Making a Custom Dress Form
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2024
- Today you get to see a month's worth of work in 20 minutes. I have always wanted a dress form made to my measurements however I don't have a $1000 to drop on one made for me by someone else but I was also a little dissatisfied by the lack of important measurements taken when purchasing the Bootstrap pattern. So I took it upon myself to make a professional-grade dress form for myself. You will see the whole process, casting my torso, pouring the foam, de-moulding and rubberising the outside, and finally making the batting and outer cover.
If you give it a try please tag me in photos of your final product on Instagram! I would love to see it!
Morgan Donner's Dress Form Video: • DIY Dress Form // Copy...
0:00-1:11 Intro
1:11-2:46 Fact-finding and research
2:46- 6:33 Making the plaster cast
6:33-7:13 Pouring the foam
7:13-8:05 De-moulding the form
8:05-10:06 Fixing my mistake
10:07-11:20 Measurement check
11:20-11:54 Rubbering the form
11:54-13:18 Building the base
13:18-13:57 Rectifying posture
13:57-16:58 Covering the form
16:58-20:32 Final Reveal
★ Links to Products Used ★
Plaster Bandages: amzn.eu/d/8Q21vx0
Flotation Foam: amzn.eu/d/3wyA8Gg
Rubber Coating: amzn.eu/d/6HMxZ6r (While this is the brand of silicone I used, you can probably find a much cheaper alternative option. Any silicone for mold making should work fine)
Paste Wax: amzn.eu/d/a1tvpos
Plaster of Paris: amzn.eu/d/bvRIyMD
Mold Release: amzn.eu/d/5W5Dhn5
Twine: amzn.eu/d/fwpz9s7
Drop Cloth: amzn.eu/d/0tJNDOQ
Plastic Wrap: amzn.eu/d/aj6yB0X
Dress form wheels- displayimporter.com/products/...
Dress form flange- displayimporter.com/products/...
** I tried to find the same products I used but in some cases I had to find close approximations. None of the above links are affiliate or paid links. While they are links to amazon listings I did this for ease of international viewers being able to see the products. I encourage buying from small businesses and local when you can! **
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I commend you on this challenging project. What I learned is that I can’t do it. Lol.
Me too 😂
Lol!
Me three
I’m exhausted 10 minutes in…
My duct tape form lasted a few years. I moved a couple of times and lost a bunch of weight...
Fantastic! If there is one suggestion I may make, when sanding anything, please wear a dust mask. Particulate matter can be very irritating to the respiratory tract. I refinish a lot of antiques (which requires sanding), so I know from experience.
So true! And I definitely should have put in a disclaimer for anyone else who might want to try this. I can tend to get a little neglectful when it comes to my personal health and safety, which is definitely not the best practice!
"Particulate matter is forever"
I'm so glad you went and actually poked different foams with pins to figure out which ones work best! There are so many different methods of trying to get custom dress forms out there, but this really looks like a highly professional and USABLE form for both fitting and draping! Yes, obviously fitting on a form is never going to be the same as fitting on a body, BUT it's a lot easier to get closer with a form that's closer to your actual shape. And the fact that the proportions are much much closer fit to your body helps so much with designing/draping things that are actually flattering on YOU instead of the dress form.
I feel that you did a really GREAT job in making a dress form that represents YOUR body and measurements. Your final results look so professional !!! Way to go.
What’s super dope is you have a snap shot of your form - in the future it’ll be cool to look back and see how your body changes. You should make a dress form every 5 years or so - it’ll be a cool record of those changes!
Very inspiring. Strikes me making a custom dress or tailoring form should be the first project that a new fashion or tailoring student should undertake (although it would take some organising). Thereafter, fittings will be so much easier to master.
Wow! Much respect for you & your partner taking on this project.
OMG that's amazing! You pointed out an inch difference in the waist placement, compared to your body. I think it's practically perfect. You waist is higher than the waist of the dress form, but your shoulders are also higher. If the dress form were an inch taller (with the height coming from the legs), the shoulders and the waist would be nearly perfect.
Lots of work, great results. Fascinating to watch. Thank you!
Sage you did a wonderful job. I really wanted to make me a dress form but after seeing all the steps you went through I changed my mind. I'll keep looking for one closer to my size.Thank you for your demonstrations/video....
