Clothing Design Research Articles

Analysis and optimization strategies for key factors in children’s clothing design

This study delves into the critical factors influencing children’s clothing design through a multifaceted approach. The investigation elucidates the most significant design elements by employing qualitative research methods, the fuzzy Delphi method (FDM), and the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP). Initially, semi-structured interviews were conducted with experienced professionals, encompassing children’s clothing designers and related specialists with a minimum of fifteen years of expertise. These interviews served to gather valuable insights and experiences. Subsequently, the FDM was utilized to assess the relative importance of identified design elements. Finally, the FAHP was implemented to determine the weights assigned to each factor, establishing a hierarchy of importance. The findings reveal that safety reigns supreme as the most critical design consideration. Following safety are comfort, style elements and practicality. Safety prioritizes the utilization of non-toxic materials and secure fastenings. Comfort emphasizes breathable fabrics and textures that are gentle against the skin. Style elements encompass colour palettes, patterns and the incorporation of creative design aspects. Practical considerations delve into age-appropriateness, freedom of movement, garments with multifunctional purposes and enduring durability. This comprehensive study offers invaluable guidance for the field of children’s clothing design. It empowers designers to effectively address the needs of children while aligning with parental expectations. Ultimately, this approach propels market development and fosters children’s enhanced quality of life.

Design and Fabrication of an Automatic Cloth Ironing Machine

General automation in household chores uses technology and devices to carry out conveniently or aid in completing ordinary domestic duties, enhancing daily living. However, the traditional method of ironing clothes is one of the everyday tasks around the house that has been waiting for a revolution for a long time. The ironing task is still done by hand and is not automated. The problem is that ironing excessive clothes, especially school uniforms, for a week’s usage can be laborious and time-consuming. Anyone would experience boredom, tiredness and fatigue due to this circumstance when ironing continually. Therefore, to solve the issue, this project was developed to eliminate the tedious ironing process. This project aims to develop an automatic cloth ironing machine using a few low-cost electronic and mechanical components and compare the timing of cloth ironing using an automatic machine and by hand. As a result, a prototype presented a revolutionary initiative that combines modern technology and automation to revolutionise traditional clothing ironing methods. It can respond to specifi c fabric types and sizes, ensuring consistency in the ironing process. In conclusion, a prototype was successfully designed and developed with various low-cost electronic components and mechanical devices, e.g. an Ultrasonic Sensor HC-SR04, Arduino UNO, a belting system and a steam generator. Then, using the machine is slightly slower by 40 seconds compared to ironing manually. This achievement reassures the potential of the machine. Future development plans include using two steam plates to iron the back and front of the clothes and using a steam generator with a higher power that produces much steam.

Maya and Aztec Civilizations as an Inspiration Source for Textile Printing and Clothing Design

Maya and Aztec Civilizations as an Inspiration Source for Textile Printing and Clothing Design

Design of Antibacterial Textile-Treated Protective Clothing for Hospitalized Open-Heart Surgery Patient

Design of Antibacterial Textile-Treated Protective Clothing for Hospitalized Open-Heart Surgery Patient

Software Development for Automated Design of Principal Women Wear Patterns

In this article the review of IT-tools for pattern design is carried out. The problems and disadvantages of the used software are identified and the development of a software for the automated principal pattern design of women's clothing “PIONY”, which has a number of advantages, is described. These include free functionality, three modes of operation (“Guest”, “Shaper”, “Shaper+”), personal account, the ability to save the pattern in the required format and scale. Also, this system allows for an unauthorized user to work in the system, providing him with incomplete functionality ofdesigning a pattern of one product on a standard size in accordance withRussian National Standard GOST. The main advantage of the software is the ability todesign patterns of five items (top, robe, pants, shorts and skirt) according to individual user’smeasurements, taking into account additional parameters (additions, and type of silhouette), and print it in real scale. The software structure is presented in the form of a UML-diagram. It reflects the activities of the administrator and the user. The program part of the functionality is developed using the programming languages JavaScript, PHP, built-in GD Library, which allows creation drawings using graphical primitives and work with image files. Library functions are used to build geometric objects, drawing simple shapes such as lines, circles, which are the pattern elements. A set of hypertext markup HTML and CSS stylingwas usedfor the interface part. The proposed software will allow people who do not have professional knowledge in the field of sewing to design patterns automatically according to individual measurements by entering data and pressing a few buttons.

