Fashion
flats are different from regular fashion sketching. Flats drawn for any
type of garment should be more proportion to the actual human body.
Basically what I'm saying is that if I send a vendor a flat sketch of a
skirt, even without the specs (measurement page), they should be able
to make it base on the sketch.
Usually a front and back view
will be drawn. But sometimes if there is a very important detail at the
side of the garment, a side view will also need to be sketch.
However
the flat sketches should not look like a stick figure. It sometimes
will be use in a line plan to show the customers or for other
presentations. Many company do not have a separate art department to
re-sketch all the flats to nice looking illustrations. So most of the
time, this one flat sketch will be use for development, in the line
plan, and in the catalog.
Here is an sample of a flat sketch of a knit top:
Tech
pack are created for the vendors for development purpose. Tech pack are
easy to make. It should contain a very detail sketch of the piece
of garment that needs to be develope and a spec sheet that contains all
the measurements. And depends on the company, sometimes it can
also includes trim and graphic informations if those applies.
Here is a sample tech pack:
Not
all tech packs looks like this one. Every company do it their own way.
This is one of the simpler style. So in this sample that's showed
above, the first page is a detail page of a short showing some
measurements, stitching details, and construction details. The middle
page is showing some informations for the graphic, and the last page is
the spec page giving all the measurements that apply.
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Here are more flats to look at: