Professional paper
Construction of a tailor's mannequin customized to the female body type
Zola Radić
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Renata Hrženjak
; University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper investigates the problem of the fit of women's clothing with regard to the specific body shape. In doing so, the tailor's mannequin is investigated as a necessary useful item in the work of every fashion designer. Through the theoretical part, the topics of the history of the tailor's mannequin, the types of female body shape, as well as the problem of determining the size of clothes are covered. Emphasis is placed on custom tailoring mannequin construction for non-standard clothing size. In the experimental part of the work, a unique tailor's mannequin adapted to the body measurements of a specific type of female body was designed and made.
Keywords
tailor's mannequin; anthropometry; body shape; construction of women's clothing
Hrčak ID:
310288
URI
Publication date:
12.11.2023.
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