Body Shape and fit: start here

Before you adjust anything

General rule: Most of the time, body shapes need no change at all.

These settings let you fine-tune fit for a client's body shape. 

A standard body shape is the right starting point for the large majority of clients. Only adjust when the client is clearly unusual or the need is obvious. When you are unsure, keep the setting as is.

It is far easier to correct a body shape on a later order than to unwind an over-adjusted one.

We can suggest, but the call is yours. You are with the client and we work from photos, so your own read is worth more than anything we can see from here. A photo can be misleading, so let what you see in person guide you.

Because our input is a suggestion from a distance, we can help explain a setting but will not decide it for you, and we cannot take responsibility for the result.

Which measurement method are you using?

Every body shape decision starts here. Each method gives you a very different basis for reading fit.

Bespoke

The most common method. You measured the client's body directly, and the app builds the finished garment from those measurements plus your allowance. No garment has been on the body yet, so body shape is the one piece you judge by eye. Keep  standard unless the client is clearly unusual or the need is obvious, and let the first make confirm it.

Try-on

The client tried on a real garment, so you can see how our make sits on them, where it pulls, folds, or hangs loose. This is your clearest read on body shape, because you are looking at the actual garment on the actual body.

Finished

You copied the measurements of a garment the client already owns and wears well, so their body shape is already inside those numbers. Stacking body shape changes on top usually double-corrects. Trust the finished numbers and leave body shape as is unless something is clearly off.

The body shape settings

Open the setting you need for how it reads, how to judge it, and its options.

• Front Shoulder: shoulders sitting forward or backward.
• Shoulder Slope, left and right: one shoulder higher than the other.
• Stomach: prominence at the front.
• Back, erect or stooping: the natural curve of the back.
• Arms, forward or backward: the resting position of the arms.
• Seat and Waist Height: the trouser back and where the waist sits.

The bottom line

This guide explains the settings, it does not assess your clients for you. We can help you understand what each setting does, but we will not choose it for you and your brand.

You are the one with the client. Trust what you see in person, keep the body shape standard unless a change is clearly needed, and reach for a muslin when a piece is worth testing before the final cloth.