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If you make your own clothes, or want to start, you will need a dress body to help you make sure they will fit. Now, you could pay a ton of money for an industrial one, or you could make one for less than $15.

  1. Wear a well fitted bra and panties and an old tight t-shirt to help get the shape of the form as close as possible to how your body looks.
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  2. Mid thigh is a great place. Continue until you (or your helper) gets to right under your breasts. [1]
  3. Now start to vertically cover from the bottom to about one inch below your collarbone.
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  5. The arms will come last.
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  7. After there is only a half inch between the skin and the tape, wrap up to the top of the collarbone with plastic wrap or some other cloth. Now cover the neck and the collarbone with the tape.
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      • To make a stand, you can use an old weight (The kind with a hole in the middle) or an old Christmas tree stand and a metal pipe or the stick off a mop or broom. Simply make sure that it is sturdy and stick on the form, cutting a point of entry and exit in the top and bottom. To top it off, use some kind of round knob.
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      Warnings

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      Things You'll Need

      • About 1.5 to 2 60" rolls of duct tape
      • Close fitting undergarments
      • Old form fitting t-shirt
      • Patience
      • Scissors
      • Helper
      • ruler

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        Apr 22, 2017

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