Women: Flattening the chest.

By **Duckeh**. 31/01/08, 01:01 pm

You know what's depressing?!?!
"I wanna bind my chest for my next cosplay!!" <--- Me all hyper && such!!!
"I don't think they'll be that noticeable either way" <--- My nana

She totally killed my hyperness ;-;
It's depressing cause it's true~ Razz

Owwws c.c;;
With nothing underneath? Just tape? Crrrrraaap!!!

By **seraphik**. 31/01/08, 02:12 pm

it is pretty horrific. ;; but there are ways to make it less uncomfortable, luckily. 8D

By **Tamoo**. 31/01/08, 04:29 pm

The binding I did for the ACP was pretty comfortable |3
Just don't do handstands while in them - it hurts >D

By **Duckeh**. 31/01/08, 04:54 pm

Hehehe, flasher tammy ;]

By Rikki-Leigh. 12/02/08, 10:51 am

For my Dem-Dem cosplay, I'm looking at buying a Compression Shirt.

http://www.underworks.com/997.html

Plus, it comes in black so it will match the jacket. Lol. But I ain't getting the jacket until I get the shirt so I can see how much I ish flattened *pokes DD boobs* So totally not fair. I'm bigger than my mum and I'm not even 15 yet T-T Damn this blasted things that constantly get in the way. Lawl.

By Suixelo. 26/03/08, 02:56 pm

Quote :: I'm bigger than my mum and I'm not even 15 yet

I was at 15 too, and now I'm a D. It sucks. Especially because I'm a size 8 everywhere else, so I never get clothes that fit right.

But omg I managed to get them almost flatttt tonight.
SEE! Ignore the weird angle at which I am sitting.

LEOTARDS ARE THE SECRET. srsly a smallll sports bra, bandages wrapping diagonally, so they overlap, and then two leotards.
I am amazed. ROXAS WON'T HAVE BOOBS. Even if I have to be very hot. Oh dear.

By **Duckeh**. 30/04/08, 05:19 pm

This may be a TAD late... But I feel thee need D=<

O:
+APPLAUDS!!!+

But I like boobyful Roxas~ ;-;

By Suixelo. 30/04/08, 11:58 pm

I should do a girl Roxas XD

By Rolly. 04/05/08, 10:13 am

Aurellion wrote:: feel.. factor..? [cringe]

xD okay then~ I'm not sure I COULD run in Lulu's outfit anyway - seriously, how does she manage to fight in all those belts? xD

She must've trained hard. >_<

You might want to try some padding.. that's all I can think of.

By **Tamoo**. 10/05/08, 10:24 am

Or fake boobage? C:

By firecat70. 19/05/08, 03:19 pm

I tried binding for the first time on Saturday. Gah. I thought it would be easy, seeing as I'm already pretty flat. Not so much... It was a bit... lumpy, and I couldn't bend properly. THEN IT STARTED TO FALL DOWN. It was awkward -__-
Looking at the tutorial though I can see where I went wrong ^^;

By Suixelo. 19/05/08, 03:25 pm

What are you using? If you have bandages, use at least two, and criss cross them diagonally. I just pull really hard and shove the ends right around the sports bra strap/underneath. I find putting a leotard on top keeps everything firm looking as well.

By firecat70. 19/05/08, 03:31 pm

I used some gauze bandages with tape over top. I criss crossed them a bit - but mostly horizontal. I probably should have done it over my shoulders as well to help it to hold up.

By Suixelo. 19/05/08, 03:48 pm

Mmm could do, but you might run out of bandage before you've covered all the lumps and bumbs.

By firecat70. 20/05/08, 02:21 pm

Yeah, that's true ^^ It's surprising how fast 5 meters is used...
I will have to track down a leotard

By Suixelo. 20/05/08, 03:18 pm

lol I have about 6 and counting. I dance, though.
Jump into your local dance store or try online =3

By **Tamoo**. 20/05/08, 05:09 pm

Try using an old one size (or two sizes) too small sports tank top, use normal cloth bandages and then medical strapping tape over. I find you can get very flat by using these materials even though it may seem bulky. You should start from top of your chest criss crossing then go up wrapping horizontally. This is so the muscle from your boobs don't ride up.

Always make sure you don't have it so tight that you can't breathe. If it hurts after 5-10 minutes of strapping - TAKE IT OFF.
When I first bounded my boobs, i found i was in intense pain the whole day :/ I was stubborn and ignored the pain, and the next morning i had bruises everywhere on my chest and i swear every time i breathed for a few days my chest would creak XD

By Suixelo. 20/05/08, 05:20 pm

Yeah, that's what I use and how I do it, just with an added leotard on top. =3
But I fail at explaining stuff.

Breathe like a singer, use your diaphragm. So much comfier.

By **Tamoo**. 20/05/08, 05:23 pm

Suixelo wrote:: Yeah, that's what I use and how I do it, just with an added leotard on top. =3
But I fail at explaining stuff.

Breathe like a singer, use your diaphragm. So much comfier.

I am a singer XD;; ~~BET YOU ALL DIDN'T KNOW THAT~~ *cough*
I do that now. Using my diaphragm i mean. When I first binded, I was oblivious to everything - I pretty much messed the whole binding experience XD

By Suixelo. 20/05/08, 05:30 pm

lawl, was meaning for firecat, not you~
But anyway, coolios! I've had 4 years of training and done several musicals, but the last year I've been real slack with it.
I'm singing in the Auckgeddon contest, hoooopefully =D

I think everyone does, I don't count because I spend way too much time researching and obsessing over these things >.<

By **Tamoo**. 20/05/08, 05:36 pm

Four years? O_O Wow.
I did drama for 3 ayears, does that count? >_>;;

Oh for everyone, more advice is - using sports strapping tape on skin can leave marks, though it DOES hold your whole binding for a very long time. I do it anyways because i'm not gonna show the world my boobies (or am I? O_o) If you gonna use tape on bare skin, i recommend using baby oil while trying to peel of skin gently.

By Suixelo. 20/05/08, 05:49 pm

Sometimes haha. I've lost a lot of it now, though. Tis a shame.
We need to have a karaoke night one night X3

And don't, for the love of god, use anything not meant for skin. I've heard of people using duct tape >.<

By **Tamoo**. 20/05/08, 05:56 pm

Yes. No duct tape on bare skin. *stares at Ducky*
Use skin friendly tape like medical strapping tape (supposedly), ACE bandages, etc.

By Suixelo. 20/05/08, 06:05 pm

lol serious? Aww bless that's funny.
I got mine from my handy dandy ~~NOTEBOOK~~ first aid kit =D

By Static. 21/05/08, 07:20 am

When I got boobless for my Lucifer costume a few years back, I made a little corset-thingy to flatten me out. I got from a C cup down to almost nothing - might not work under spandex, but it sure did under vinyl. All I did was make a semi-boob-tube top from a thick, non-stretch drill and remove all of the bust shaping. I ran some boning and eyelets up the back, and voila! The good thing about doing it like this is that you can tighten/loosen at will, to avoid those pesky breathing problems and/or sore nipples Oo

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