The SHAPE AND SIZE CLOTHES

Contemporary clothing is extremely diverse. Its shape and dimensions change depending on the purpose and type of garments, aesthetic and hygienic requirements, properties of the materials from which clothing is made, and other factors.

A characteristic feature of clothing, made from fabrics and knits is its relatively small rigidity, flexibility and malleability of form. A number of products such as lingerie, children's clothing, women's easy dress (with the exception of dresses from sticking hard fabrics such as taffeta), have no stable three-dimensional form. In the manufacture of outerwear, using thicker and elastic materials and applied rigid intermediate parts, giving a more stable three-dimensional shape of individual pieces of clothing (shelves, collars, okatan sleeves).

The garment surface is complex, it does not have the correct geometric shape, and the determinants of its efficient size and shape, is poorly understood.

As in shoes, in clothes it is necessary to distinguish inner and outer (exterior) dimensions and shape.

INTERNAL DIMENSIONS AND uniform 


Internal dimensions and shape of the clothing is determined primarily by the size and shape of the human body, however, may not be his exact copy.

In some areas the clothing tight to the body at other sites is free. The most closely attached to the body of a female corsetry. However, even corsetry not just copy the form and size of the body, but deform specific areas of the body: chest, stomach. As a result, changing the same dimensions as the girth and breast height, the distance between the protruding points of the chest, loops on the waist, and the figure becomes more toned and slim.

Outerwear, light dress, jerseys have a relatively tight fit to the body. Shirts, blouses, bathrobes and other products among the more loose clothing, the shape of which on individual parcels differs significantly from the shape of the human body. 

The ratio between the internal size and shape of the garments and the size and shape of the body in different areas varies.

In the upper part of the body, which is for clothing support (support surface), clothes of all kinds fits tightly. Therefore, here the size and shape of the garment mass production must match the size and shape of the model Constitution with modifications the lower layers of clothing, in particular, for easy dress - corset products for coat - jacket, etc, As studies have shown, the support surface for the garment at the top is limited by the line of the circumference of the neck, upper part of shoulders, back and chest.The lower boundary of the support surface passes through the most protruding points of the chest and back (Fig. 11-1).

In the areas located below the supporting surface, between the inner garment surface and the body are formed air gaps. They are necessary to ensure the freedom of breathing and movements that a normal human being in the clothes and also the clothes had a certain form - a silhouette. 

To obtain these clearances internal dimensions of the apparel must be greater than the size of the human body. The difference between the inner clothing sizes and the corresponding size of the body is called the allowances for free customized fit.