New 3D to 2D design method of clothing for teenagers

Abstract

Adolescence is a transition period and involves physical changes and also changes in behavior and personality. Products for teenagers are characterized by a wide variety of shapes and styles. A large proportion in the teenagers clothing style is represented by body-adjusted products, so it's very important to establish a good match between them. Nowadays, a clothing product can be developed with existing performance tools such as pattern design software, 3D scanning for anthropometric data acquisition and 2D/3D simulation, modelling and fitting software. However, these are not enough for the development of high-performance products, unless the knowledge and experience of a engineer/ researcher specialist and stylist is involved. The paper presents the new 3D to 2D design method of clothing for teenagers, based on current anthropometric 3D data from the anthropometric standard developed by INCDTP. The innovative design method for obtaining the 2D basic patterns from the 3D product uses as tools the 3D Flattening module of the Optitex PDS, and offers the pattern designer the advantage of previewing the shape of the product and its correspondence with body size. The module is newly developed by the Optitex PDS software, existing in INCDTP endowment. Another innovation is to replace the classic grading of patterns, for different sizes and configurations, with the modeling of the mannequin by replacing standardized anthropometric dimensions. The markings remain in the position corresponding to the anthropometric points, moving proportionally with the replaced anthropometric dimensions.