Garment-integrated sensors equip clothes with a smart sensing capability, while preserving the comfort of the user. However, this benefit can be to the detriment of sensing accuracy due to the unpredictability of garment movement (which affects sensor positioning) and textile folds (which can affect sensor orientation). However, sensors integrated directly into garments or fabric structures can...

The aims of this study were to determine how custom-fit compression shorts affect athletic performance and to examine the mechanical properties of the shorts. Ten male and 10 female track athletes on a university's nationally competitive track team, specializing in sprint or jump events, participated in the study. Testing utilized the compression shorts with loose-fitting gym shorts as the cont...

This paper investigates the conflict between hand crafted bespoke tailoring and computerised mass market tailoring in the UK, in order to assess the overall place for this traditional technique within fashion design. It supports a need for retaining the heritage of traditional skills practiced in bespoke tailoring and justifies this as a luxury the consumer can and should afford. The research e...

Developing steps in designing a system for predicting garment appearance quality are presented. The articles of clothing investigated are ladies’ jackets and the accent is given to subjective evaluation of individual factors of garment appearance quality. A group of semi-skilled evaluators and a group of experts in the field of garment engineering were doing the evaluation. This system of dual ...

OBJECTIVES Inhalation of a cotton-based particulates has previously been associated with respiratory symptoms and impaired lung function. This study investigates the respiratory health of Nepalese textile workers in relation to dust and endotoxin exposure. METHODS A total of 938 individuals from four sectors (garment, carpet, weaving and recycling) of the textile industry in Kathmandu, Nepal ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to produce the findings of a research project seeking to develop and validate a model for measuring supply chain performance of organized garment retailing in India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws its conclusions from an analysis of survey data from samples of Indian organized garment retailing practitioners and consultants. The pre-pilot an...

24.1 INTRODUCTION Portable electronics have evolved rapidly over the last 10 years and now wear-able technologies are following the same trend. While multifunctional clothes are appearing on the market with a multitude of electronic devices incorporated onto the fabric, garment devices are articles of clothing with inherent electronic properties. Garment devices are the actual device, a new kin...

Modeling of three-dimensional garments is essential for creating realistic virtual environments and is very helpful for real-life garment design. While fashion drawings are commonly used to convey garment shape, so far little work had been done on using them as inputs to the 3D modeling process. We present a new approach for modeling of garments from fashion drawings. This approach combines an ...

We present a system to deal with the problem of classifying garments from a pile of clothes. This system uses a robot arm to extract a garment and show it to a depth camera. Using only depth images of a partial view of the garment as input, a deep convolutional neural network has been trained to classify different types of garments. The robot can rotate the garment along the vertical axis in or...