International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 32 Issue 4

Effects of spinning process and core yarn contents on yarn shape retention

Wei Yanhong, Xinjin Liu, Xuzhong Su, Zhao Zhimin

In order to develop high shape retention yarn and investigate the effects of spinning process and core yarn contents on the shape retention of yarn, in this paper, three kinds of…

3D female upper body modelling based on 2D images

Bingfei Gu, Md Kawysar Ahmed, Zejun Zhong, Juanfeng Jin

With the rapid advancement of computer information technology, the traditional clothing industry has stridden towards automation and digitization that drive the growth of…

Fabric defect detection method based on cascaded low-rank decomposition

Chunlei Li, Chaodie Liu, Zhoufeng Liu, Ruimin Yang, Yun Huang

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the design of automated fabric defect detection based on cascaded low-rank decomposition and to maintain high quality control in textile…

A prediction method to evaluate thermal performance of protective clothing based on the correlation analysis of the bench scale and flame manikin tests

Chang Xu, Shifei Shen, Ming Fu, Yayun Li

Bench scale and flame manikin tests are two typical methods to evaluate thermal protective performance (TPP) of fire protective clothing. However, flame manikin test is limited to…

Potential application of the Hogarth curves in the modern garment

Xuyun Zhu, Wenjing Wen, Yun Luo, Yonglong Zhang, Di Sun

The purpose of this paper is to develop a novel method for establishing the mathematical link between the restored Hogarth curve and the golden ratio, and to advance the potential…

Prediction and categorization of fabric drapability for 3D garment virtualization

Jimin Kim, Yun Jeong Kim, Myounghee Shim, Youngmin Jun, Changsang Yun

This study aims to create a classification system enabling users of 3D virtualization software to intuitively perceive the drapability of fabrics.

Design in 3D: a computational fashion design protocol

Katherine Celia Greder, Jie Pei, Jooyoung Shin

The purpose of this study was to create a corset—understructure as well as fabric covering—using only computational, 3D approaches to fashion design. The process incorporated 3D…

Designing woven velour printed terry fabric for improved colour fastness

Jitendra Pratap Singh, Sanjeev Kumar Ram

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of pick density, pile height and pile yarn count (both single- and double-ply yarn) on the colour fastness to crocking…

The impact of body surface convex angle on dressed waist ease

Xin Ying, Zheng Liu, Guang Chen, Fengyuan Zou

The comfort and fit of clothes are affected by fabric properties, dressed ease and environmental conditions, in which dressed ease is influenced by the interaction among complex…

Making a dart for a clothing pattern in virtual space

Shigeru Inui, Yuko Mesuda, Yosuke Horiba

The final goal of this study is to virtualize draping. Draping which is one of the methods to design paper patterns for clothing requires much labor and time. The sub-goal of this…

Thermal effects of copper-graphene composite films in a human skin analogous for the application to clothing

Yelin Ko, Sora Shin, Yong Seok Choi, Byung-Hee Hong, Sang-Yoon Park, Joo-Young Lee

The purpose of the study was to explore heat-accumulative and thermal-conductive characteristics of copper-graphene composite film (Cu-G film) while applying it to a human-skin…