Great. i am in the process of making one myself and your comments were very helpfull. not to expect perfection and all in all use friends to help out with fitting and making. Thanks
I have never been more mesmerized by a creation process before this was amazing thank you.
Wow thank you so much! What a lovely compliment, I am so glad you enjoyed!
👏 😮 Wow, you did a really good job! Even when you had challenged you didn't give up.Thanks 😊 for the video.
I want to get into sewing my own clothes and have a very unique body shape. I’m thinking of using this tutorial to make own dress form. This is a great in-depth how-to! Thank you for sharing this!
I’m so impressed that you undertook a challenge like this. I know this video was posted 2 years ago, but I’m subscribing to your channel and am anxious too see what else you’ve done.
This is AMAZING!! I am in awe at what you created. You should be so proud!
Your hard work and intricate detailing really shine here. Years ago when I learned how to create my own patterns and fit them to me, I created a dress form cover from a princess line bodice pattern. I put in a back zipper and took an old form that someone had given me, and contorted into fit my shape. I padded it and closed it up on the form. I have done this twice and really need to do it again.
Our bodies change as time goes by and it sure goes by fast. I love what you did. It looks so much better than mine did. I have had years of use from it though. I finally bought a nice one with my measurements, and it works for photography and fitting for some issues. I am also short waisted. My legs are just an inch longer than the normal inseam found in ready to wear.
Thanks for sharing your story.
What a great tutorial! The finished project looks amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! That was a lot of work. You put together this video of the work so well too. I appreciate how passionate you were about this project and I am very impressed with how well your dressform turned out. It looks perfect. Thanks for sharing your process!
Just came across your video. Wow! So impressed with your make. I’d love to have done this years ago, but now I’m in my 70’s and know my body and sewing skills after 50 plus years, and I’m okay with draping, etc. you did a great job!
You should be so proud of what you have accomplished!! Incredible epic job!Lucky you to have a great helper too. Looking forward to see what you can drape from Sage double.
Thank you so much! 😊
Congratulations on making a very nice looking dress form. It sure was a lot of work. I admire your determination to persevere till you completed it, and I thank you for making this tutorial. It helped me because now I see that at 73 years old, I’m not up to tackling such a rigorous project. Some applause, as well, for your assistant.
This was an engineering project! Excellent execution! You’re a perfectionist, so of course you’re critical on some aspects of the final product.
Calculating the process of recreating this three dimensional form was impressive AND the final cover… holy geeze. You did an excellent job!
All the insights from your experience are ‘key’! Thank you for posting! I’ll have to engage my sister to try it!!!
I am impressed! This was a huge undertaking. One I had considered trying but I think I have changed my mind 😂.
Fantastic! I hadn’t even thought that this was possible. I'm in awe, and I learnt so much!
You did an Awesome job and should be proud. Im inspired to try now. Thanks for sharing.
well done, you're a very clever lady... I'm humbled and inspired by your ability... and I love hearing you talk about distribution of volume and such... we're not all meant to be a standard size! Our clothes should fit us, not the other way around...
What a trip! Thanks for sharing, it was a very interesting process.
Wow. Amazing results.
What a great video! love the detail of your explanations! great job and thanks for sharing!
Great job! So interesting to see how the standard form varies from yours, even with the same B/W/H measurements.
Expanding foam expands on the path of least resistance. Instead of putting the two halves together and then pouring the foam, I would pour each half separately. Once it had cured cut the excess foam off evenly de-mold the halves then glue the halves together. It would be easier to pour, easier to de-mold far more accurate.
Amazing! I can't wait to try. Thank you for doing this.
I did the same thing up to the part of actually making the dress form because when I was looking into it, there was only a magazine article on it, no videos and that's a lot of money and time (the process I found took an entire day just being casted) to be unsure. So thanks for this!
I have researched many different ways to make a good bespoke form. I think taking advantage of modern technology has to be the best option. I would get a 3D scan of the body to start with. Then slice the 3D scan in say 5mm slices. Print plan views of the slices and use these patterns to cut out pieces from sheets of suitable rigid foam. Glue them together. Seal and cover. I think the beauty of starting with a 3D scan is that you can manipulate it and shrink it if necessary to take account of any coverings or batting etc added after the fact. Also if you want to, you could make the slices from ply with a hollow cut out to keep the weight down. This would make a rigid positive from which you could cast a much sturdier front and back piece to make foam moulds from.
