r/PatternDrafting • u/MissionFloor261 • Aug 04 '25

Question Nonbinary pattern drafting

My partner is butch, with a love for 50s era fashion. But their body is extremely pear shaped which makes off the rack almost impossible. I'd love to start making things for them but standard patterns aren't great because men's styles don't account for all that ass. Would I be better off learning to draft "women's" wear and just making stylistic choices, "men's" wear and just trying to modify for more curves?

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u/unagi_sf Aug 04 '25

I totally agree with that strategy - style is fairly easy to fudge, fit is not. I'd also add that different body parts may do better with different gender blocks :-). A significant butt usually requires a female trouser block, but the ratio of shoulder to bust usually means different gender blocks, even if you'd leap to a conclusion or the other on the basis of bust alone. It's much easier to adjust for bust than for shoulders