[ogre23]

Princess Seam

A Princess Seam is a set of dressmaker seams which run down the front of a garment, shaped approximately like a pair of parenthesis )( going across the front of the bustline and then either straight down the torso past the waist and hiplines, or just across the waist and then flaring back out at the hipline. This particular reverse curve seam is used in place of darts on womens clothing. They (or darts) are necessary because as I'm sure we've all noticed, they have those lovely curves in places we guys don't. And as any mathematician will tell you, mapping a flat surface (say, cloth, or a piece of flat leather.) to a three dimensional curved surface (mmmm. curved surfaces.) is difficult, to say the least. And hey, if the girlies can be wearing armored leather jackets and still show off all those mathematically interesting complex curves, so much the better.

-Kawazuki, not just a biker, software engineer, and welder, but a tailor, too.

 

[ogre23]

Re: Princess Seam

Hrmmm. Sorry, that probably should have read "to a three dimensional object which is curved on more than one axis." Ohwell.

-Kawazuki, overpedantic.

 

[ogre23]

I have a joe rocket phoenix jacket and a.) it's a heck of a lot more comfortable than a leather jacket in the summer in New Mexico, and b.) the armor in it works well in a crash. I can say from personal experience that it helps out a lot. 20mph or so, and the only noticeable damage was that one of the snaps on the arm popped off.



My unarmored knee did not fare nearly as well. Ow.



-Kawazuki