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0 pointsmrweasel5y ago0 comments

You basically cannot provide enough measurement to ensure that clothing will fit.

There's an article about the US Air Force and the "average pilot" https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2016/01/16/when-us-air-...

The gist of it is: The average pilot doesn't exists.

I'd assume it's not much different with clothing. While the length for instance may fit, the shape of a sleeve or trouser leg may prevent you from wearing it comfortably. You'd need a insane amount of measurement from each part of the body.

That being said, I do feel like the clothing industry could be doing better than they currently are.

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mcv5y ago

Maybe with a full 3D scan of the body. But even then, clothes fit differently depending on the material: stretch, non-stretch, thick, thin, etc.

But everything would have to be pretty much tailor made. If you could do that on demand and automated, taking into account all these factors and making it as personalised as possible, that might really cut back on some clothes waste. But I have no idea whether this is technically possible, and it's definitely going to be a hard problem to solve.

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mcv5y ago

Maybe with a full 3D scan of the body. But even then, clothes fit differently depending on the material: stretch, non-stretch, thick, thin, etc.

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