3D morphological data representative of reference size models of garment
brands and respective categorizing data are introduced into an
information processing system. These 3D morphological data are indexed by
brand names, categorizing data, and volumetric, dimensional, and angular
data derived from the morphological data in order to build a database of
virtual human body profiles. For selecting a suitable profile matching a
consumer's body, his/her personal measurements and categorizing data are
introduced into the system, either directly if they are known, or
acquired by scanning only a minimum numbers of points on the customer's
body in a scanning booth so as to derive these measurements. Instead of
methods of the prior art defining the body profiles of the consumers per
se from the general population, this method attempts to categorize the
body profiles of the specific brands' reference size human models, and
all offered sizes, through the brands' grading rules.