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They didn't have zippers. And, they didn't have elastic fabrics.
I don't think this was a good solution, because it's not common. It was a solution that worked, but perhaps not very well.
A better solution would have been as a corset is made. A corset expands to slip into, and then contracts with laces. That idea could have been adapted to the shoulder area. Alternatively, a seam at the shoulder that could fold over itself a couple of times and is held with buttons.