Body-enhancing garment and garment construction
Systems or methods for anatomy warping a garment are provided. Anatomy warping is any deliberate manipulation of a garment's seams, pockets, and/or other construction lines and/or details in order to change the perceived shape of a wearer of the garment toward a desired appearance. Additionally, the garments that result from use of these systems and methods for anatomy warping are also provided.
1. A method for designing an anatomy-warped garment, the method comprising:
identifying a desired three-dimensional (3-D) body shape;
converting the desired 3-D body shape into a two-dimensional (2-D) depth map;
identifying a construction item for a flat garment;
positioning the construction item on the 2-D depth map of the flat garment;
adjusting the construction item utilizing a position of the construction item on the 2-D depth map to create a warped construction item;
creating a 2-D image of the warped construction item using perspective projection; and
forming a garment with the warped construction item based on the 2-D image of the warped construction item.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the construction item is at least one of a construction detail or a line.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the desired 3-D body shape is an attractive body shape based on known attractive size and shape ranges.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sizing the construction item during the positioning of the construction item on the 2-D depth map of the garment.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the 2-D image of the warped construction item provides a template for adding the warped construction item to the garment.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the garment, when worn, changes a perception of a body feature of a wearer towards an appearance of the desired 3-D body shape.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the creating of the 2-D image of the warped construction item using the perspective projection comprises adjusting the construction item based on a received preference.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the garment with the warped construction item based on the 2-D image of the warped construction item comprises adding the warped construction item to an already constructed garment.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein forming the garment with the warped construction item based on the 2-D image of the warped construction item comprises forming the warped construction item during construction of the garment.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anatomy-warped garment is one of: a pair of pants, a shirt, a skirt, a jacket, a pair of shorts, a dress, a pair of leggings, a pair of capris, a bra, a pair of underwear, an item of swim wear, and a pair of shoes.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the desired 3-D body shape is at least one of: a buttocks, a pair of legs, a chest, a waist, a pair of feet, and a set of hips.
12. A method for designing an anatomy-warped garment, the method comprising:
selecting a feature for anatomy warping;
determining a desired appearance for the feature;
determining a construction item for changing a perception of the feature toward the desired appearance based on rules of perception, wherein the construction item is at least one of a construction detail or a line; and
adding the construction item to a garment to form the anatomy-warped garment.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining of the construction item for changing the perception of the feature toward the desired appearance based on the rules of perception comprises:
determining a positioning of the construction item on the garment.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining of the construction item for changing the perception of the feature toward the desired appearance based on the rules of perception comprises:
determining a sizing of the construction item on the garment.
15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining of the construction item for changing the perception of the feature toward the desired appearance based on the rules of perception comprises:
determining a sizing, positioning and a warping of the construction item based on a desired preference.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining of the construction item for changing the perception of the feature toward the desired appearance based on the rules of perception comprises:
determining a sizing, positioning and warping of the construction item based on consumer feedback.
17. A method for designing an anatomy-warped garment, the method comprising:
applying a flat grid to or bending the flat grid around a three-dimensional (3-D) body shape based on an actual person and around a desired 3-D body shape of a selected body feature to form two different bent grids;
positioning a selected construction item over each of the bent grids of the 3-D body shapes to form two different positioned construction items;
finding curve differences between curves of the two different bent grids at corresponding locations of the two different positioned construction items on each of the bent grids;
utilizing these determined curve differences to warp the selected construction item at the corresponding grid locations to form a warped construction item; and
forming a garment utilizing the warped construction item.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the selected construction item is at least one of a construction detail or a line.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the anatomy-warped garment is one of: a pair of pants, a shirt, a skirt, a jacket, a pair of shorts, a dress, a pair of leggings, a pair of capris, a bra, a pair of underwear, an item of swim wear, and a pair of shoes.