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   kayl | Apr 20, 2004 08:29pm | #1

   Have you tried a smaller armscye? How about one of the snug-tex type

   waistband treatments inside the waistband of your pants or skirt?

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   Elisabeth | Apr 20, 2004 10:35pm | #2

   It seems like some men's clothing as well as children's used to have some kind of buttoning system that connected the pants and shirt on the inside invisibly to keep things in place. I wish I could remember this more clearly.

   There are reverse upside down suspender type things that attach to the shirt bottom and go between the legs. I have seen them advertised in the not too distant past. Also, in Claire Schaeffer's book "Couture Sewing" she gives instructions for making a "crotch stay" which is a version of that kind of suspender thing.

   A blouse can be sewn to a pair of panties and the panties are then cut open across the crotch and snaps are applied so it can be opened from below.

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   kayl | Apr 21, 2004 03:19am | #3

   The kid's button-togethers I recall were based on a button in the

   inside waistband of the pants, and the buttonhole on the shirt tale.

   Never worked for my mom, as I was one of those tall kids that was

   forever coming apart in the middle, so I think I lived in corduroy

   jumpsuits till I started school. <g>

   Seriously, the Snugtex elastic, either used all the way around

   inside a waistband, or just as patches, does a pretty good job

   of keeping blouse and pants together. It looks a lot like

   regular elastic with some chain stitched rubbery stuff in rows...

   that's the grippy part that "grabs" the blouse fabric.

   Here's a picture of it in white, but it also comes in black: http://www.steinlaufandstoller.com/Elastics.htm

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   Marion6422 | Apr 21, 2004 03:46am | #4

   That's a really good website for elastic. I haven't tried the Snugtex but it sounds like a good idea and the simplest solution.  Thanks. -- Marion

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   Marion6422 | Apr 21, 2004 03:50am | #5

   I'm going to try the Snugtex first and if that doesn't work well, I'll try extending the shirt bottom to make the panties part, with snaps at the crotch.  I don't know why I hadn't thought of that myself.  Thanks. -- Marion