The Spec Manual 2nd Edition [With CDROM]

By Michele Wesen Bryant and Diane Demers

The 2nd Edition of The Spec Manual provides fashion professionals and students with a -comprehensive guide for measuring garments using standard industry practices. This textbook/workbook contains front and back view croquis for women, off sizes, men, juniors, and children; spec sheet templates; illustrated measurement points; and tables with measurement points.

New to this Edition
-Instructions for measuring a fit model
-Chapter on how to measure a bra
-Sample garment specifications with plotted measurements
-Clip art library of flats, collars, pockets, accessories, trim, and stitches
-Fraction-to-decimal conversion chart
-Grading worksheet
-Incremental grade guides for all size ranges
-Student resources including croquis figures, spec sheet templates, a grading worksheet, and clip art can be accessed for free at https: //www.fairchildbooks.com/studio-resources.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563673738
• ISBN13: 9781563673733
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Fairchild Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 12.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

This book is comprehensive and exactly what I was looking for when I landed a job as an assistant spec writer at a major design company. I had done a spec sheet - once - at school. After reading this manual, I felt comfortable measuring things and using all the correct abbreviations. Having the excel sheets is awesome, and the clip art included can create a lovely symbols library for easy designing. I also like having an entire set of body templates for flat sketching handy. This is much more than a spec manual - it's like several reference books and worksheet books in one - and it never runs out b/c it's all printable from the included CD!

The Spec Manual

Used last semester in class, my book was better than the instructor, she borrowed my book for the class.

I love this one

Great, great, great! I have not found many references on specs, which are very difficult to do in an amazing way. Before purchasing this book, my specs were mediocre/ average first year fashion student. After thoroughly working with this book, however, my specs were fantastic! I highly recommend this book.

Quick and Easy Reference Book

I have been looking for a book like this for a while. I find most books with information on spec sheet writing complicated and unorganized; not this one, this book separates garments into different chapters such as how to spec a blazer, pant and shorts, a vest, a turtleneck, etc. A simple glance at the glossary and I am able to quickly find the category of clothing I need to build a spec sheet for and have all the information neatly presented in bulletin style with clearly drawn samples of flats indicating how to correctly measure the garment, which is invaluable since so many books tend to assume the reader already knows how to establish measuring points. There is also a handy basic spec sheet template included for every category. Easy to read and easy to learn --this is one book I am keeping around for a long time.

An excellent resource book

A comprehensive, user-friendly guide to the skills and techniques for measuring garments and creating spec sheets. It's an excellent resource book which provides the fundamentals for building, developing, streamlining your flats and specs library. It's a neat and concise reference book you would find so useful that would like to own and keep at hand at all times. Furthermore, the enclosed CD-ROM makes it even more versatile for it offers you the possibility to save, send, print, alter (and carry!) all the information. I find it extremely helpful.