Emma Scott

British Columbia, Canada Canada

Breast sizing research and new shaping methodologies for developable garment design and the 3D to 2D virtual interface.

I am determined to bridge the diametrically opposed worlds of fashion and engineering to make mass customization inclusive of all body types and open to business ideas to that end. Consumer demands point toward mass garment customization yet current made-to-measure methodologies fail to demonstrate “substantial” fit improvement for average sized bodies and offer poor fit to outlier bodies. With superior fit for all body types as my driving force, I have been designing custom apparel for thirty years. Early in my career I developed a rudimentary program to computer automate the drafting of custom garment patterns using the script functionality of TurboCad. The resulting patterns could be...