Why a Dress Form Can Transform Your Pattern Making (And How to Choose the Right One)
Inna Shumitska
BetterSew Tailor’s DIY Dress Form
I make patterns for anatomical tailor’s dress forms.
I design and sew for my own enjoyment. Over the years, my hobby has turned into a passion and a business I truly love.
Although my main profession and career were related to financial management, I have continued studying pattern making and sewing in parallel for the past 10 years.
The combination of several pattern-making methods, a love for geometry, and modern CAD software allows me to design virtually any type of garment.
I believe it is an eco-friendly choice to give a second life to clothing that is no longer being used.
At the beginning of my journey in garment creation, I didn’t need a dress form. But as soon as I started sewing evening and wedding dresses, I realized I absolutely needed a tailor’s dress form. Of course, a high-quality mannequin could have been purchased, but at that time in Ukraine it cost as much as an “airplane wing.”
So the idea emerged to create a mannequin from accessible, affordable, and widely available materials. That’s how BetterSew mannequins were born and I use them myself and am very satisfied with them.
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