I have a friend who got into sewing her own clothes and she has a similar problem with clothes (and commercial patterns) not fitting her bust. She's thinking of making a corset or a torsolette, kind of like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoor5f82Ghg
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Date: 2026-01-27 05:32 pm (UTC)The video series that she is rewatching for tips, by The Closet Historian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilNTOeGdUQ4 Stop Using Commercial Patterns, Learn Pattern Drafting Instead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kezrk6-JnnU Making A Late Victorian Corset // A Silk Mock-up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMR7tF5WCPg Making An Iridescent Silk Corset // Late Victorian Corsetry
Good luck with the sewing!