Body-shaping undergarment with buttock support

A body shaping undergarment for firming and shaping the stomach, thighs, hips and buttocks of the weaver has been developed by Warnaco of New York. The form-fitting undergarment can also be worn by pregnant women or women with large abdomens. The garment is formed by fixing together a number of fabric panels. According to the manufacturer..

Feminist issues in textiles and clothing research: Working through/with the contradictions

This introduction to the focused issue explores confusions and contradications related to feminist perspectives in textiles and clothing research. Contributions to this issue represent various perspectives on and approaches to feminism, delving in diverse ways into the ambivalent nature of textiles, clothing, style, and fashion in women's..

Compressive bandages and pressure garments

This article gives an overview of papers presented at the 1999 Medical Textiles Conference that was held in Bolton UK. It concentrates on the development of pressure garments where the longitudinal stretch in the fabric provides the radial forces required for different treatments. Pressure garments have been the major treatment method for..

Reducing wind-induced heat loss through multilayer clothing systems by means of a bypass layer

This paper concerns multilayer clothing systems whose outermost layers consist of a somewhat permeable exterior sheath and a layer of light insulating batting. Wind-tunnel tests show that the wind-induced heat loss through such systems can be greatly reduced by introducing a layer with low resistance to airflow between the sheath and unde..

Revolution in seamless underwear and outerwear manufacture

The theme of automation in the hosiery and knitting industry has been gathering pace since the introduction of electronic needle selection and computer control in the 1960s and 1970s, and is now veering towards the production of complete garments on the knitting machine, which require little or no sewing afterwards. Such garments offer a ..

More comfort from socks with low-friction Teflon

Tests at the Swiss Institute for Materials Testing (EMPA), have confirmed that the use of DuPont's Teflon brand PTFE fibre in patented BlisterGuard socks minimizes shoe-rub, greatly reducing the formation of blisters and calluses, and contributing to improvements in athletic performance and comfort. Incorporated during the knitting of the..

Unitika marketing 'Hygra' for active sportswear applications

Unitika Fibers Ltd. has developed a special nylon fabric 'Hygra' with excellent moisture absorbing and releasing properties that almost doubles those properties of cotton. The fabric employs a sheath-core-structured yarn of nylon and polymer composition that can absorb moisture up to 35 times its own weight. 'Hygra' is characterized by it..

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Objective evaluation of seam pucker using artificial intelligence. Part III: Using the objective evaluation method to analyze the effects of sewing parameters on seam pucker

The new objective evaluation method of seam pucker reported in Parts I and II of this study is used to analyze the effects of sewing parameters on seam pucker with fiber shape parameters in this part of the series. The parameters of sewing thread tension and stitch length are varied. To measure needle and bobbin thread tensions, frames ar..

Dynamics of changes in professional garment cleaning

The status of change in professional care of garments is reviewed. With the evolution of alternative care technologies comes the need to explore their impact on care labeling. AATCC's Professional Textile Care Test Methods Committee (RA43) is participating in national and international efforts to develop test methods that assess textile p..