Adding garments and products
What you track here depends on your department. Costume tracks garments; Hair & Make up tracks products (also called kit). The two sit side by side in Haystack, and the wording changes to match the department you are working in.
Costume garments carry a full attribute set (category, size, colours, fabrics and more). Makeup products are lighter: name, category and a few basics. On mobile you pick your department in Settings; on the web they live under separate Costume and Makeup sections.
Adding an item
- Open your Costume or Makeup list.
- Click Create Garment (Costume) or Create Product (Makeup).
- Enter a Name. Name is the only required field.
- Fill in the details you have. A costume garment offers Source, Brand, Gender, Category, Sub-category, Size, Secondary Size, Colours, Fabrics, Styles, Period, Box, Quantity and a Production Asset toggle. A makeup product shows Source, Brand, Category, Box, Quantity and Production Asset only.
- Click Save. The item opens ready for photos and character assignment.
To edit an item later, open it, turn on Edit Mode, make your changes, then Save.
- Open the Garments tab (Kit in Hair & Make up) and tap the add button in the top corner.
- If your device supports NFC, Haystack offers to scan a tag first. Tap Create without tag to skip, or scan a tag to link it now.
- Enter a Name. The field is marked Name (required) and nothing saves without it.
- Add photos, assign characters and fill in the attributes you have. Costume shows the full set (Gender, Category, Sub-category, Size, Colours, Fabrics, Styles, Period and so on); a product shows Category plus the shared basics.
- Tap save. The item appears straight away, even offline.
Your department is set in Settings. Switch it there to move between Costume and Hair & Make up.
The costume attribute fields (Category, Size, Colours and the rest) are explained in Garment attributes and categories.
Once an item exists, assign it to the characters who wear it and add it to their changes or looks. See Assigning garments to characters and changes.