Today was really interesting. I got to go to a fit meeting that Laura and Delia were having.
In this they have a model whos the size of a 13 year old(even though shes in her 20s!). She tries on the samples so that Laura can see the fit and colours of them and decide what she wants to change if anything.
There were a pair of smiley face pyjamas where the factory had made the hodded top and the trousers in slightly different shades of blue. When the two items were worn together the difference was abvious even though it was only a shade between them.
Unfortunatly a whole roll of the top fabric had been made so that couldn't be changed because of the cost factor, and this happened to be the material that Laura had wanted to change. In the end she had to decide to change the colour of the bottoms as only a sample of this fabric had been made, therefore easier to change!!
On a snooopy shorts and tshirt set, it was decided that a thicker waistband would look better(thicker waistbands look more modern now), the zig zag stitching down the side of the shorts and top were made longer so that it would stand out more, and a little bit of material was put into the mid hips on the shorts so that they were looser.
When the model had the garments on both laura and delia would ask her how they felt to wear, were they comfortable, did the underwiring stick in in the case of the bra?
With the bra they had both plastic and metal wires. I think the plastic were cheaper so it had been propsed that this is what was used in the bra, and infact the model agreed that the plastic was actualy comfier and would be better to use.
With the knickers both Laura and delia liked the fit of them but thought maybe to just bring them up a tiny bit at the back.
I think one if the main issues was a vest top pyjama set. It was white and had a huge smiley face print on the front of it. It also had a faux placket down the front as well, but was thoght that because it was a fake it made the garment look cheap. However it would be hard to put an actual placket in as a shelf was going into the top and you would have to get into the shelf to achieve this. This would then defeat the point of the shelf.
This is when Delia is really helpful as she knows the technical side to the garments as well and can therefore say whether something would be possible.
I got to have my say in this as well and we all said that having the placket breaks the print up therefore giving the design an edge and making it look older. However the placket didn't look that amazing.
In the end Laura decided she needed to see the top both with and without the placket.
The top with the placket was going to have the shelf made seperately, so that both parts could be put on.
A few garments needed the seams moving forward on the shoulders and an extra bit of fabric was going to be added on the turn up of a sleeve so that when stitched back it didnt stick out.
It was great getting to see all this, how they come to the design descisions and the factors involved in it.
This took up the morning. I also had to throw out loads of samples that weren't needed anymore ready for the sample sales.
Produce colour charts for Fatosh
Take photos of other competitions packaging, it was marks and spencer today.
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