Development of Women’s Shirt Style Recognition Model (WSSRM) based on a ResNet and Transformer integrated method

The rise of e-commerce has brought women’s shirt images to the forefront, showcasing complex styles and diverse features. This presents a challenge for consumers in finding their preferred styles. Deep learning, known for its speed and superior retrieval performance, offers a solution by learning image features through multi-layer neural networks and extracting high-level semantic information, making it highly effective for recognizing and classifying clothing styles. The ResNet model excels in extracting detailed pixel information, but has limitations: (1) Jump connections in ResNet, which add input directly to the output in the residual block, can cause feature distortion, especially when input and output sizes do not match; (2) Despite many network layers, the effective receptive field of ResNet is smaller than theoretically expected. To address these limitations, this paper introduces the Transformer model into ResNet, proposing a new method for recognizing and classifying women’s shirt styles based on local detail feature extraction. The Transformer’s attention mechanism enhances the model’s ability to focus on important features and suppress less relevant ones, improving the accuracy of local detail feature extraction. This study examines six typical women’s shirt style features, applying the improved ResNet to their recognition and classification, resulting in a highly accurate and reliable model. This theoretical and practical advancement enhances the recognition of detailed features in women’s shirts, significantly contributing to the development of intelligent clothing design.

Innovative Application of Digital Printing Technology in “China Chic” Clothing

As the resurgence of Chinese traditional culture gains global attention, "China Chic" clothing design has become a prominent trend in modern fashion. Digital printing technology is an advanced textile printing process. It has become a core technology in "China Chic" clothing because of its high precision, full-color gamut, versatile design capabilities, and environmental benefits. This study explored the application effect of digital printing technology on fabrics of different materials through printing accuracy tests and printing color reducibility comparison tests of different fabric structures with case analysis, and verified its superior performance in traditional pattern reproduction and customization. The results indicated that digital printing technology can not only meet the complex design requirements of "China Chic" clothing but also significantly enhance the environmental sustainability of the production process. In the future, the development of digital printing technology should focus on improving production efficiency, reducing costs, and developing more environmentally friendly inks to expand its potential in the textile industry further. Finally, the study shows the outstanding performance of digital printing technology in application efficiency, vision and color, which can provide strong technical support for the innovative design of "China Chic" clothing

High performance Li-ion capacitor achieved by rational design of carbon cloth based intercalated anode and porous cathode

High performance Li-ion capacitor achieved by rational design of carbon cloth based intercalated anode and porous cathode

Research on the Design Element Weights of Women's Shirts Based on Visual Perception

With the continuous change of the consumer market, clothing companies are paying more and more attention to users' experience. Quantifying the users' visual perceptions can help fashion designers to design clothing more scientifically. For the design element weights of women's shirts, this paper takes women aged 18-28 as subjects, and quantifies the subjects' visual perception through eye-tracking experiments. By analyzing the subjects' visual hotspots and key operational index data of ladies' shirts, the weights of each design element are derived. Then the experimental results are compared with the results of the expert hierarchical analysis method, and it is found that they are basically consistent. It shows that by quantifying users' visual perception, it can help fashion designers determine the weights of design elements more conveniently and effectively. Thus, it helps service designers to carry out personalized clothing design, and has important research significance for improving user satisfaction and design hit rate.

New Trends in Fashion Design: Digital Fashion Leads the Change

With the rapid evolution of information technology, the field of digital fashion has become a major driving force leading the innovation of clothing design. In doing so, this article will examine how digital technology can restructure the routine process of fabric design, enhance innovation effectiveness, deepen customer engagement, and promote sustainable development. First of all, this article traces the general process of classical tailoring, weighing the current status of digital technology in the field of fashion design, and the accompanying potential and dilemma. This article further elaborates on the unique use of cutting-edge technologies such as computerized design assistance systems (CAD), 3D printing, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), and artificial intelligence (AI) in today's apparel innovation, showing how they are fundamentally disrupting the logical framework of design approaches, production models, and marketing. In addition, this study also focuses on the transformation of the consumer experience of digital fashion, including the online simulated fitting experience, personalized customized services, and the evolution of brand communication within the social media environment. On the topic of environmental protection and ethics, the paper explains how digital means can help to reduce the negative impact on the ecological environment, while also distinguishing the ethical boundary between virtual and physical dress, and the core value of information security and safeguarding the privacy of buyers. Finally, through the case study of the world's famous brands and new designers, the extensive role of digital fashion on the entire fashion design industry is summarized, and the prospect trend is prospected, providing practical guidance for experts and scholars in the industry. This research not only provides a theoretical basis for understanding the concept of clothing design in the digital era, but also contributes practical enlightenment to the practical level.

