All these OSS projects are cool but it's worth noting that the industry standard for this is Gerber:<p><a href="https://www.lectra.com/en/products/gerber-accumark-accunest-fashion" rel="nofollow">https://www.lectra.com/en/products/gerber-accumark-accunest-...</a><p>My mother was a "grader" and her workflow was actually very similar to software engineering. A designer would give her sketches of a garment. She would figure out how to build it - break it down to individual pieces of cloth and construction steps that then get fanned out to cutters and seamstresses to build.<p>When I got into software I found the parallels fascinating.
The main package used for clothing design is Clo. It's a full 3D design program with cloth physics. You get to see full outfits on simulated models.<p>There's also Marvelous Designer, which is Clo minus the part that outputs cutting patterns. That's used to create clothing for animation.
Marvelous Designer has been used in the VFX and Game industries for quite a few years now: <a href="https://www.marvelousdesigner.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.marvelousdesigner.com</a><p>Wētā FX used it on The Hobbit for example: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marvelousdesigner/photos/james-moore-senior-modeller-at-weta-digital-describes-how-marvelous-designer-2-w/464799476927913/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/marvelousdesigner/photos/james-moor...</a>
Also Seamly, that I'll probably try eventually: <a href="https://github.com/FashionFreedom/Seamly2D">https://github.com/FashionFreedom/Seamly2D</a>
Much smaller scale but don't forget about <a href="https://freesewing.dev/" rel="nofollow">https://freesewing.dev/</a> , written in javascript. Instead of designing from scratch, they have parametric models where you give your measurements and get a pdf output. Really nice community too<p>Not that many models but you can also design your own with more experience
If I had a 3D model of my body and measurements, I could send that to a designer for custom tailored clothing, which could then be cut and stitched by a 3rd party. Does a service like this already exist? Maybe an IPad is sufficient precision for the 3D model.