Men's Essential Collection

The Men's Essential Collection more than just a group of terrific patterns!
New Design Tools	New Features, Options, & Instructions
Men's Drafting Style Men's Fit Tool Men's Drafting Style - All patterns in this collection are tailored to the needs of the male body. Necklines are slightly wider and deeper, shoulder extensions are larger, armhole depth and bicep ease are increased, sleeve cap ease is reduced, side seam shaping softened, bust and shoulder darts eliminated and crotch rise and length ease added. Men's Fit Tool - Switch between men's fit and women's fit while checking any pattern in Dress Shop and see exactly how much ease is used at every location for men versus women.	New design elements including crew necks, tab plackets (as used in polo and henley shirts), and more... Classic dress shirt yoke - no top shoulder seam! Tailored waistband Attached Fly Inserted / Cutaway pockets Welt Pockets, Coin Pocket, Hip Pockets Vented sleeve plackets Dress Shirt Sleeve showing the placketed vent
Click on the Pattern Converter Buttons and convert your woman's pattern to a man's draft or vice versa, with all the adjustments that come with that.... Pattern Converter Tool - Below Mia there will now be radio buttons for specifying whether any particular pattern is a man's pattern or a woman's pattern. Choose the man and you will get Marc, the Dress Shop male model, illustrating that pattern. All of the drafting changes described above will take effect as the pattern is converted to male drafting rules. Options are revised to the male list (no halter necklines, nor cowls, funnels, sweethearts, etc.). Others are added (more fly and waistband choices, for instance). And, all defaults are adjusted to male values (placket width, fly size, pocket defaults, etc. are all reset to the normal values used in male clothing. With these tools, you can take any of the 700 or so Dress Shop patterns and convert it to a man's pattern.
The Men's Essential Collection also includes A Complete Wardrobe of Men's Patterns!
91 patterns including • Shirts: 14 • Pant’s: 29 • Jackets, Vests and tunics: 15 • Active wear :23 • Loungewear: 10 Boxer Shorts 5-Pocket Jeans, Multi-Pleat Slacks Swim Trunks with Liner Overalls Coveralls New pajamas New Windbreakers New Raincoat Henley and Polo Shirts All new Dress Shirts many, many more....	Pleated Pants with tailored waistband and slash-inserted pockets in front and welt pockets in back. Polo Shirt and Twill Pants
Instructional Articles
	Fully illustrated instructions including: How to construct men's pants How to insert a fly zipper How to sew a lapped zipper How to sew a centered zipper How to sew an invisible zipper How to construct men’s boxers Constructing a Henley Neck Constructing a Polo Neck Constructing an Action Pleat in a Dress Shirt How to prepare and construct the “classic yoke” Constructing an Inserted Pocket Constructing a Tailored Sleeve Vent