How perceived sustainability influences consumers’ clothing preferences

In this study, we explored innovative approaches to sustainable fashion design, focusing on the increasingly prominent issue of sustainability in the global fashion industry. By analyzing consumer feedback in online communities, particularly through a systematic study of user comments on clothing products on the JD.com website, this paper reveals consumers’ attitudes, expectations, and suggestions regarding sustainable fashion. The findings provide new directions for improvements in sustainable clothing design. We collected data using Python web scraping technology from the Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com and employed the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) method for text topic modeling. This approach successfully identified three main themes: perceived quality, perceived value, and sensory comfort. Additionally, we employed multivariate analysis of variance to assess consumers’ perceptions. Survey data show that consumers demonstrat higher levels of perceived quality, value, purchase intention, and intention to repurchase sustainable clothing compared to traditional apparel. The research findings help apparel companies understand consumer needs regarding sustainability, providing theoretical support for designers and confirming the importance of emphasizing eco-friendly materials and sustainable production in new product development. This research not only provides actionable insights for the fashion industry but also contributes to the ongoing discourse on sustainable design strategies globally.

Cross-Cultural Innovative Ski Wear Design from the Perspective of Cultural Symbol Translation

This article delves into the application of Morris' semiotics in innovative clothing design, specifically focusing on constructing a model for the translation and regeneration of cultural symbols in ski wear. By meticulously examining the semantics, syntactics, and pragmatics of cultural symbols, it derives essential styling elements, structural components, and functional attributes for the design. Notably, the study also highlights the gap in research regarding the fusion of local elements into foreign-introduced products, such as ski wear. By exploring the current research status and development trends of cultural symbol theory within the context of innovative ski wear design, this study not only expands the scope of ideas for personalized innovative design of ski wear products but also discusses the potential for extending these conclusions to other types of clothing, thereby contributing to a broader understanding of innovative design practices across the apparel industry.

The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in Clothing Product Development

With the rapid development of modern technology, virtual reality technology is gradually emerging in the clothing industry, which has a profound impact on key aspects such as product design, sample clothing production, production management, and supply chain management. This study delves into the specific application status, efficiency advantages, and complex challenges faced by virtual reality technology in clothing product development. Through system analysis, this article provides a detailed explanation of the technology's implementation of digital clothing design, virtual fitting, and efficient integration of 3D modeling and simulation systems. Meanwhile, this article provides a detailed and in-depth discussion on the application details of virtual reality technology in areas such as sample clothing production, production process management, and supply chain operations. The research results show that virtual reality technology has brought new design and management tools to the clothing industry, effectively improving design efficiency, reducing cost expenditures, enhancing user experience, and driving the entire industry towards more efficient, intelligent, and sustainable development.

Design and ergonomic evaluation of garments for long-term bedridden patients

PurposeOn the basis of demand survey feedback from individuals with disabilities and caregivers, this study designed two sets of functional garments for long-term bedridden patients, with the primary objective of increasing convenience and reducing the physical workload of caregivers.Design/methodology/approachWear trials were conducted by employing 24 subjects to perform 11 different tasks to compare the performance of the two newly developed garments with that of conventional hospital patient apparel. Task operation time, heart rate (HR), electromyography (EMG) signals, and subjective perceptions were evaluated.FindingsThe new functional garments reduced the time required to perform tasks by 29–79%, maintained the average HR of caregivers at approximately the resting threshold and resulted in a 37–74% reduction in the root mean square (RMS) of the EMG at the arm muscles in the private and thigh nursing tasks. All the subjective and objective evaluation results of the caregivers demonstrated varying degrees of correlation.Practical implicationsThis study has practical implications for the design of functional clothing for long-term bedridden patients and provides guidance for evaluating the ergonomics of garments that can be utilized only with caregiver support.Originality/valueIn contrast to previous studies that focused primarily on individuals with disabilities while overlooking the indispensable role of caregivers in the nursing process, this study shifted its emphasis to long-term bedridden patients who relied exclusively on caregivers for daily activities. Additionally, this study attempted to analyze the correlations between the evaluation parameters to explore the relationships between the evaluation methods.

