Dear Constant Reader,
Happy Friday! Many of those in the burlesque world are off at the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend. I hope you’re having fun, drinking lots of water, and maybe even getting a little sleep.
I’m so excited to share with you a tip (my 400th!) from the brilliant Betty Blaize. It’s so simple and so clever.
When you’ve got a tear-away cup bra, it’s important to make sure you attach the cups on the correct sides. There’s a subtle, but important, difference between the left cup and the right, but they look so similar. Betty, ever the engineer, came up with this simple solution.
On one side of the bra, sew the male halves of the snaps on the cup and female halves on the frame. For the other side do the opposite.
Here’s the bra she just made for Devastasia. I know it’s hard to see the details, so there’s a close up below.
You can see the female snap on the cup and the male snap on the frame. It’s exactly the reverse on the other side. It’s impossible to snap a cup onto the wrong side!
This works for detachable panel skirts too! Sew the snaps one way for the front panel and the other way for the back.
Like this costuming tip? There are lots more in Miss Mina Murray’s Little Book of Burlesque Costuming.
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Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
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