New Running brand and footwear design - SKORA

Hi Phillip,

I typically send the actual tape up to the factory, along with my illustrator specs that have callouts. The combination of tape up on the last and the notes and specifics in the specs is a good start at a first pullover, though no matter what, a lot of changes need to be made on the first samples. Often it’s a combination of design changes (lines that look good on the tape-up don’t look so great in real life) and construction changes (adjustments to allow for better placement of seams, easier production, reduction of parts, etc.).

With designs like these that are so asymmetrical I use the tape up as a 3d sketch. It’s a lot easier to sketch on a tape up than try to draw a bunch of different views that have to line up. I’ll draw maybe one side view to get an overall plan, then do the rest in 3d right on the last.

R