Drafting Procedure of Bush Shirt / Safari Slack
R.S. Balakumar
Associate Professor
Dept of Fashion Design & Arts
Hindustan University, Chennai, India
Email: rsbalakumar1953@gmail.com
Bush Shirt/Modern Safari Slack
A bush shirt is usually a loose fitting cotton shirt with patch pockets and long length belt. It is also sometimes referred as Bush Jacket or Safari Slack or Safari Jacket. Bush shirt is a common dress of males. This dress is the men’s upper torso wear. Bush shirt may has two pockets or four pockets, two pockets on the top part and 2 pockets on the bottom part. The color of the bush shirt will be dark gray or khaki. Bush shirt is lightweight and loose thus it is very comfortable to wear during heavy works or travel. Unlike other shirts it is not very attractive in color or design. So it is known as bush shirt. Suitable fabrics are terene, polyester, viscose-cotton, terry-wool are mostly suitable. People wearing this dress usually wear the same color and material for the lower torso wear, like trousers or pant, now a day this dress is used for official uniform and as well as celebrity wear.
Measurements of Bush Shirt:
- Back length = 29”
- Natural Waist Length = 16 ½”
- Shoulder Width = 18”
- Across Back = 7 ½”
- Chest = 36”
- Waist = 32”
- Seat = 38”
- Neck girth = 16”
- Sleeve Length = 9”
- Sleeve Open = 15”
Drafting Details of Bush Shirt (Back Part):
1 – 2 = Back Length + ½”
2 – 3 = Bottom fold 1 ½”
4 – 1 = Scyedepth, Chest/4
1 – 5 = Natural Waist Length + ½”
5 – 6 = 7” Seat line
7 is mid of 1 to 4 measure.
8 is mid of 7 to 1 measure.
9 – 1 = Neck/5 + ¼”
10 – 9 = 1” above
11 – 7 = Across Back + ½”
11 – 12 = Draw a line
12 – 13 = Shoulder’s Slope 1 ½”
13 – 14 = ½” is noted
15 – 3 = ½” is noted
16 – 5 = ¾” is noted
17 – 18 = 1 ¾” is noted
18 – 19 = ½” is noted
20 – 17 = 1” is noted
20 – 21 – 22 = Draw a line
23 – 22 = 1 ¾” is noted
Drafting Details of Front Part:
1 – 2 = Length + ½”
2 – 3 = 1” is noted
4 – 1 = Scyedepth, Chest/4
5 – 1 = Natural Waist Length + ½”
6 – 5 = 7” Seat line
7 – 4 = chest/3 + 1 ½” is noted
8 – 4 = Chest/4 less ¾”
9 is mid of 8 to 4 measure.
10 – 9 = Draw a line, neck point.
11 – 10 = Neck/6 + ¼” is noted
12 – 1 = Neck/5 + ¼” is noted
13 – 8 = Chest/6 +1 ½” is noted
14 – 10 = Same as back 10 to 14 measure
15 – 7 = 1 ¾” is noted
16 – 15 = ½” is noted
17 – 8 = ¾” is noted
18 – 7 – 15 – 19 = Draw a line
20 – 18 = ¾” is noted for waist suppression
21 – 19 = 2” is noted
22 – 5 = 3 ½” dart distance, length 7”, width ¾”
23 is the middle of 7 to 8 measure
23 – 24 = Dart length 13”
25 is dart width ¾” is noted
26 – 12 = ¾” is noted
27 – 26 = 1 ½” is noted for button standing line
28 – 2 = 1” is noted
28 – 29 = 1 ½” is noted
30 – 29 = 1” is noted
Chest pocket size is 4”x4 ½”
Bottom pocket size is 6 ½” x7” to be drawn as per the draft.
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