Relationship between the warm/cool feeling of fabric and the subjective evaluation of the quality of ladies' knitted fabrics

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relationship between the warm/cool feeling of the heat properties of fabrics and the subjective evaluation of the quality of ladies' garment fabrics.

Design/methodology/approach

Regression analysis is conducted using stepwise block regression applied to the expert judges' judgment value total hand value, using six blocks of the mechanical properties and one block of the initial maximum values q_max of the heat flux of the heat properties of spring and summer tailored‐type jacket fabrics, as the seven blocks of fabric properties, including the secondary term of each property.

Findings

The results of the regression analysis show that the q_max values do not affect the subjective evaluation of the quality of spring and summer tailored‐type jacket fabrics. The results of the regression analysis of ladies' knitted fabric properties applied to the subjective evaluation value have confirmed that the q_max values affect the subjective evaluation of the quality of ladies' knitted fabrics.

Originality/value

This paper usefully describes the relationship between the warm/cool feeling of fabric and the subjective evaluation of the quality of ladies' knitted fabrics.

Citation

Inoue, T., Nakayama, A. and Niwa, M. (2010), "Relationship between the warm/cool feeling of fabric and the subjective evaluation of the quality of ladies' knitted fabrics", International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology, Vol. 22 No. 1, pp. 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/09556221011008767