The scanning people said they coat the piece they scan with a special metal paint. I am thinking there would be a stretchy material that would do what is necessary.
But they quite dissuaded me.
In the future we will be scanned and decide what clothes are made for us.
end result is great. just perfect. I've seen other video's also which make custom dress form but yours is much much better
that was a crazy amount of work - wow, the end result looked great.
You really made it so perfect 😍😍 I love your dress form ❤️ you did great!! Keep it up 👏👏
Congratulations!!!! I never see it before. Perfect
I love how your arms are out at an angle ! Makes so much more sense!!
Wow, you’ve done such an amazing job with this dressform, thank you for sharing! Seems quite a long process but definetly worth it 👏 Love from Brazil 🇧🇷
Felicitaciones un super trabajo y lo bueno de trabajar en equipo excelente
In college, my roommate had class on this very subject. She put a garment bag from the cleaners some other class member helped apply masking tape. Viola the mold to apply the expanding foam. It looked exactly like her body.
You did a fantastic job in both outcome and directions! Thanks for sharing!
Much more natural! Love this! You and your partner did a great job!
Well done! You did such a good job, it looks like it will be very useful.
Wow, such a cool project! I'd love to have a custom dress form someday! Yours looks so good
Impressive! For making your customized dress form, it looked really great! I'm inspired to make my own. Thank you for the through explanation, great video editing, and organization of process. Keep up the wonderful work.
Wow!!!! It came out beautifully! ❤
I love it! No one's body is shaped like a dress form, so this is an amazing tutorial!
Wow! That was a lot of work! Compliments to both of you for the patience and hard work! I love to create stuff too but this is too much for me. Especially cause I would have to do things all alone. But I got an idea while watching the video so maybe that would help.
Thanks for sharing this with us
We did this same project in high school art class in 1979, Shoals, southern Indiana. It took us six months in class.
I love everything you did! Turned out beautiful! 🎉❤
This was a great tutorial video! Now I feel like I can make one!
Oooo this is exactly what I needed!! This will definitely be my project for next year
This is one of the best utube videos I’ve seen. Well done. Excellent work. A brilliant end product. You should be very proud. I wanted to do this. But I’m now never going to do this. I do not have your tenacity! But I’m glad that I do know how to. It’s because of you. Thanks ❣️
Thank you so much!
I am SO impressed with this! It looks so great, and was super informative.
Thank you so much!
Not sure why youtube recommended this video to me, but I couldn't stop watching, it was very impressive. You should be very proud of yourself. Nice job.
Nice!! I gonna make my own mold. Just starting learn how to mold and sew. :) it is very relaxing and exciting at the same time.
You both worked really hard on this-looks good!
Before putting the two plaster molds together for the foam casting I would recommend using mold release spray! And let that cure for at least a day and a half. After that you can put the two pieces together. This is such a great way of making a dress form! Hopefully I’ll have some time to make one myself
Amazing!! Teamwork makes the dream work every time ❤. I have a dress form I can’t use (too lg) and I’ve always wanted to make my own. After seeing your video I’m clear that I am definitely not up to this task! 😢 Kudos to you ‼️
You did a fantastic job! So proud of you! You have inspired me to make my own dress form. Will send pictures when/if I ever complete project.
Thank you so much!! I would love to see them if you do!
Incredible you two!
Wow, you went thru alot of effort for that. I am proud and can't say i would've stuck it out to the end. Nice job!
thank you for the video and all the information and tips maybe some day I'll make my own .. by the way your dress form turned out very neat and very close to the professional congrats 🎉😊
You should be proud you did a great job I really did enjoy this.
loved it u did great 👍 I had a whole other plan but urs was really cool to see
Amazing work, well done!
Beautifully done!
I'd love an emotional version of this project! this is something I've recently thought of doing. I think I would have cried at least twice.
