International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 30 Issue 2

Measuring compression caused by garments

Brett Ellis, Erin Kirkpatrick, Sonal Kothari Phan, Stacy Imler, Haskell Beckham

Stretch fabrics are employed to create compression in garments for medical, sports, and fitness applications. Although potential correlations between wearing compression garments…

Development of insect repellent finish by a simple coacervation microencapsulation technique

Rachna Sharma, Alka Goel

The paper focused onto the development of microcapsules by using two essential oils. It proposes the uses of eucalyptus oil and cedarwood oil as a natural insecticide. The purpose…

Personalized 3D mannequin reconstruction based on 3D scanning

PengPeng Hu, Duan Li, Ge Wu, Taku Komura, Dongliang Zhang, Yueqi Zhong

Currently, a common method of reconstructing mannequin is based on the body measurements or body features, which only preserve the body size lacking of the accurate body geometric…

Automated human body measurement extraction: Single digital camera (webcam) method – phase 1

Muditha Senanayake, Amar Raheja, Yuhan Zhang

The purpose of this paper is to develop an automated human body measurement extraction system using simple inexpensive equipment with minimum requirement of human assistance. This…

Effect of strain rate on the tensile performance of woven para-aramid fabrics

Georgios V. Seretis, Ioannis D. Theodorakopoulos, Dimitrios E. Manolakos, Christopher G. Provatidis

Para-aramid fabrics see service in a great variety of applications, such as heavy weight lifting applications, penetration protective multilayer panels, etc. It is, therefore…

Objective evaluation of fabric pilling based on data-driven visual attention model

Shengqi Guan, Wensen Li, Jie Wang, Ming Lei

The purpose of this paper is to develop a new objective evaluation method of fabric pilling using data-driven visual attention model.

Understanding consumer preferences on mosquito-bite protective clothing

Sumin Helen Koo

The purpose of this paper is to understand people’s preferred design and functional features for mosquito-bite protective clothing.

A test method for evaluation of colourfastness of textiles to perfumes

Kavitha Krishnamoorthi, Srinivasan Jagannathan

The purpose of this paper is to present a laboratory-based test method to evaluate colourfastness of silk fabrics when perfumes are applied on it.

Effect of air gaps characteristics on thermal protective performance of firefighters’ clothing: A review

Meng Deng, Yunyi Wang, Peijing Li

The purpose of this paper is to provide the details of developments to research works in the distribution characteristics of the air gaps within firefighters’ clothing and…

Structural modelling of multi-thread fancy yarn

Malek Alshukur, Hugh Gong, George Stylios

The purpose of this paper is to mathematically model the structure of doubled fancy yarns made by combining together several threads.