adagen 0 #26 December 1, 2011 1) What type of skydiving do you mostly do? Tunnel freefly 2) What brand is your current suit and are you happy with it? Boogieman and Vertical. Yes and Yes 3) How do you think jumpsuits could be improved. The only way to improve is to start with a custom made suit and fly with it for a while then decide what changes you personally want for the type of flying you do. 4) What is required of your jumpsuit in terms of comfort, functionality and aesthetics? All of these. 5) For the female skydiver, how important is it for you to have clothing designed specifically for women? Custom made tends to allow for this, using slightly differrent sets of measurements for men and for women. Generally, women have shorter bodies in relation to leg length than men (and not just skydivers ) Anne Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyjumpenfool 2 #27 December 1, 2011 Quote Quote I think the last thing the skydiving community needs is some Fashion Merchandising Yahoo turning out jumpsuits. Ah, but someone with fashion DESIGN experience is EXACTLY who we want turning out jumpsuits. Knowledge about fabrics, garment construction and patternmaking are extremely important, especially when building a custom, one off item. There is a market for off the shelf - I've watched "stock suits" fly off shelves of gear stores. Lots of novices are just fine with a "stock size" RW or freefly suit for their first suit, and they end up saving money on it too. Sorry, maybe a bit too much sarcasm in my post. I just was trying to make the point that, the suit designer needed to be and understand the sport of Skydiving first, and be a designer second. Or, better stated, be highly skilled at both. edited to add... "Form Follows Function"!!Birdshit & Fools Productions "Son, only two things fall from the sky." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
