Fit & patternmaking

A skirt draft in which the waist darts of a basic skirt block are rotated or the side seams are angled outward to create a gently flared silhouette from waist to hem.

Extra fabric volume built into a pattern beyond the minimum needed for fit, achieved through techniques such as slash-and-spread, gathering, or pleating, to create a design's intended shape.

The distance from the shoulder point to the wrist bone, taken with the elbow slightly bent, used to set sleeve length on a pattern draft.