Hello CSAIL-related,
There is an upcoming talk on the topic of the history of fashion and the techniques used in the 80s and 90s as a "manual drafting" process to design and tailor clothes to the individual.
This lady, now in her 80s, Shirley Willett, is amazing and got NSF grants in the 80s and 90s [1] to computerize the process of creating clothing -- sadly she was ahead of her time in her industry