and I asked him if he could get a 1/2 size dressform. My thinking was the half scale forms are $130 or so online for one. There are three schools in Baltimore with fashion design programs — maybe he could start selling them here. So, he emails me the next day and says that he can get half size dress forms, sell them for $75 and still turn a good profit.  Dude. Later, he sent me an email with photos of the full-size dress forms and said they were going to send him a sample of that too. He wanted my opinion on the full size.  Clearly, I said get a full size sample of the dressform with the skirt.  When it arrives, if it’s a six through 10, I’m all over it. Trust.

So much for my ‘buy local’ new year’s resolution.

 

The supplier says all their forms are for tailors and sewers in fitting and pinning — not for display.

 

The one below is called ‘women’s form with skirt’

 

 

 

This one is called ‘women’s typical style’

Women’s Usual Style