International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 21 Issue 4

C2CAD: a sustainable apparel design and production model

Hae Jin Gam, Huantian Cao, Cheryl Farr, Lauren Heine

The purpose of this paper is to develop and implement a new sustainable apparel design and production model, cradle to cradle apparel design (C2CAD), that provides guidelines for…

Improvement of dentist gowns – new constraints and new risks

Marie Schacher, Youssef Haïkel, Stéphane Berger, Laurence Schacher, Dominique C. Adolphe

For years, the main reason for using textiles in the health care sector was to protect the patient from the medical staff. Nowadays, the garment has to play another role and…

Effect of high‐speed sewing on the tensile properties of sewing threads at different stages of sewing

Vinay Kumar Midha, V.K. Kothari, R. Chatopadhyay, A. Mukhopadhyay

In this paper, the contribution of dynamic loading, needle and fabric, and the bobbin thread interaction on the changes in the tensile properties of the needle thread are to be…

Selection of ERP suppliers using AHP tools in the clothing industry

Can Ünal, Mücella G. Güner

The purpose of this paper is to explore selection of the best ERP suppliers in the clothing industry by using analytic hierarchy process (AHP).

Parallel garment drape simulation of triangular mesh using GPU programming

In Hwan Sul

The purpose of this paper is to determine the possibility of implementing parallel processing feature of graphic processor unit (GPU) in garment drape simulation.

Arguing for manufacturing in post industrial economies with special reference to the UK

George K. Stylios