You did a DAMN good job! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I watched this video all because I found a piece of material that I fell in loooove with and I want to make SOMETHING out of it. Do I own a sewing machine -- NO. When I have to hem my and my child's pants I do so by hand. We both have the oddest measurements in U. S. history 😂
Wow! That was a lot of work! Good job!
Your end results looks incredible and super professional! I normally don’t click on those videos because the end result always looks wonky but yours is everything I’d want. I wish I could make one too because I defo don’t have standards measurements but I’m not sure my studio appartement is the ideal place to do that 😖 and it seems like you need a few specific machines not everyone has at home like the cutting wood thingy and the stapler etc but omg selling the dream
I am so glad you liked the video! It definietly would be difficult in a studio apartment! Especially with all of the chemicals! As far as the tools go, I am just very conveniently married to a carpenter, otherwise this might have been a very expensive project. However there are definetly alterations that could be made to the project that would allow it to be done without as many wood working tools :)
Foley Dressed Yes indeed plus I have a cat chemicals wouldn’t be super safe for her as well haha but I’ll keep the idea in mind for whenever I have more suitable living conditions for this project. :)
Thank you. I have a similar problem with my body-- I have a short torso so I have a hard time finding things that fit and I like to have pants that come up higher.
I have a very long torso and I have the same problem😂 nothing ever fits right
Wow. You did an amazing job! ❤
Im very impressed!
Wow, your dress form turned out really good. I’ve watched Morgan’s video on this process as well, it was fun to see your take on it.
Thank you so much!
Hello I am so so proud of you that you didn't give up and look what you've have achieved., well done you🙌🙌🙌. And it's lovely that you had good people to help you finish the well done guys. This was very relaxing to watch, have given me some inspiration to do my dress sitting here right in front of with clothes on and I keep promising that I will do it and I will NoW 😃😃😃
Thank you so much!!
Totally in awe, great outcome, but, nah...I won't be doing that! 🤗🤗🤗
Edit: I ended up buying a UK size 6 bodyform and filling out the bits to match me, and it's working well so far! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Wow, that's an amazing job.
Amazing! What an incredible job!
Thank you so much!
This looks exceptional
Fantastic project.
omg!! this is so amazing!! 👏 👏
Great job!!!!! It’s awesome!
Fantastic work!!
It doesn't matter id there are a few little wrinkles it just means you'll be able to tell it apart from the ne t one you make 😊
You did really great job and thanks for providing the extra info on the foams.
What a job!!🎉🎉
This was very very interesting to see.
AWESOME!!! Professional grade!
you did an excellent job!TFS
next time put a tight long sleeve t-shirt that is 2 sizes smaller so it fits very snug to the body the cove with duck tape all over then cut the T-shirt under the arms then cut it up the back with scissors to remove it then tape the cuts closed once you have it off. Be sure to go all the way around the torso and arms reinforcing it ....go over the tape with 2 layers of the plaster paper then once it is dry fill it with foam..... then used quilting batting and covered the form with fabric...I used an old hat stand to mount mine it has lasted for years
You did an amazing job!
WOW that foam stuff is amazing! Great job btw! It really does look quite professional, well done =) definitely a good idea to add the cover =)
Yes! I am short waisted too and it's frustrating that it's something that's hard to approximate on my dress form.
Amazing job and great video!!
This process is very similar to a kit that used to be sold (maybe still is?- I couldn't find them) in the early 2000's called my twin dress form. They used a drycleaner plastic garment bag to cover the body and undergarments and used making tape to secure the extra fullness. Plaster bandages next but they didn't make it two part. Instead special scissors were used to cut the plaster off. The cut edges were then sewn together with string and another layer or two of plaster bandages reinforced the whole form. Their instructions called for green surgical soap as the release. It didn't work even as well as the release you used 😳 I ended up using a player rasp to file off the bandages. They had two jersey knit cover layers, no batting. I still use this form today, a hundred pounds heavier. I've added padding and batting to account for the increase in size. I tried to make a new form but used paper tape. I ended up passing out and busting my paper shell like a pinata 😅 I was very careful to not lock my knees out and to breathe evenly. Dunno what did me in. I like your wide plaster strips for quicker coverage.
This was very interesting.....thanks for posting.
This was AWESOME!
You did a great job!!
Great job!!