Everyday Clothing Research Articles

Wearable real-time multi-health parameter monitoring system

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to design a wearable medical device as a human care platform and to introduce the design details, key technologies and practical implementation methods of the system.Design/methodology/approachA multi-channel data acquisition scheme based on PCI-E (rapid interconnection of peripheral components) was proposed. The flexible biosensor is integrated with the flexible data acquisition card with monitoring capability, and the embedded (device that can operate independently) chip STM32F103VET6 is used to realize the simultaneous processing of multi-channel human health parameters. The human health parameters were transferred to the upper computer LabVIEW by intelligent clothing through USB or wireless Bluetooth to complete the transmission and processing of clinical data, which facilitates the analysis of medical data.FindingsThe smart clothing provides a mobile medical cloud platform for wearable medical through cloud computing, which can continuously monitor the body's wrist movement, body temperature and perspiration for 24 h. The result shows that each channel is completely accurate to the top computer display, which can meet the expected requirements, and the wearable instant care system can be applied to healthcare.Originality/valueThe smart clothing in this study is based on the monitoring and diagnosis of textiles, and the electronic communication devices can cooperate and interact to form a wearable textile system that provides medical monitoring and prevention services to individuals in the fastest and most accurate way. Each channel of the system is precisely matched to the display screen of the host computer and meets the expected requirements. As a real-time human health protection platform technology, continuous monitoring of human vital signs can complete the application of human motion detection, medical health monitoring and human–computer interaction. Ultimately, such an intelligent garment will become an integral part of our everyday clothing.

ФЕНОМЕН «СВОЕЙ ВЕЩИ»: ПРАКТИКИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ ПРИВЯЗАННОСТИ К ОДЕЖДЕ

The article explores the experience of interacting with newly purchased clothes to describe the practices by which relationships are formed with our everyday clothes, the ones that we later consider part of our wardrobe. The process of constituting a phenomenon of “our own” clothing is based on the phenomenology of perception, the affect theory, and the responses of fifteen focus group participants who recalled stories about newly acquired garments. The formation of attachment relationships can be divided into two stages: pre-wearing interaction, which may include choosing the right place in the wardrobe, washing, fitting or even alteration, trying on and searching for combinations with other clothes in the wardrobe; and the wearing process itself, in which the formation of relationships with clothing is influenced both by its material qualities – length, width, density and details, and our impression of the process, mediated not only by bodily sensations, but by the image of the body and comments about it.

Stretchable, Breathable, and Washable Fabric Sensor for Human Motion Monitoring

AbstractWearable strain sensors for movement tracking are a promising paradigm to improve clinical care for patients with neurological or musculoskeletal conditions, with further applicability to athletic wear, virtual reality, and next‐generation game controllers. Clothing‐like wearable strain sensors can support these use cases, as the fabrics used for clothing are generally lightweight and breathable, and interface with the skin in a manner that is mechanically and thermally familiar. Herein, a fabric capacitive strain sensor is presented and integrated into everyday clothing to measure human motions. The sensor is made of thin layers of breathable fabrics and exhibits high strains (>90%), excellent cyclic stability (>5000 cycles), and high water vapor transmission rates (≈50 g/h m2), the latter of which allows for sweat evaporation, an essential parameter of comfort. The sensor's functionality is verified under conditions similar to those experienced on the surface of the human body (35°C and % relative humidity) and after washing with fabric detergent. In addition, the fabric sensor shows stable capacitance at excitation frequencies up to 1 MHz, facilitating its low‐cost implementation in the Arduino environment. Finally, as a proof of concept, multiple fabric sensors are seamlessly integrated with commercial activewear to collect movement data. With the prioritization of breathability (air permeability and water vapor transmission), the fabric sensor design presented herein paves the way for future comfortable, unobtrusive, and discrete sensory clothing.

Screen-Printed Textile-Based Electrochemical Biosensor for Noninvasive Monitoring of Glucose in Sweat.

Wearable sweat biosensors for noninvasive monitoring of health parameters have attracted significant attention. Having these biosensors embedded in textile substrates can provide a convenient experience due to their soft and flexible nature that conforms to the skin, creating good contact for long-term use. These biosensors can be easily integrated with everyday clothing by using textile fabrication processes to enhance affordable and scalable manufacturing. Herein, a flexible electrochemical glucose sensor that can be screen-printed onto a textile substrate has been demonstrated. The screen-printed textile-based glucose biosensor achieved a linear response in the range of 20-1000 µM of glucose concentration and high sensitivity (18.41 µA mM-1 cm-2, R2 = 0.996). In addition, the biosensors show high selectivity toward glucose among other interfering analytes and excellent stability over 30 days of storage. The developed textile-based biosensor can serve as a platform for monitoring bio analytes in sweat, and it is expected to impact the next generation of wearable devices.

