I am the pattern maker/garment developer/tech designer at a relatively small company. My company is about 50 years old and has just in the past year decided that they want to try and have standardized fit across products. I have been in the WEEDS measuring and experimenting with our existing product lines, researching other companies measurements, figuring out what target measurements for each size will be, making tweak after tweak after tweak...
There has been so much frustration from the marketing/merchandising people that this is taking so long, that there is not an easy answer to "what is an XL?" and "why doesn't this stretchy medium garment fit the same range of people as this rigid medium garment? and why can't you make it do that?"
I wish I could sit everyone down and make them listen to this.
As always, delighted when a new episode pops in to my feed. This one spoke to me in this particular moment.
As someone who does this (grading), it is so much harder than anyone thinks. Do you have ASTM sizing to work from? You can then adjust based on your company “standards”. DM me if you want more.
Also pattern maker / grader / designer here. The Job is not that challenging if you are in the company of people that understand craft, proportion, and anatomy. We are not only in a post-literate, post-humanist world but a post-aesthetic, post-embodied-sentiment world. It’s not you. They are unskilled uneducated products of a flattened system, who think point of view, opinion, and informed critique are indistinguishable.
We live in Columbus, Ohio, home of a well known fashion conglomerate, and they have always advertised locally for fit models of all genders. The ads are very specific about the height and body measurements required and the need to endure long hours for fittings. It pays well so back in the day, one of my sons tried it for a minute, but it wasn’t his cup of tea, quite a grueling job.
I work in the fashion industry and Brit was one of my fit models at PVH when i worked on Calvin Klein and also at Aeropostale. What a nice suprise to see her face pop up here.
When I am on the hunt for jeans my go to is Old Navy because they have plethora of sizes and styles. I just take stack into the dressing room and see what fits best. I do the same with Levi’s. There is such a good feeling when an article fits well. I feel empowered and content.
I am in the throws of starting my own climbing wear business and with a small budget, and essentially no industry experience, figuring out how to grade my patterns has been an utter journey, and I'm trying to find a path away from the traditional sizes in Australia, but don't want the people who want to buy the pants to be confused about what sizes they should buy. I don't have any solution yet, just trying to educate and have a good size chart is all I have come up with so far!
Oh my goddd loved listening to this.
I am the pattern maker/garment developer/tech designer at a relatively small company. My company is about 50 years old and has just in the past year decided that they want to try and have standardized fit across products. I have been in the WEEDS measuring and experimenting with our existing product lines, researching other companies measurements, figuring out what target measurements for each size will be, making tweak after tweak after tweak...
There has been so much frustration from the marketing/merchandising people that this is taking so long, that there is not an easy answer to "what is an XL?" and "why doesn't this stretchy medium garment fit the same range of people as this rigid medium garment? and why can't you make it do that?"
I wish I could sit everyone down and make them listen to this.
As always, delighted when a new episode pops in to my feed. This one spoke to me in this particular moment.
omg THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!! I am so in awe of how you do this work!
i know this is because i am a nerd-- i truly love it!
As someone who does this (grading), it is so much harder than anyone thinks. Do you have ASTM sizing to work from? You can then adjust based on your company “standards”. DM me if you want more.
yes! will message you. figuring out what the company want the standards to be has been the hardest part....
Also pattern maker / grader / designer here. The Job is not that challenging if you are in the company of people that understand craft, proportion, and anatomy. We are not only in a post-literate, post-humanist world but a post-aesthetic, post-embodied-sentiment world. It’s not you. They are unskilled uneducated products of a flattened system, who think point of view, opinion, and informed critique are indistinguishable.
We live in Columbus, Ohio, home of a well known fashion conglomerate, and they have always advertised locally for fit models of all genders. The ads are very specific about the height and body measurements required and the need to endure long hours for fittings. It pays well so back in the day, one of my sons tried it for a minute, but it wasn’t his cup of tea, quite a grueling job.
Fascinating
Hey lady! Great to see you here. I don’t have the will power to be a fit model.
I work in the fashion industry and Brit was one of my fit models at PVH when i worked on Calvin Klein and also at Aeropostale. What a nice suprise to see her face pop up here.
ah! We love @Brit Dunlop!
When I am on the hunt for jeans my go to is Old Navy because they have plethora of sizes and styles. I just take stack into the dressing room and see what fits best. I do the same with Levi’s. There is such a good feeling when an article fits well. I feel empowered and content.
I am in the throws of starting my own climbing wear business and with a small budget, and essentially no industry experience, figuring out how to grade my patterns has been an utter journey, and I'm trying to find a path away from the traditional sizes in Australia, but don't want the people who want to buy the pants to be confused about what sizes they should buy. I don't have any solution yet, just trying to educate and have a good size chart is all I have come up with so far!