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The Spec Manual
by Michele Wesen Bryant, Diane Demers

List Price: $83.00
©2006, 200 pp., illustrated, softcover, 9 x 12 (1-56367-373-8)

Book category: Technical Design
Meet the authors: Michele Wesen Bryant • Diane Demers

The second edition of The Spec Manual provides fashion professionals and students with a comprehensive guide for measuring garments using standard industry practices. This textbook/workbook contains front and back view croquis for women, off sizes, men, juniors, and children; spec sheet templates; illustrated measurement points; tables with measurement points; and a CD-ROM. Users with either beginning or advanced digital skills will learn how to create computer-generated spec sheets.

• CONTENTS

  • What is a Spec Manual?
  • Front and Back View Croquis Figures
  • How to Measure a Skirt
  • How to Measure Pants and Shorts
  • How to Measure a Vest
  • How to Measure a Woven Shirt
  • How to Measure a Dress
  • How to Measure a One-Piece Bodysuits and Jumpsuits
  • How to Measure a Sweater
  • How to Measure a Tailored Jacket
  • How to Measure Outerwear
  • How to Measure a Bra
  • Sample Spec Sheets and Garment Graphs
  • Clip Art Library

  
  
• NEW TO THIS EDITION

• Instructions for measuring a fit model
• Chapter on how to measure a bra
• Sample garment specifications with plotted measurements
• Clip art library of flats, collars, pockets, accessories, trim, and stiches
• 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
• Illustrator brush library of stitches and trims
• Clip art library in pdf file format