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In both shots the front at the beginning of the curve is higher than the length at the side where the arms hang. It's slight but it's there. Both pics are solid,(no pattern in the cloth) so you don't see the horizontal line of the cloth if a pattern were present. Look at the hem of a plaid jacket and you will see the horizontal line is seldom if ever even along the hem. There is distance from the horizontal line at the front, to the hem and this distance diminishes as it proceeds towards the side. I can't explain why but as you "work" the jacket fronts the bottom of the front as it approaches the curve of the from edge, the cloth gets "short". If you follow the marks of the pattern you get this slight rise as the hem gets to the front edge. I end up lengthening this point to keep the hemline form doing this. This creates a slight deviation to the pocket height. The distance from the pocket to the hem at the front edge of the pocket is sometimes 1/4" longer than the back part of the pocket to the hem. When I cut for a big belly or erect posture I anticipate this and will cut the pocket at a slight downward angle (back to front) knowing the front is going to work up short and after will need to lengthen the jacket at the lower front edge of the curve. This just happens, don't know why.
Very parallel:
Am I just seeing angles, or is there a difference? In this instance it is probably angle, but I have seen at least what I illustrating here among varying jacket styles, both posters and in the wild.
Somewhat slanted:
If you measure from the flow the outer edges of the pockets and inner edges of the pockets the measurement in the top photo would be roughly the same, bottom not too much.
In both shots the front at the beginning of the curve is higher than the length at the side where the arms hang. It's slight but it's there. Both pics are solid,(no pattern in the cloth) so you don't see the horizontal line of the cloth if a pattern were present. Look at the hem of a plaid jacket and you will see the horizontal line is seldom if ever even along the hem. There is distance from the horizontal line at the front, to the hem and this distance diminishes as it proceeds towards the side. I can't explain why but as you "work" the jacket fronts the bottom of the front as it approaches the curve of the from edge, the cloth gets "short". If you follow the marks of the pattern you get this slight rise as the hem gets to the front edge. I end up lengthening this point to keep the hemline form doing this. This creates a slight deviation to the pocket height. The distance from the pocket to the hem at the front edge of the pocket is sometimes 1/4" longer than the back part of the pocket to the hem. When I cut for a big belly or erect posture I anticipate this and will cut the pocket at a slight downward angle (back to front) knowing the front is going to work up short and after will need to lengthen the jacket at the lower front edge of the curve. This just happens, don't know why.