Abstract

The fashion industry today is plagued withlarge quantities of textile waste. The waste of resources caused by fastfashion because of the short-term life cycle of each garment has awakened wideconcern in society. To investigate the concept of modularity in textile andapparel design and explore the possibilities of creating fitted garmentsallowing more modular design options, the researcher focused on creating twomodular designs based on a modular system to test out the effectiveness of thedesign research. The purpose of this design research was to develop a modularsystem for textile and apparel design allowed for the creation of fittedgarment constructions to elevate the potential of modular design and provide aframework for research in modular design practice.

Highlights

  • As a concept, modular design has been explored by textile and apparel designers

  • The Fragment Textiles designed by Soepboer and Van Balgooi developed two small wool forms, squares and stars, which were assembled to create a fabric (Stam & Eggink, 2014)

  • Most designers who explore modular textile and apparel designs, such as those of Soepboer, Van Balgooi, and Kosuke Tsumura, focused on twodimensional products or more boxy silhouettes that did not contour closely to the body since most of their works were made from one size of modular shapes to create a flat textile with no darts or shaping to couture the body

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Introduction

Modular design has been explored by textile and apparel designers. Most designers who explore modular textile and apparel designs, such as those of Soepboer, Van Balgooi, and Kosuke Tsumura, focused on twodimensional products or more boxy silhouettes that did not contour closely to the body since most of their works were made from one size of modular shapes to create a flat textile with no darts or shaping to couture the body.

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