Joggers given their shape, waist open and cuffs gathered.
Soft jersey collapses when nobody is wearing it, so a flat pair of joggers tells a buyer little about its taper. Herofab reads the pair from a flat-lay or hanger photo and delivers it with a 3D hollow shape or as a clean flat lay, on a white, grey, black or beige backdrop.
What marks out a pair of joggers.
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Elasticated waist and drawcord
The waistband of a jogger is gathered elastic, often with rows of stitching through it, and a drawcord that leaves through two eyelets or buttonholes. In the 3D style the waist opens and its inner face is rendered. Check the gathers, the eyelets and both cord ends with their tips against the pair.
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Taper and the cuffed ankle
A jogger narrows from thigh to ankle and ends in a ribbed cuff that draws the leg in. That line separates it from a straight trouser. See that the leg narrows as on the real pair, that both cuffs are ribbed and equal in height, and that an open-hem style has not been given cuffs.
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Side stripe, pockets and knee
Tape or piping down the outer seam should travel from waistband to cuff at one width on both legs. Slant or zipped pockets sit just below the waistband, and a small logo often sits on the thigh. Fleece that has bagged at the knee is copied as shape, so it is worth flattening before the photo.
Laying out joggers before the photo.
- Lay the pair front up with the waistband relaxed, not stretched, and the legs slightly apart so the inner seams and both cuffs are separate and in frame.
- Pull the drawcord to equal lengths and rest both ends on the front of the pair, below the waistband, where the photo records them clearly.
- A stripe on the outer seam lies on the fold of a flat pair; add a detail close-up of it, and a back photo when there is a patch pocket behind.
Ghost mannequin for joggers, answered.
Will a knotted or metal-tipped drawcord come through as it is?
Trims and hardware are briefed to be kept as photographed, so the cord appears the way the source shows it: knotted, tipped in metal or tied in a bow. Tips are small, and a cord end can be shortened or doubled in the result. Compare both ends with the pair, and the eyelets they pass through.
Do grey marl joggers get lost on a grey backdrop?
They can. Grey marl is a staple jogger cloth and sits close to the grey backdrop in tone, so white or beige gives it a clearer outline, and black a stronger one. Black and navy pairs separate on white, grey or beige. Keep one backdrop for the whole range so the category page stays even.
How should thick fleece be prepared so the knees do not look baggy?
The outline in the photo is the outline the tool is briefed to keep, so a knee stretched by wear appears as a bulge in the leg. Photograph an unworn pair where possible, lay it on a firm surface and press each leg level along the outer seam. Fold lines across the thigh are worth steaming out for the same reason.
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