Transformation of winter costume in Yakutia in the era of modernization of the late XIX – mid XX centuries.

This article examines the process of changing everyday clothes in Yakutia in the late XIX – mid XX centuries on the example of a winter suit. This historical period was marked by active modernization processes in the region, which also affected the material culture of the population. The issue of adaptation of residents of the Far North to new economic conditions is relevant in this regard: how the transition from the traditional way of life to Soviet culture took place. The hypothesis of the present study is that the culture and technologies of traditional tailoring of fur and leather have been preserved in the studied period precisely because of the need for the population to self-sustain themselves with winter clothing in conditions of shortage of goods and raw materials. The chronological framework of the study covers the period of the end of the existence of the traditional Yakut costume and ends in the middle of the twentieth century. To study the winter costume, photographic materials were used, which depicted samples of everyday clothes. Photos from the photo funds of the Yakut State United Museum of History and Culture of the Peoples of the North named after Em. Yaroslavsky, which includes images from both public and private collections, are considered. In addition, consultations with informants were held to supplement the data. This topic has not yet become the subject of special study, since the costume of this period is no longer ethnic. Nevertheless, in our opinion, it is interesting in the context of studying the adaptation of folk traditions to modernization processes. Using visual and field sources, the transformation of casual clothing in Yakutia of the studied period is considered. The authors of the article came to the conclusion that in the era of modernization there was a sharp change in the way of life, which affected the material culture of the inhabitants of Yakutia. Unification in the wardrobe of citizens of the Soviet state in the first half of the twentieth century could not always cover the needs of residents of specific climatic zones, including residents of the northern republics. This contributed to the preservation of traditional technologies of manual production of winter clothing.

Sew what for sustainability? Exploring intergenerational attitudes and practices to clothing repair in Ireland.

While a traditional practice, clothing repair has recently garnered more attention from geographers and social scientists examining potential pathways to increase sustainable consumption and contribute to a circular economy. Clothing repair is fundamentally about extending the active life of garments and is a key phase of a closed-loop system effectively reducing the need for virgin resources thus avoiding clothing obsolescence or disposal as waste. Repair as a societal phenomenon in Ireland is an under-researched topic, this paper aims to explore the potential of an experiencecentred perspective to advance understandings of current attitudes to and practices of clothing repair.This research study employs innovative wardrobe studies and practice theoretical approaches to provide a snapshot of lived intergenerational practices of everyday clothing wear, care, and repair in Ireland. The findings reported in this paper relatespecifically to clothing repair and arise from empirical in-depth interviews which took place in participants’ own homes and in, or in close proximity to, their wardrobes. The paper highlights the complex multidimensional impact that attachment, memories,and materiality play in user decisions to repair, or not to repair, a garment, and associated decisions related to clothing discard. The paper unpacks intergenerational competencies and confidences in undertaking everyday clothing repair, user-repaircultures, and sewing skills. The discussion concludes with a critical consideration of findings in the context of wider debates surrounding sustainable clothing consumption and the circular economy.

A Jauharah Hijab Web Site Design

In this modern era, Muslimah fashion in Indonesia has become one of the fastest-growing sectors, making many consumers look for Muslimah fashion to follow this fashion trend. Muslim women in Indonesia have various tastes in wearing Muslim clothing. Muslim clothing known as the hijab now has many views with an interesting variety of creativity, so this has caused many Muslim women in various circles in Indonesia to wear the hijab for their daily clothes. This hijab business is a business that has a very small loss potential because the hijab is a product that is not easily damaged and does not spoil. Correct storage and skills in creating new variations and combining clothes and hijab with trendy styles will make the hijab sell well. The target market is not only adult women but various groups, ages, and social statuses because the modern hijab is now more flexible and can be combined with everyday clothes.

