Garment sizing system

Apparatus for generating a garment output text file in response to input data, said input data including measurement data and customer information data, comprising in combination:

• means for gathering said measurement data relating to desired garment size;
• means for storing said measurement data and said customer information data in a relational main database;
• means for generating a customer table, a product table, and an order table corresponding to said customer information data and said measurement data, said customer table, said product table and said order table relationally related in said main database;
• means for periodically generating output text data records corresponding to said measurement data
• means for periodically storing said output text data records in said output text file;
• means for periodically providing said garment output text file to pattern making software or an automated fabric cutting table;
• and
• a sizing garment adapted to be worn and having adjustable overlapping seams to enable the wearer to obtain a desired fit, said garment including:
• a plurality of means associated with said seams to hold the sizing garment in a fit desired by the wearer, and
• a plurality of indicia associated with said holding means to identify the positions
• of the seams as necessary to obtain said desired fit.

A method for generating individually sized garments comprising the steps in combination of:

• forming at least one sizing garment for each of a plurality of sizes, said garment being partially finished and having at least one overlapping and open seam;
• placing a plurality of holding means at predetermined locations along said open seams, said sizing garment adjustable to a plurality of sizes;
• associating first indicia with each of said holding means to identify the position of said open and overlapping seams;
• measuring a customer with one of said sizing garments;
• receiving order information corresponding to said indicia on said sizing garment;
• receiving customer information;
• storing said order information and said customer information in a relational database in a computer memory;
• retrieving data from said relational database and creating a corresponding order instruction;
• storing said order instruction in an output file;
• updating said output file with additional order instructions;
• providing said output file to an automated cutting table.