A personalized garment and clothing design process comprising:
- receiving, from a computing device operated by a particular user and connected over a network to a cloud server hosting a personalized garment and clothing design service which provides access to a plurality of personalized garment and clothing design user interfaces (UI) and UI tools, a selection of a prototypical digital mannequin and a set of body measurements associated with the particular user to customize a digital mannequin for interactive use by the particular user;
- providing, by the personalized garment and clothing design service, a plurality of clothing and garment libraries to the computing device operated by the particular user, wherein the plurality of clothing and garment libraries are configured for visual output at the computing device and interactive access through a plurality of library UIs by the particular user, wherein the plurality of clothing and garment libraries comprises a tops library, a necklines library, a sleeves library, a bottoms library, and an apparel construction and accessories library, wherein the plurality of library UIs comprise a tops selection UI for access to the tops library, a necklines selection UI for access to the necklines library, a sleeves selection UI for access to the sleeves library, a bottoms selection UI for access to the bottoms library, and an apparel construction & accessories selection UI for access to the apparel construction and accessories library;
- providing, by the personalized garment and clothing design service, a plurality of clothing and garment customization libraries and tools to the computing device operated by the particular user, wherein the plurality of clothing and garment customization libraries and tools are configured for visual output at the computing device and interactive access through a plurality of tools and customization UIs by the particular user, wherein the plurality of clothing and garment customization libraries and tools comprises a set of clothing and garment customization widget tools accessible through a widget UI tools selection interface, a stitching and hemline library accessible through a stitching and hemline selection UI, and a knits and fabrics library with custom knit and fabric tools accessible through a knits and fabrics selection UI, wherein the custom knit and fabric tools comprise (i) a fabric creation and upload tool that is configured to create a custom fabric when the particular user uploads a custom print and (ii) a fabric help guide tool that is configured to assist the particular user in identifying one or more fabrics that are suitable matches for one or more types of garments, wherein the set of clothing and garment customization widget tools comprise a size tool that is configured to scale size of a selected clothing and garment item without scaling size of any other unselected clothing and garment item that appears on the customized digital mannequin, an item rotate tool that is configured to rotate the selected clothing and garment item without rotating any other unselected clothing and garment item that appears on the customized digital mannequin, a cut-out tool that is configured to allow the particular user to make freehand cut outs in fabrics and garments on the customized digital mannequin, and shape selection tool that is configured to allow the particular user to make shape cut outs in fabrics and garments based on shape selections from a plurality of shapes;
- receiving selections, made by the particular user interacting with a plurality of clothing and garment libraries, of clothing and garment items;
- placing the selected clothing and garment items onto the customized digital mannequin for interaction and viewing by the particular user;
- receiving selections, made by the particular user interacting with the apparel construction and accessories library by way of the apparel construction & accessories selection UI, of apparel construction and accessory items;
- receiving a fabric selection, made by the particular user interacting with the knits and fabrics library with custom knit and fabric tools by way of the knits and fabrics selection UI, of at least one of (i) a fabric from the fabrics library and (ii) a particular custom fabric that is created by a selection by the particular user of the fabric creation and upload tool and a corresponding upload by the particular user of a particular custom print representing the particular custom fabric to create, wherein the received fabric selection is applied to each selected clothing and garment item appearing on the customized digital mannequin;
- receiving a quantity value, as input by the particular user interacting with a unit quantity input field, for creation of a particular production item that incorporates all of the clothing and garment item selections, apparel construction and accessory item selections, and material selections;
- automatically calculating, by a garment calculation algorithm running as a program within the personalized garment and clothing design service, a total bill for a particular production item order associated with creation of the particular production item, said calculation based on a bill of materials for the particular production item multiplied by the quantity value with additional calculation to add cost of production, a profit margin, taxes, and shipping costs;
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- transmitting, upon payment by the particular user of the total bill, the particular production item order to a production unit to create the particular production item in multiples specified by the quantity value, wherein the particular production item order is shipped to the particular user after production and assembly is completed.