By the time you have completed your research your 50% tailors dummy will be ready to use. Here you can see how shoulder pads have been added to the dummy before the half-scale toil is fitted.

Vintage wedding dress patterns can be reduced down to half-scale and adapted to create your own design.  To fit your 50% tailors dummy you will need to look for patterns with a 34" bust and use a photo copy machine to scale down each piece by 50%.

When teaching pattern cutting I use standard, UK size 12 blocks, in half-scale. Designing in half-scale means using a lot less fabric, makes learning to pattern cut fun and is the perfect size to include in a portfolio of work. Students studying with me have really enjoyed creating and using their own 50% dummies and so I have written the making of these dummies into this Central Saint Martins Summer School Course Couture Bridalwear Couture Bridalwear