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Right?? That part really made me pause too.

It’s kind of wild when you think about it, we’re treating this like a new discovery, but it’s actually something tailors were already doing. They were essentially working top-down from a stable point, which is exactly what TDCO is about.

Starting from the chest/upper bust and then shaping over the body just makes so much sense when you see it that way. It almost feels like we’re reconnecting the dots rather than inventing something new.

Makes perfect sense! It's the bodice equivalent of Ruth Collins' TDCO (top down center out) for fitting pants. (Check out @IthacaMaven on Substack).

FWIW the chest / upper bust measurement was the way to determine your pattern size when printed patterns began. Maybe it was Victorian reluctance to speak openly about the body, but tailors f…

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