[Open Access] Kim McBrien Evans expands on her work to research and develop inclusive standards for garment sizing, addressing questions about non-average and disabled bodies, the inevitable limitations of any size chart, and the importance of understanding when and how to modify a pattern.
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[For all readers] Faced with garment sizing standards that don’t accommodate many body types and proportions, Kim McBrien Evans set out to create a new set of standards, drawing on a variety of sources and her own expertise. Here, she explains the methodology she employed to build a new and more inclusive set of standard body measurements for garment sizing, and her new chart is available for free download.
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[Open Access] “En tant que propriétaire queer non-binaire d’un magasin de laine, j’utilise ma voix pour aider à amplifier celles des personnes qui ne peuvent pas être entendues,”écrit Zoe Desborough. “J’utilise ma voix pour apporter des changements dans nos communautés.” Un essai à lire absolument sur l’impact de la conception de vêtements inclusifs, ce qu’il faut rechercher et comment le trouver.
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[Open Access] Gender-inclusive designs are not sacks or formless garments. They are meant to be gender inclusive, the same way a designer would design body-inclusive garments. As writer Zoe Desborough concludes, “They mean to provide us safety and comfort, without owing anything to anyone, without compromising ourselves for the comfort of others who can’t understand. They are meant to make us feel like our bodies are worth being seen for what they are: accepted and celebrated.” A must-read essay on the impact of inclusive garment design, what to look for, and how to find it.
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To complement her article on how we can work to achieve truly inclusive sizing for hand-making clothes, with yarn or fabric, Kim McBrien Evans compiled a list of resources that she has found helpful or uses herself in her design work and making.
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