Technical drawing for fashion must be true to common sense.
- No assumptions! Do not assume that anything is self-explanatory.
- Depict all details and elements of a garment even if they seem to be apparent.
- Always depict front and back of the garment even when back is "self explanatory".
- Remember about Murphy's law: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". In application to fashion technical drawing Murphy's law is: "anything that can be misconstrued in your drawing will be misconstrued". So, draw your technical drawings in such a way that nothing could be interpreted the wrong way by anyone.
- Use written captions when necessary to explain/ reinforce the meaning of the drawings. Keep your captions pointed, concise, and relevant. Do not overdo writing , do not turn your drawing into a book for reading.
- Front and back of same garment are always the same size. In other words, outline of front view and back views of a garment must be identical in the main dimensions. For example, general width of garment's front view cannot be wider than the general width of the back view of the same garment.
- Back neckline of the garment is visible on the front view.
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