Develop better-fitting garments without an experienced in-house garment technician or pattern maker.
When your brand has limited in-house fit or patternmaking expertise, getting a new style right can mean repeated sample rounds and fit corrections. Fit First Technology gives your product development team a pre-approved pattern block built on over 20 years of pattern making experience and 25 years of garment tech knowledge.
Fit First Technology tech packs are built in Excel and Illustrator and supported by digital pattern files, so the system integrates easily into your current workflow.
It's like starting every new style with the fit of a bestseller. The fit groundwork is already done, so your team can focus on the design, fabric and details.
What it means for your business
Fewer sample rounds and faster approvals:
Reduce fit meetings by reducing sample rounds when using a pre-approved fit.
Improve your development team's capabilities:
Removing the need to develop the fit every time lets your team focus on the design.
More flexibility with factories. Own your fit:
If your patterns are built in your factory, they are owned by the factory. With Fit First Technology you own your patterns, allowing accurate cross costing and consistent fit across your factories.
Like starting every style from a bestseller:
Development is quicker when you start from a good pre-approved style. Fit First Technology has a library of styles to choose from, or we can build your brand’s bespoke library.
How it works
Start with a tested block:
Select a base pattern developed to Australian sizing and refined through fittings on real people with experienced garment techs and pattern makers.
Make it your own:
Adapt the block to your brand's fit, size range, fabric and design.
Repeat:
You now own your fit, so you can re-use it with different factories across different seasons.
Two ways to use it
Block Access:
Access our Fit First Library as a base to develop your range.
Bespoke Block Library:
The Techstyle Studio team will build a bespoke block library specific to your brand.
FAQs
Q:We already have established blocks that work. What would FFT change?
A:If your factory builds your brand's patterns, chances are they own the pattern IP. Fit First Technology builds pattern IP that your brand owns.
Q:What makes FFT patterns better than the patterns the factory makes?
A:Factory patterns are built from the factory's own blocks, which aren't always made for the Australian market. Fit First patterns are made with Australian industry knowledge.
Q:We already have blocks we love. Can we integrate these into our bespoke library, or start again?
A:Fit First Technology can take the blocks you already use and integrate them into your bespoke library. Give us your bestsellers and let FFT build them out into a library your brand owns.
Q:Where would FFT fit into our current workflow?
A:FFT sits in the background of your development. You don't have to change your workflow; simply send an FFT pattern as a reference point to develop your next range. FFT is built to improve, not replace, your process, giving your factory a standard to start from and build upon.
Q:What do we get and how do we use FFT?
A:Sign up for an FFT subscription (POA) and your brand gets access to the FFT library. Our technical director will onboard your development team on how to use the technology, and away you go. FFT is built in Excel and Illustrator and is easy to integrate into your current workflow.
Q:Could we trial it on one style in our next range?
A:Yes, we can start with any style you like.
Book a free consultation at www.fitfirsttechnology.com.au.
Fit First Technology by Techstyle Studio.