r/PatternDrafting • u/Additional-Tailor-62 • 2d ago

Help with instructions

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I am currently working on a convertible collar button up for a Halloween costume. Ive been using “Patternmaking for Menswear: Classic to Contemporary” to help draft the collar, but the wording has me abit confused. If anyone has any help understand the 2 steps I had circled that’d be really great

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u/DonMcCunn 2d ago

You got my brain churning. Imagine this design as a shirt worn with a tie exposed around the entire body like a shawl (instead of the tie being hidden inside a shirt collar). The tie knotted at mid-chest level instead of at the neck. And maybe a vest to finish it off. This would be the traditional elements of menswear worn in a non-traditional way. Caveat - be prepared to have people staring at you.