Notes from the workroom · 01
A form for the way
you make.
Your measuring tape is the starting point. Forme explores a simpler way to make a dress form that follows your proportions, with room to adjust as your body, costume, or project changes.
The idea
Useful from the first measurement.
Dressmakers and cosplayers should be able to explore a personalized form without a photo session, a body scan, or a tailoring appointment. Enter your measurements, turn the model around, and refine the proportions you know.
Start with the essentials. Additional dimensions give you more control when you need it. The form belongs to the project: everyday sewing, a particular costume, or a new set of measurements.
What the model can tell you
Measurements leave room for interpretation.
Two bodies can share the same bust, waist, and hip circumferences and have different shapes. Forme builds a smooth, approximate torso from the dimensions you supply. It cannot recover details you have not measured.
Posture, asymmetry, bust shape, and the way soft tissue responds to clothing all affect fit. Treat the preview as a starting shape to inspect and refine. It is not a body scan or a guarantee that a garment will fit.
Choose a classic torso crop or a sculpted form with short legs. The added pelvis and thighs are inferred for the silhouette; they do not yet support trouser or bodysuit fitting. Satin finishes change the preview, while your chosen cut also appears in the exported mesh.
The first meaningful test happens with a tape measure, a physical prototype, and fabric.
Take your work with you
A model and a record of your choices.
The experiment includes free raw STL and profile JSON exports. The STL is the generated surface for inspection in a 3D tool. The JSON preserves your measurements and settings so you can return to the same starting point.
A raw mesh still needs a construction plan. Check scale and dimensions, then resolve wall thickness, splitting, joints, support, padding, and a cover for your chosen process. An exported file is not a tested fabrication package.
A little more private
Your work stays close.
Measurement edits and model generation happen in your browser. Saved profiles stay in this browser on this device; they are not an account or a cloud backup. Clearing browser storage can remove them, so export a profile when you want to keep a copy.
No photos are needed. Your downloaded profile contains your measurements, and the STL represents your chosen proportions. Share those files only where you intend to.
What comes after the screen
Build one. Learn from it.
The next step is a full-size physical prototype: compare its dimensions, assemble it, cover it, pin into it, and try it with a garment. A useful form needs to work at the cutting table.
A future maker pack could add tested printable sections, connectors, assembly instructions, and a cover. A modular version that packs away for travel is also worth exploring. Those are proposed directions, not products available to order. The construction and travel claims need physical testing before any kit is offered.
A measuring tape.
A little curiosity. Your next form.