Every Body is Good!

As a professional designer of costumes and custom apparel, Tucker Ellis regularly (and by necessity) constructs pieces for a range of body shapes and sizes. The items are normally tailor-made patterns for specific performers or individuals. Master-pattern books containing “foundation patterns” or “blocks” have been used for centuries by tailors and dressmakers in building garments, but there has yet to be a modern pattern book developed for costume and apparel that takes into consideration diverse body shapes and sizes. Working with a range of real-world individuals, the objective in this project is to create a contemporary, inclusive master-pattern folio.