Research and Application of Chinese Auspicious Animal Images in Contemporary Clothing Design—Take “The Classic of Mountains and Seas” as Research Example

This thesis aims to investigate the auspicious animal images in “The Classic of Mountains and Seas”, exploring the profiling features and evolution of the auspicious animal patterns through cross verification of images, literature and cultural relics, and based on the research, the images are applied on the China-Chic clothing design. Ancient Chinese took the auspicious animals as things of blessing, which were endowed with many beautiful meanings to express our ancestors’ longing for a better life. Based on the concept of innovative design derived from the traditional culture, this thesis takes the images of auspicious animals in “The Classic of Mountains and Seas” as its research object to analyze their origins and evolution in China-chic fashion and, together with the case study of modern clothing design and a certain extent summary, to promote the inheritance, development and application of traditional culture in modern social life. The thesis will delve deep into the cultural connotations and aesthetic characteristics of the auspicious animal images, analyze and investigate the types, characteristics and implied meanings of such image to extract representative visual element symbols, which are then integrated into the modern fashion design, fulfilling the inheritance, development and application of traditional culture in modern social life.

Design and Development of Traditional Han Chinese Ethnic Clothing for Contemporary Apparel

Background and Aim: Through the research and analysis of "characteristics of traditional Hanfu" and "new Chinese brand in the market", the design and development of traditional Han clothing in modern clothing are carried out. The characteristics of traditional Hanfu are studied through the patterns, colors, fabrics, styles, and other aspects, and then the existing three new Chinese brands on the market are analyzed and studied. The combination of traditional Chinese Hanfu and modern clothing is an effective integration of internal cultural inheritance and external forms. Incorporating more Chinese elements into the shape and style of clothing design is a kind of inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture. The new Chinese Hanfu is an effective innovation. It can provide better design ideas for new Chinese Hanfu and develop it more comprehensively. This paper aims (1) to study the characteristics of traditional Chinese Hanfu costumes. (2) Assess how contemporary Chinese fashion brands incorporate Hanfu elements into their designs. And (3) Create a costume design that combines traditional Han clothing with modern clothing and explore the cultural connotation of this fusion. Materials and Methods: (1) Investigative Methodology: Case Studies. (2) Literature Research Method: Literature Review. (3) Information Research Methods: Information Analysis. During the research, the case study was conducted to investigate the existing new Chinese Hanfu in the market. Through the method of literature research, to understand the characteristics of traditional Chinese Hanfu. After obtaining the information through the above two methods, the existing information is analyzed, and the results obtained after analysis are used to carry out the innovative design of the new Chinese Hanfu. Results: The characteristics of Chinese traditional Hanfu are obtained through literature research. Hanfu is a traditional costume in ancient China, reflecting China's long history and culture and unique aesthetic style. The Traditional Hanfu is usually relatively loose, simple, and generous cutting, and designed with traditional Chinese patterns and bright colors. Based on the above research considerations, designers can bridge the gap between the past and the present by carefully considering shapes, fabrics, symbols, and adaptations to modern lifestyles. Designers can create clothing that resonates with different audiences while fostering greater appreciation and understanding of cultural diversity. Conclusion: By understanding Chinese traditional Hanfu and designing new Chinese Hanfu based on it, we can inherit Chinese traditional culture, combine traditional Hanfu with modern clothing, integrate traditional culture and historical clothing design into modern trends, create new Chinese clothing, and make Hanfu more suitable for modern People's Daily wear, which not only retains cultural heritage but also continues China's long-historical cultural tradition. At the same time, it makes Hanfu more suitable for modern life and aesthetics.

Ten Years of Fashion Design Research Scientometric Analysis of Research: Research Overview, Frontiers and Evolutionary Paths

