Body Landmarks

Landmark map

Rings mark regions such as neck, waist, hip, armholes, and wrists. Points mark places like the bust apex, shoulder blades, and crotch. Use these names when you describe fit in 3D terms.

Why they matter

In LA VIPÈRE, the avatar’s measurements, posture, and proportions drive how patterns are constructed. Body landmarks are the named places on that avatar (neck, shoulder tip, underarm, waist, hip, wrist, and more) that let you talk about fit with precision.

LA VIPÈRE is both a 2D and a 3D design environment. You can describe changes in flat pattern language (wider neckline, longer sleeve, deeper armhole on the piece) or in 3D terms that refer to avatar landmarks and measurements (below the hip, out from the natural neck, at the wrist). Both ways of speaking are valid; landmarks are what make the 3D side of that conversation clear.

How they guide your design

• When you ask for 2 cm ease at the waist, the waist measurement is retrieved and the ease is calculated from that girth.
• When you ask for a top 5 cm below the waistline, the avatar’s length measurements are retrieved and applied to the pattern.
• When you ask to drop the shoulder, the shoulder slope is retrieved and the drop is calculated.

Landmark topology

Around the body

Torso and leg regions are described with front, right, back, and left:

• Neck Neckline width and depth
• Waist Cropped lengths, waistbands, and side shaping
• Hip Hem height and lower circumference
• Ankles Full-length bottoms

At the arm

Arm and sleeve references use top, front, bottom, and back:

• Armhole Shoulder tip (top), armhole shape, and underarm (bottom)
• Wrist Long sleeves and cuffs

Other references

Single points used for placement cues:

• Bust apex Chest placement and front shaping
• Shoulder blades Back depth and yoke placement
• Crotch Trousers and similar styles

Using landmarks in prompts

For symmetric patterns, you can use only the right side. The left will be automatically mirrored or unfolded. For example, for a symmetric T-shirt, use the front neck point, the right neck point, and the back neck point. The left will be derived automatically. For asymmetric garments, use both sides of the body to describe the garment construction.

• “The right neck point is shifted 1 cm away from the natural right neck point along the shoulder line. The front neck point is dropped 5 cm below the natural front neck point.”
• “Lower the underarm one to two centimeters from the natural armhole bottom for a roomier fit.”
• “Straight hem, same level front and back, slightly below the hip.”
• “Crop the body to just below the waist.”
• “Shoulder at the natural shoulder tip” or “drop the shoulder past the armhole top.”
• “Long sleeve ending at the wrist” or “short sleeve well above the wrist.”
• “The ease at the bust is 2 cm, and 4 cm at the waist.”

The clearer the reference (2D or landmark-based), the more precisely the pattern can follow your intent across sizes and avatars.

How Landmarks are generated

You do not place landmarks by hand. When an avatar is created or selected, LA VIPÈRE derives them from that avatar’s measurements, posture, and proportions, consistently across sizes.

So the same design description can be applied to another avatar and still mean the same thing anatomically: “below the hip” and “at the natural neck” stay tied to that body’s landmarks, not to a fixed absolute size.