Feeling Well: Using the Augmented Touch of E-Textiles to Embody Emotion and Environment as a “Self-Health” Intervention for Female Student Wellbeing

COVID-19 led to unprecedented levels of isolation for students, and the withdrawal of social support mechanisms left them detached from their networks. This significantly affected their mental health, with more female than male students reporting increased anxiety. Unparalleled restrictions in accessing outdoor environments led to a sense of nature-deficit which further compounded their stress. As learning off-campus becomes the new social norm, students are seeking alternative ways to self-support their emotional wellbeing. This paper explores how students can take a “self-health” approach by drawing upon the restorative powers of nature as a coping mechanism. It considers individuals’ relationships between their personal environments and somatosensory experiences through the medium of e-textiles. The research is underpinned by Attention Restoration Theory and Stress Reduction Theory. Utilising a bricolage methodology it extends the author’s previous research in this field and explores these theories through textile-led, practice-based research. It describes the design of 3 crafted e-textile concepts to explore alternative approaches to self-managing student mental wellbeing. The concepts investigated ways that students could connect virtually with nature through e-textiles using affective touch and haptic-mnemonics to embody natural environments. The textiles sensed physiological biomarkers related to un-noticed stress and created augmented cues which triggered felt experiences and tactile memories. These moderated the biomarkers and educed a sense of calm. The concepts demonstrated the potential to integrate with everyday clothing and create opportunities for students to enhance awareness and management of their mental wellbeing. The mixed-methods research was evaluated through a focus group. The results affirmed that the concepts had technology and social value and were effective in moderating stress by creating place-attachment. The paper concludes that commingling opportunities for visual, virtual and embodied feedback through augmented and affective touch creates a “somato-haptic nexus” which offers a complementary model of early intervention for self-supported student wellbeing.

현대 패션에 나타난 고프코어(Gorpcore)에 대한 연구

Lifestyles have changed significantly since Corona 19, and the boundary between everyday clothes and outdoor wear has collapsed, especially among the MZ generation, who are most sensitive to trends. Practical fashion that combines the keywords of smart, sustainable, and new normal in the recession is positioned as the world's best outdoor brand, sports brand, and global fashion brand in line with the Gorpcore trend. The extensive scalability and impact of the Gorpcore style is increasing every day. However, the study of the Gorpcore style lacks precise criteria for it, and is a scarce reality due to its short history. With the increasing interest of people all over the world and the recognition of the importance of the Gorpcore style in the fashion field, research has become an urgent phenomenon. I would like to analyze and consider the Gorpcore style that has appeared in modern fashion, where there is no previous research on the Gorpcore and the standards are ambiguous, and to use it as efficient information for future research not only the exact standards but also fashion. Not only that, it is significant in that it is also used in the development of fashion designs. In addition, we expect that fashion trends that pursue practicality and functionality like the Gorpcore style and that reflect lifestyles centered on individual satisfaction will have an impact on future high fashion and fashion trends in various fields.

Classification of static postures with wearable sensors mounted on loose clothing

Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) are a potential way to monitor the mobility of people outside clinical or laboratory settings at an acceptable cost. To increase accuracy, multiple IMUs can be used. By embedding multiple sensors into everyday clothing, it is possible to simplify having to put on individual sensors, ensuring sensors are correctly located and oriented. This research demonstrates how clothing-mounted IMU readings can be used to identify 4 common postures: standing, sitting, lying down and sitting on the floor. Data were collected from 5 healthy adults, with each providing 1–4 days of data with approximately 5 h each day. Each day, participants performed a fixed set of activities that were video-recorded to provide a ground truth. This is an analysis of accelerometry data from 3 sensors incorporated into right trouser-leg at the waist, thigh and ankle. Data were classified as static/ dynamic activities using a K-nearest neighbour (KNN) algorithm. For static activities, the inclination angles of the three sensors were estimated and used to train a second KNN classifier. For this highly-selected dataset (60000–70000 data points/posture), the static postures were classified with 100% accuracy, illustrating the potential for clothing-mounted sensors to be used in posture classification.

Peran Tari Zapin dalam Dakwah Islam Di Sumatera Utara

The purpose of this study was to find out the role of the zapin dance in Islamic da'wah in North Sumatra. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with data collection techniques of observation, interviews and documentation. The research results obtained are, First, the make-up used in the zapin dance is a realist make-up which functions to emphasize or thicken facial lines and sharpen the expressions of the dance characters being performed. The dress code for the Arabic zapin dance is a symbolic dress code, that is, it has special symbols for a performance that are different from everyday clothes. The clothes used are typical clothes of the Malay tribe.
 Second, the value of religious education is found in song lyrics, alif worship movements and there are also alif movements that contain the meaning of determination, patience and strength to face all challenges of steadfast life. This is also a religious value where every human being will definitely not escape the problem of being patient and steadfast is the key because patience is part of faith.Third, the zapin dance in Islamic da'wah acts as a means of propaganda through its dance movements which contain Islamic meanings, music which contains the Oneness of Allah and the musical instrument used is the tambourine which is an Islamic musical instrument.
 

