elizabeth_mn

Shoe snobs, you may look away for a moment.

Okay. I'm waffling. Two pairs of almost identical boots, but I can only keep one. These are meant to be fake regency style for me. I know neither quite does it, but I'm cheap.

The only differences: color (slight) and one is a little softer than the other (the little bit darker one). The softer/darker one closes a bit more tightly around my ankle, but also looks a little scrunchier.





Is there a winner, or do I just close my eyes and point?

I'm thinking about buying a Uniquely You dressform.  Here's where I try to justify it:

I had a lot of trouble with the draping aspects of the Pink Cupcake dress (as in, draping the swags of fabric, not the draping method of creating a pattern, as opposed to flat drafting) that I think would have been greatly helped with a dressform.

A lot of people seem to think that a form will solve all their fitting issues, and I realize this is not the case, but there are a lot of other uses!  Placing trims, adjusting hems, visualizing designs, and possibly some construction (like setting a sleeve from the right side) as well as, of course, displaying a finished product, are all things a form could help with. 

Why Uniquely You?  Well, a foam form is more adjustable and it's corset-able.  I liked Fabulous Fit but this one is way cheaper.  I feel comfortable with hacking it up or adding more padding if necessary.

I read several reviews; most helpful were here and here.  

Any thoughts?  Does anyone have a form they love or hate, and what do you use it for?