Custom apparel manufacturing apparatus and method

An apparatus for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel of a selected design and configuration, comprising:

• an electronic device for storing and accessing dimension information, said electronic device having a communications capability, and a capability for entering fit information from a prospective buyer regarding those try-on apparels actually tried on by such buyer;
• a plurality of try-on apparels, each try-on apparel having pre-determined dimensions differing from the dimensions of each other try-on apparel, said pre-determined dimensions being stored in said electronic device for each of said try-on apparels;
• an indicator device associated with said electronic device for collecting the relative fit information of each of the predetermined dimensions of those try-on apparels actually tried on by a prospective buyer and reporting said fit information for identifying final approved pre-determined dimensions for manufacturing.

An apparatus for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel of selected design and configuration, comprising:

• a computer system having expert system rules for storing and accessing dimension information, said computer system having a communications capability;
• a plurality of try-on apparels, each of said plurality of try-on apparel having pre-determined dimensions differing from the dimensions of each other of said plurality of try-on apparel, said pre-determined dimensions being stored in said computer system for each of said plurality of try-on apparel;
• an indicator device associated with said computer system for collecting the relative fit information of each of the predetermined dimensions of those try-on apparels actually tried on by a prospective buyer and reporting said fit information for identifying final approved pre-determined dimensions for manufacturing.

A method for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel of selected design and configuration, comprising the steps of:

• making a plurality of try-on apparels, each try-on apparel having pre-determined dimensions differing from the dimensions of each other try-on apparel and each try-on apparel bearing a code indicating its pre-determined dimensions;
• storing and accessing said pre-determined dimensions of each of said try-on apparels in a system capable of receiving fit information from a prospective buyer regarding those try-on apparels actually tried on by such buyer;
• associating a device with said system for collecting the relative fit information of each of the predetermined dimensions of said try-on apparels actually tried on by a prospective buyer and reporting said fit information for identifying final approved pre-determined dimensions for manufacturing.

A method for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel of selected design and configuration, comprising the steps of:

• storing and accessing dimension and code information in an electronic device, said electronic device having a communications capability, and a capability for receiving fit information from a prospective buyer regarding those try-on apparels actually tried on by such buyer;
• making a plurality of try-on apparels, each try-on apparel having pre-determined dimensions differing from the dimensions of each other try-on apparel and each try-on apparel bearing a code indicating its pre-determined dimensions, said code and said pre-determined dimensions being stored in said electronic device for each of said try-on apparels;
• associating an indicator device with said electronic device for collecting the relative fit information of each of the predetermined dimensions of those try-on apparels actually tried on by a prospective buyer and reporting said fit information for identifying final approved pre-determined dimensions for manufacturing.

A method for custom tailoring and manufacturing apparel of selected design and configuration, comprising:

• deriving expert system rules for storing and accessing dimension information in a computer system, said computer system having a communications capability;
• making a plurality of try-on apparels, each try-on apparel having pre-determined dimensions differing from the dimensions of each other try-on apparel and each try-on apparel bearing a code indicating its pre-determined dimensions, said code and said pre-determined dimensions being stored in said computer system for each of said try-on apparels;
• associating an indicator device with said computer system for collecting the relative fit information of each of the predetermined dimensions of those try-on apparels actually tried on by a prospective buyer and reporting said fit information for identifying final approved pre-determined dimensions for manufacturing.

The method of 88 wherein the step of attaching a measuring device further includes the step of fashioning it as a tape made of a flexible material having increment markings on it.