International Journal of Clothing Science and Technology: Volume 35 Issue 3

Coloring and functional properties of cotton and wool fabrics treated with aronia (Aronia melanocarpa) fruit and leaf extracts

Eunmi Koh, Kyung Hwa Hong

The purpose of this study was to develop an environment-friendly finishing process for coloring and functionalizing fabrics using the extracts from aronia fruit (AF) and/or aronia…

Differences in fabric hand perceptions among Japanese and Chinese individuals

Tomoharu Ishikawa, Junki Tsunetou, Yoshiko Yanagida, Mutsumi Yanaka, Minoru Mitsui, Kazuya Sasaki, Miyoshi Ayama

The study aimed to clarify differences in fabric hand perceptions among Japanese and Chinese participants and implement online shopping strategies that enable consumers to easily…

Development of automatic 3D body scan measurement line generation method

Hyunsook Han

This research aimed to develop an automatic 3D body measurement line generation method that reduces errors induced by diverse body shapes and incomplete scan areas.

Simulation and analysis of heat transfer performance of electrical heating fabric at low temperature based on skin tissue

Jinyu Li, Hangyu Yan, Yunfeng Ni, Linlin Fu, Yunchu Yang

At present, electrical heating clothing is widely used to keep ourselves warm at low temperature. The purpose of this paper is to explore the heat transfer performance of…

An application of virtual twins for fit prediction: case study of women jackets

Sida Wan, Victor Kuzmichev

The purpose of this paper is to present a fit prediction case study of virtual twins of women jacket. For this reason, several basic principles of clothes fit prediction were…

Developing a prediction model for improving bifurcated garment fit for mass customization

Aditi Galada, Fatma Baytar

The purpose of the present study was to improve the fit of women’s bifurcated garments by developing an equation that can predict the crotch length accurately by using a few basic…

Investigation of the cosmetic effects of pattern design and wearability in sports bras

Elif Yılmaz, Ziynet Öndoğan, Arzu Şen Kılıç

This study aims to develop a sports bra with cosmetic microcapsules that supports the breasts and provides an aesthetically upright and lifted posture by using 28 days period.

Thermal comfort properties of bi-layer knitted fabrics made up of polyester yarns and nylon yarns with varied specification

Yang Yang, Weijing Zhang, Zheng Liu, Peihua Zhang

The purpose of this work is to investigate the effect of filament composition with different specifications on the thermal comfort properties of bi-layer knitted fabrics.

Mycelium as sustainable textile material – review on recent research and future prospective

R. Rathinamoorthy, T. Sharmila Bharathi, M. Snehaa, C. Swetha

Mycelium is an upcoming bio-based alternative material that has various applications in different industries. Mycelium materials used as composites, leather, construction…

Characterization of self-dyed silk yarn with Rhodamine B dye for fashion applications

Uyen Nguyen Tu Tran, Hung Ngoc Phan, Thao Thanh Hoang, Nu Thi Hong Le, Huong Mai Bui

The textile industry has consumed large quantities of water and discharged large volumes of wastewater in the dyeing process. The study aims to characterize self-dyed silk with…

OMNet: Outfit Memory Net for clothing parsing

Shaoping Ye, Shaoyu Wang, Nuo Chen, An Xu, Xiujin Shi

Existing clothing parsing methods make little use of dataset-level information. This paper aims to propose a novel clothing parsing method which utilizes higher-level outfit…