Background and Aim: Fashion design is a highly creative, interdisciplinary field that covers many aspects such as clothing, accessories, and textiles. Through creative design, material selection, process technology, etc., provide people with unique, beautiful, and practical fashion products and services. There has been a significant surge in research activity in the field of fashion design over the past decade, and by reviewing the data it was found that there is an academic gap in the bibliometrics of Fashion Design. The purpose of this study is 1) To study the research overview of Fashion Design. 2) To analyze the research frontiers of Fashion Design. 3) To analyze the evolution Path of Research Frontiers of Fashion Design. Materials and Methods: The key steps in retrieval: (1) Select database; (2) Enter "Topic"; (3) Select Document Type; (4) Select Document Language; (5) Enter Document Release Time Scope. Enter Topic="Fashion Design". Document types are article, proceeding paper, and English review from 2014-01-01 to 2022-12-31 for recent research. Book Citation Index-Science and Book Citation Index-Social Science & Humanities were excluded, leaving 1,049 documents. Common scientometric software includes CiteSpace, HistCite, Loet Tools, SciMAT, and VOSviewer. This study uses VOSviewer (version 1.6.19) for visualizing and analyzing scientific literature, helping researchers identify patterns, trends, and relationships in data. Results: The result of this research is that there are many prolific authors, Countries, and Publishers in this research field. There are three research fronts: "Impact", "Consumption" and "Industry". The evolution path of the research fronts starts from "Clothing Design" in 2014-2018. and "Arts", to "Innovation" in 2018-2019, to "Creativity" in 2019-2020, then to "Technology" and "Sustainability" in 2020-2021. Conclusion: The quality of articles in the "Fashion Design" research field is generally higher, with more research and very active. Research Frontiers: There are three research fronts: "Impact", "Consumption" and "Industry" The fashion design field’s focus on influence, consumption, and industry reflects its increasing emphasis on business and social impact. Evolution Path of Research Frontiers: The evolutionary path of the research frontier ranges from “Costume Design” and “art” in 2014-2018, to “Innovation” in 2018-2019, to “Creativity” in 2019-2020, and then to “technology” in 2020-2021 and “Sustainable development”. After 2021, it will be "Impact ", "Consumption" and "Industry". The evolution path of the research frontier reflects the shift in the development direction of the field of fashion design from single design and art to more design and art: diversification and comprehensiveness. From focusing on innovative ideas to technology and sustainable development to market, consumer, and industry development, it reveals the changes and evolution in the field of fashion design in the pursuit of excellence, sustainable development, and social impact.

Construction of Smart Clothing Service System for the Health and Well-Being of the Aging Community in a Sustainable Society

Objective: The phenomenon of global aging is becoming more and more severe, and security services such as nursing and guardianship for the elderly have become the focus of social attention. According to the data released by the World Health Organization, by 2030, one out of every six people will be over 60 years old. By 2050, the world population will be 2.1 billion over 60 years old, and the number of people over 80 years old will reach 460 million. This paper aims to monitor the health and services of aging clothing intelligently for the health and well-being of the aging community in a sustainable society, starting from the physiological and psychological needs of the new elderly. Theoretical Framework: In the age-appropriate smart clothing service system, the critical link is to construct the human-computer interaction mode of clothing and wearable devices, establish a design paradigm from single interaction to multi-interaction, and form a service terminal based on smart wearable. Method: This paper designs an aging smart clothing design system using field research, questionnaires, interviews, etc., analyzes the aging smart wearable clothing evaluation system, and constructs aging smart clothing that meets the actual needs of health and well-being for the elderly in a sustainable society. Results and Discussion: In this research, The results obtained sustainable design theories and methods combined with interdisciplinary research tools as the basis of data analysis from the aging intelligent clothing product design system, age-appropriate smart clothing service system, and age-appropriate smart clothing evaluation system. Research Implications: Population aging has been the basic national condition of our country for quite a long time in the future, and "healthy aging" is a strategic measure put forward by the government around the intelligent care service system for the elderly, communities, and institutions. Important direction. Among them, how to build an age-appropriate smart wearable product service system has become the main development content. Therefore, its intelligence and synergistic combination with terminals such as communities, caregivers, and hospitals will become the trend of smart elderly care. Originality/Value: This study contributes to Construct a systematic design of a new intelligent wearable clothing service system for the elderly, which is a great of significance for improving the service quality index of the health and well-being of the elderly. At the same time, it is of great value to expand and deepen the concept of sustainable design.

Clothing design factors, aesthetic experience, and preference: Additional insights from neuromarketing in civil defense clothing

ABSTRACT This study analyzed the relationships among clothing design factors, aesthetic experience, and preference and suggested ways to design civil defense clothing with better work performance. We use behavioral and electroencephalogram (EEG) experiments to identify user-preferred colors and styles and incorporate them into an improved civil defense clothing design. Through the behavioral experiment, we identified the civil defense clothing design preferred by users and explored the aesthetic experience that influenced user preference. We used the neuroscientific method of event-related potentials to further explore the neural mechanisms of users’ preferred civil defense clothing designs. In the EEG experiment, the preferred civil defense clothing contains frontal late positive potential (LPP) components involved in aesthetic experience. These results indicate that the improved civil defense clothing design evoked aesthetic experiences from users. We expect that using advanced materials and design improves the user’s aesthetic experience and preferences. This research contributes to the development of civil defense clothing that not only enhance functionality but also improve user experience and work performance.

Key Elements and Theoretical Logic of Genderless Clothing Design: An Analysis Based on Rooted Theory

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