Research Journal of Textile and Apparel: Volume 10 Issue 2

Anthropometric Measurements and Body Motions of Teenagers with Mental Handicap in Hong Kong

Kit-lun Yick, Wai-ching Chu, Sun-pui Ng, Man-chun Hui Lo

Teenagers with mental handicap have great difficulties in the areas of dress appearance and purchasing appropriate well-fitting garments due to their unusual body configurations…

Measurement of Garment Bagging Deformation Using a 3D Laser Scanning Method

Laikuen Chan, Mansang Wong, Zhenge Dong, Jinlian Hu, Siuping Chung

Garment bagging is considered as a 3D distortion happened over cyclic movement and/or prolonged stretching of fabric materials. In this study, a laser scanning system was proposed…

Development of Phase Change Materials Treated Thermostatic Fabric by Screen Printing Method

Kyeyoun Choi, Gilsoo Cho

The objectives of this study are to examine the conditions of finishing on the cotton fabrics after synthesizing melamine formaldehyde (M/F) microcapsules containing octadecane by…

Prediction of Yarn Cross-Sectional Color from Longitudinal Color by Neural Network

A. Shams-Nateri, S.H. Amirshahi, M. Latifi

This paper presents a study of color behavior and reflectance factors of fibers in their crosssectional and longitudinal directions. In the practical field, it was demonstrated…

Digital Jacquard Textile Design In A Colorless Mode

Frankie M.C. NG, Jiu ZHOU

Jacquard fabric is regarded as a “high-grade” textile, having intricate, interesting color and texture, and digital image design is the latest technique of computer art in the…

No-Salt Dyeing Behaviour of Cationized Linen Fabrics

A. Hebeish, M. Hashem, M. EL-Hosamy, S. Abass

Linen fabrics were cationized using 3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl trimethyl ammonium chloride in alkaline medium. The cationized linen fabrics were dyed independently, with different…

Stimuli Sensitive Behaviour of Modified Polyacrylonitrile Fibres

Manjeet Jassal, Ashwini K. Agrawal, Arnab K. Ghosh, K.R.T. Ramasubramani, Anasuya Sahoo

Polymeric fibres that have a unique capability to change their structure in response to small environmental changes such as pH, electrolyte and electric field are an attractive…

Personality Factors and Dress Style Tribes of Undergraduate Students

Tricia Widner Johnson, Sally K. Francis

Consumers become members of style tribes when a specific style of dress is adopted. Personality may be one variable related to consumers' personal style of dress. Students in a…

Study on the Color Design for Automobile Interior Textiles

Ailin Ru

The essence of the ornament phenomenon is a cultural one and a symbol of civilization progress. As for fashion and home textiles, automobile interior textiles play an important…

Managing Knowledge in Fashion Businesses: A Survey of Contemporary Tools for Coordination and Collaboration

Eric P.H. Li, Chester, K.M. To, Y.H. Wong, Jimmy, M.T. Chang

This paper focuses on coordination and collaboration technologies in contemporary knowledge management. In particular, we focus on the roles of coordination and collaboration…