Technical Design: Exam Four

Fashion Technical Terms: Style, POM, Tolerance, and Grading

Style Summary

Located at the top of each page on a tech pack, is identical on each page, and includes style number, season, fabric, size info, date style began, fit type, revision dates, and sample status.

Points of Measure

POM - Shows where to measure for sample size.

Tolerance

Refers to the allowable amount of difference between the spec measurement and the actual sample measurement.

Grade Rules

Defines how to convert the sample into other sizes ordered by the buyer.

Bill of Materials

BOM - Used to determine what components to order for one unit.

Dyed to Match

DTM - Describes color matching for threads or trims.

How to Measure (Rules)

• Place the tape at the measurement starting point, and press firmly.

• Walk the tape across the garment to the end point, pressing the tape against the garment at intervals along the way, and press down at the end to determine the measurement.

• Measure to the nearest 1/8-inch.

• Note the measurement on the sample evaluation sheet in pencil.

• Proceed through all the points of measure (POM).

High Point Shoulder

HPS

Grading

Taking the perfected sample size pattern and increasing it for larger sizes, and decreasing it for smaller sizes.

Personal Sketches

Usually hand sketches. Designers use personal idea or inspiration notebooks. Showcases a designer's creative process.

Fashion Sketches

Figure drawings used for formal presentations.

Floats

A simplified fashion drawing without a figure.

Flats (Technical Sketches)

Two-dimensional drawings that show specs. More like a blueprint than a sketch.

Croquis

An outline drawing of a fashion figure or model.

Front Neck Drop

FND

Back Neck Drop

BND

Girth Measurements

Measuring the circumference. Wovens: total circumference. Knits: half measure.