Dual-Sizing Garment Patterns for Non-Proportional Body Fit
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current fashion fit/sizing processes fail to accommodate individuals with proportionally larger busts or hips, as standard sizing charts require choosing between two sizes, leading to improper fits, and there is a need for a system that allows for dual sizing to address this issue.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that generate data for dual sizes corresponding to the top and bottom portions of a garment, allowing for interpolation of a waist size to create a digital pattern for manufacturing, enabling the production of garments with different sizes for better fit, using a server to execute programmatic instructions for generating and transmitting data for custom sizing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If standard sizing charts are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but garment fit quality deteriorates for individuals with non-proportional body measurements
Solution Approach 1:
The garment sizing system is segmented into multiple independent size parameters (bust size, waist size, hip size) rather than using a single unified size. This allows each body measurement to be accommodated independently, enabling precise fitting for individuals with non-proportional measurements while maintaining systematic organization through structured size charts and grading rules.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention changes the sizing parameter structure from a single-size system to a multi-parameter system where bust, waist, and hip sizes can vary independently. This parameter expansion allows the system to represent diverse body types more accurately, improving fit quality without requiring completely new manufacturing approaches.
2Manufacturing precision
If dual-sizing system is implemented, then garment fit quality improves, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The dual-sizing system is designed to be universal and compatible with existing manufacturing infrastructure. The same grading rules, pattern-making processes, and production methods used in traditional single-size systems can be applied to dual-size garments, allowing the system to serve multiple sizing functions without requiring entirely new manufacturing capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
All dual-size specific calculations and pattern adjustments are performed in advance during the pattern-making and grading stages. By pre-calculating the intermediate waist size and creating appropriate grading rules before production, the actual manufacturing process follows standard procedures, minimizing complexity during production while achieving improved fit quality.
3Productivity
If traditional single-size garments are produced, then production efficiency is maintained, but customer satisfaction deteriorates due to poor fit
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the size specification into multiple independent parameters (bust, waist, hip), the system enables standardized production of customized-fit garments. Each parameter can be independently graded and manufactured using automated cutting and sewing equipment, maintaining production efficiency while significantly improving customer satisfaction through better fit.
4Manufacturing precision
If made-to-measure approach is used, then garment fit quality improves, but production scalability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The dual-sizing system creates a universal framework that works for both made-to-measure and scaled production contexts. The same multi-parameter size specification and grading methodology can be applied whether producing one garment or thousands, enabling made-to-measure quality fit at scalable production volumes through standardized processes.
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AI summary
Methods and systems for the improved manufacturing of off-the-rack, tailored and/or customized clothing include a dual-sizing chart, dual-sizing pattern making process, dual-sized pattern, dual-sizing garments, manufacturing interface, dual-sizing ordering and marketing process, dual-sizing ordering interface, dual-sizing conversion process, dual-sized garment (for example a dress, pant suit, shapewear or one-piece swimsuit, romper, or jumper), and a dual-sizing manufacturing process.