International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 23 Issue 2/3

Application of design for disassembly in men's jacket: A study on sustainable apparel design

Hae Jin Gam, Huantian Cao, Jaclyn Bennett, Caroline Helmkamp, Cheryl Farr

Combining of natural and synthetic materials in apparel products caused problems with material recovery, reuse, recycling, or composting at the end of product life. The purpose of…

Craniofacial measurements of full‐term neonates

Yong‐Mei Deng, Kit‐lun Yick, Yi‐lin Kwok, Siu‐chun Wong

The purpose of this paper is to measure the craniofacial dimensions of 41 full‐term neonates nursed in the Special Care Baby Unit of Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong, so as to…

Study of the influence of matter and finishing treatments on the denim garment shade

Faouzi Khedher, Soufien Dhouib, Slah Msahli, Faouzi Sakli

The purpose of this paper is to study the effect of matter, laundering types, special treatments and their succession applied during the manufacturing process of garment washing…

The transport phenomena of semi‐permeable membrane for sport cloth

Antonin Havelka, Zdeněk Ku˙s

This paper aims to investigate the comfort properties of modern functional clothing, such as moisture and heat transport. Transport properties are evaluated for real barrier…

Profiled fiber cross‐sectional shape characterization for identification

Zhaoli Wang, Yueqi Zhong, Shanyan Wang

The purpose of this paper is to show how shape analysis and quantitative characterization of fiber cross sections, with the aid of image analysis techniques, provide a quick…

Pattern classification of fabric defects using support vector machines

A. Ghosh, T. Guha, R.B. Bhar, S. Das

The purpose of this paper is to address a solution to the problem of defect recognition from images using the support vector machines (SVM).

Simultaneous influence of ageing and softener on mechanical properties of knitted textiles during life cycle of garment

Gaurav Agarwal, Ludovic Koehl, Anne Perwvelz

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of ageing and the use of fabric softener during the life cycle of knitted fabrics.

Mesh topology in scanned garment reconstruction

Hongyan Liu, Yueqi Zhong, Shanyuan Wang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the draping behavior of a scanned garment model in irregular and regular mesh topology. 3D garment with high fidelity can be obtained…

Validation of clothing insulation estimated by global and serial methods

Joo‐Young Lee, Eun‐Sook Ko, Hyo‐Hyun Lee, Jae‐Young Kim, Jeong‐Wha Choi

The purpose of this paper is to examine differences between thermal insulation calculated by a global and a serial method using a thermal manikin, in comparison with human trials.

Protective clothing (PC)

George K. Stylios