This diagram I consider very valuable for illustration, because it
represents an entire garment from neck to ankle in one continuous form,
and on slopes in perfect harmony with the slopes of the body, running
to a point at each end, each point at an angle of 15 deg., and both
joined at the widest part, representing the largest part of the body,
but cut off at the neck and at the feet. The upper part again represents
the vest, as the simplest garment worn by man. The starting point for
the garment is at a point where the angle of 15 deg. has a width of 17½
numbers. The connecting points of the two angles of 15 deg. are at the
front of the waist, or at the pit of the stomach, where the body turns
backward, upward and downward, and at the largest part of the seat. The
lower point of the angle of 15 deg. is a center for the pants, from which
center all connection for the seams may be swept with certainty. And,
although this point is not convenient to sweep from for every pants we
cut, a cutter must know from what point he can obtain his balance without
going to the point—all of which is fully described in the article on
“Pants.”
[Illustration: _Dia. 13._]