Virtual mannequins and garment parametrization

Continuing earlier work, this paper conceptualizes an adaptive methodology to parametrically design garments on virtual mannequins for a target population. The target population is composed of 485 women scanned in 2006 by IFTH, the French research institute and it has been classified into three clusters which give us three parametric mannequins. In this paper, each of these mannequins is associated with a process of parametric garment design and its grading based on differences in stature, volume, and ease allowance. We show how neck and armhole lines are pivotal for draping the garment on a mannequin. We find clear benefits in terms of facilitation and improvement in our method of 3D parametrization providing design rules for specifying neck line and armhole line design. We expect this method of 3D parametric garment design to facilitate and improve not only the specific lines under analysis but also the design process as a whole, and hence to assure the good consumer fit.