Thanks for all of the eyelet information!
The pleather is AMAZING. It's very soft, and it
does have stretch! I can't really explain the finish of it, but it's not solid...ie. if you stretch it farther than it should go you can see all the splits in it as opposed to it just stretching and ripping at some point like plastic. I guess the leather-look finish is a seperate coat on it...ugh. I'm bad at describing things. But it should work, and it's an amazing colour at an amazing price!
A few things I've noticed though...the seams aren't pressed open, they do have the topstitch on either side but I think it's just more decorative than anything because other than the obvious seams, the bodysuit is flat, no raise edges or seams sewn down or anything...at least not on the outside.
The top half
does indeed have a waist seam which is where the princess seams end.
And all of the Mord Sith have front zippers! It's the 'seam' you see going down the front center. They don't call'em invisible zippers for nothing.
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I think that they have Cara's half open pretty much confirms that this is what's intended, even though when she wears it half open, the zipper doesn't go above her cleavage ( and lacks the topstitch on either side as well, actually ). Not only that, but the back seam of the suits are entirely grommeted and laced up so there's no zipper there...which means if it's not in the front then these things have to be entirely CG'd on because there is no possible way to get in/out them!!! :LOL
Actually, upon closer inspection, the necks of the armored mord sith don't have a zipper in the front so you are correct, it's just a seam, though Cara's suggests otherwise. So I guess the lacing up the back IS the way to put it on/take it off. @_@... I'll be going Cara-style with a zipper. No way am I lacing myself into that without an easier way to get out. :lol And even if I DID attempt this, the loose ends of the lacing would drive me nuts. The leg ones are easy enough to hide in the boots but the wrist ones would fall out if tucked and the back would have to be laced UP ( rather than down ). I like a costume that I can get into/out of without the assistance of...assistants. :lol