Hopes and Constraints
In the David Kibbe typing system, I am a Soft Dramatic. This line of clothes has always been envisioned as a means to solve MY problems with clothes and then share it with the world for a fee.
I do well in patterns like paisley, medium to large roses and other florals. Those are my best and favorite patterns.
I have owned a paisley knit sweater but the paisley pattern was printed on the garment, not knitted into it. The inside was a solid color.
Soft Dramatic leans very elegant and sophisticated. I can readily find elegant, classic geometrics, such as windowpane plaid and houndstooth check, which I know from experience I can successfully wear but it's more challenging to find knitwear with curvy patterns like paisley or florals that hit the right note and where the pattern is KNITTED into the garment, not printed on it.
I hope to eventually solve this problem but I do not expect to include such patterns in the MVP.
My feeling is that a large part of Kibbe styling is about making the fit of the clothing proportional to the body in question, with shorter women getting jackets that stop at the hip bone and taller women getting jackets that go more like to mid thigh.
Another part is about making patterns, like plaid or floral, similarly proportional with petite women wearing small prints and larger women wearing larger prints.
I have no experience with programmable knitting machines. If it is feasible to adjust both length and other measurements of the garment AND size of the print -- small scale houndstooth, medium, large -- I would like to offer both of those options. I believe that combination would make it possible for almost anyone to create a wardrobe that flatters them.
I do well in patterns like paisley, medium to large roses and other florals. Those are my best and favorite patterns.
I have owned a paisley knit sweater but the paisley pattern was printed on the garment, not knitted into it. The inside was a solid color.
Soft Dramatic leans very elegant and sophisticated. I can readily find elegant, classic geometrics, such as windowpane plaid and houndstooth check, which I know from experience I can successfully wear but it's more challenging to find knitwear with curvy patterns like paisley or florals that hit the right note and where the pattern is KNITTED into the garment, not printed on it.
I hope to eventually solve this problem but I do not expect to include such patterns in the MVP.
My feeling is that a large part of Kibbe styling is about making the fit of the clothing proportional to the body in question, with shorter women getting jackets that stop at the hip bone and taller women getting jackets that go more like to mid thigh.
Another part is about making patterns, like plaid or floral, similarly proportional with petite women wearing small prints and larger women wearing larger prints.
I have no experience with programmable knitting machines. If it is feasible to adjust both length and other measurements of the garment AND size of the print -- small scale houndstooth, medium, large -- I would like to offer both of those options. I believe that combination would make it possible for almost anyone to create a wardrobe that flatters them.
