Study of Czech male body proportions and evaluation of men's shirt pattern making methods

This study deals with the effect of different male somatotypes on men's shirt pattern design. first,the research is focused on study the proportions among body dimensions of 200 czech male (subjects) aged from 18 to 60 years,height; chest and waist that mainly define men clothing sizes. four men's shirt pattern making methods; czech,german,italian and chinese were analysed. the results indicate that the shirt patterns are mostly drawn out using a constant value for generating the design dimensions instead of using a regression equation for value calculation. these patternmaking methods are totally inadequate for drafting patterns to fit a wide range of men's bodies (male morphology). to solve this problem,this paper examines a proposal for a pattern making method for a men's slim fit shirt that uses the results of regression analysis of anthropometric data of the czech men to match the pattern design parameters.