A fully comprehensive and unique textbook on pattern grading for children's clothes. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on the practical aspects of pattern grading and each subject is developed in a logical and integrated fashion.
Part 1 The growth of children and young adolescents: the basic patterns of growth; the sizing criteria of age and height; the anthropemetrical divisions. Part 2 System development: anthropemetrical research; the establishment of principles; the sub-systems for each group; the master grading chart for children's clothes; the basic grades. Part 3 Practical grading: manual methods; the use of the grading machine; the principles of computerized pattern grading. Part 4 Applications: basic skirts; styled shirts (three examples); basic body and sleeve blocks (girls); styled garments (three examples); basic body and sleeve blocks (boys); styled garments (three examples); inset and grown-on sleeves; collars and lapels.
