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9781563673733

The Spec Manual 2nd edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9781563673733

  • ISBN10:

    1563673738

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-08-10
  • Publisher: Fairchild Books

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Summary

The second edition of The Spec Manual provides fashion professionals and students with an affordable, up-to-date guide for measuring a variety of garments, reflecting standard garment-industry practice. This textbook/workbook contains front and back view croquis for men, women, off sizes and children, spec sheet templates, illustrated measurement points, tables with measurement points, sample spec sheets and a CD-ROM. Users with both beginner and advanced digital skills will learn how to create computer-generated spec sheets. This text serves as a how-to-measure manual for fashion students and industry professionals operating without a corporate spec manual.

Author Biography

Michele Wesen Bryant is an adjunct in the Fashion Design Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She also teaches flats and specs at Parsons School of Design. Bryant has been working in the fashion industry for over 20 years, having had fashion illustrations appear in Vogue, YM, Seventeen, Brides, Women's Wear Daily, Ladies Home Journal and Good Housekeeping.

Diane DeMers is associate professor of fashion design at The Fashion Institute of Technology and a design consultant for Her Majesty Intimates and Cole Girl's Swimwear. For three years she designed Haute Couture, Pret a Porter, and License collections for Carven Couture in Paris, then continued her design career in New York City with Calvin Klein Intimate Apparel, Adrienne Vittadini, and Malain Knits.

Table of Contents

What is a Spec Manual?
Front and Back View Croquis Figures
How to Measure
Skirt
Pants and Shorts
Vest
Woven Shirt
Dress
One-Piece Garment (Bodysuits and Jumpsuits)
Sweater
Tailored Jacket
Outerwear
Belt
Sample Spec Sheets and Garment Graphs
Flats Library
New To This Edition
Sample spec sheets with garment graphs
Flats library for complete range of size and garment categories with additional clip art for collars, pockets and trim
Fraction to decimal conversion chart
Grading worksheet
Incremental grade guides for all size ranges
CD-ROM-Features
Front and back view croquis figures in pdf file format
Excel spec sheet templates with embedded formulas to calculate measurements
Excel grading worksheet templates
Flats library in pdf file format
Ilustrator brush library of stitches and trims
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