Can Fashion Aesthetics be Studied Empirically? The Preference Structure of Everyday Clothing Choices

Despite fashion being one of the most common and accessible aesthetic activities in everyday life, very few empirical studies of clothing selection and preferences exist. To address this empirical gap, an online survey of 500 participants was constructed. A four-factor preference structure, Everyday Clothing Preference Factors (ECPF), emerged, consisting of essential, comfortable, feminine, and trendy styles. Further analysis revealed the preference for each of these four factors to be associated with clothing colors and individual differences. The transferability of ECPF across three preference judgment types (clothing one likes and owns, clothing one likes but does not own, and clothing one owns but does not like) revealed the robustness of the preference structure, through which a short version of ECPF was created. The paper concludes by discussing the implications and impact of scientifically studying fashion as an object of aesthetics and empirical study.

Customizing Triboelectric Nanogenerator on Everyday Clothes by Screen‐Printing Technology for Biomechanical Energy Harvesting and Human‐Interactive Applications

AbstractIntegrating self‐powered sensors or energy harvesters with everyday clothes brings a novel insight into wearable electronics and improves personal intelligence in the era of the Internet of Things. This work develops a customizable screen‐printed textile triboelectric nanogenerator (SPT‐TENG) for biomechanical energy harvesting and human‐interactive applications. The as‐fabricated textile TENG not only presents excellent wearing experiences such as lightweight, permeability, and washability, but also exhibits high electrical output performance to power sustainably some portable electronics such as a watch or calculator. The system‐level wearable human‐interactive applications, including a wireless keyboard and a smart home appliance control, are also demonstrated with the advantages of cyber security, easy operation, low cost, and wearability through screen‐printing pattern‐customized TENG arrays. Benefiting from these features, the SPT‐TENG shows promising applications in wearable electronics, human‐machine interfaces, and artificial intelligence.

RATIONAL USE OF FABRICS WHEN SEWING WOMEN'S OUTERWEAR IN THE NEW STRUCTURE

It is desirable that women's outerwear designed for wearing at home is sewn from inexpensive which should be used in moderation in the decoration of a wide comfortable fit. It is advisable if everyday clothes are sewn from light thin knitted gaskets in summer in bright colors with or without sleeves

Impact of Various Wearability Conditions on the Performances of Meander-Line Z-Shaped Embroidered Antenna

The field of wearable computing technology describes the future of electronic systems being an integral part of our everyday clothing with various enhanced functionalities. The present work is aimed at making closer steps towards the real wearability of electronics using textiles. We designed a fully-textile meander line Z–shaped monopole antenna for radio-frequency (RF) harvesting and for short-range communication purposes in the body-area network for various wearable applications. The target antenna was designed in the Ansys HFSS software tool and fabricated on a single-layer cotton textile using silver conductive threads and an embroidery technique. The antenna was characterized using a vector network analyzer (VNA), and the selected design was found to be nearly invariant under different deployment conditions. Antenna performance was studied by measuring the return loss while the antenna was in close proximity to the human body, or under various bending scenarios and/or wet conditions with sweat. The simulated return loss was −20.36 dB at an operating frequency of 1.62 GHz, and the measured return loss for the fabricated antenna was −19.45 dB at 1.6275 GHz with a −10 dB bandwidth of 100 MHz (i.e., 1.58 GHz to 1.68 GHz), and a fractional bandwidth of 6.17%. The results of this study are very important for the design of future wearable antennas in the new concept of the Internet of bodies.

Iconic 21st Century Activist "T-Shirt and Tote-Bag" Combination Is Hard to Miss These Days!

Iconic 21st Century Activist "T-Shirt and Tote-Bag" Combination Is Hard to Miss These Days!

PEDOT:PSS-modified cotton conductive thread for mass manufacturing of textile-based electrical wearable sensors by computerized embroidery

The textile industry has advanced processes that allow computerized manufacturing of garments at large volumes with precise visual patterns. The industry, however, is not able to mass fabricate clothes with seamlessly integrated wearable sensors, using its precise methods of fabrication (such as computerized embroidery). This is due to the lack of conductive threads compatible with standard manufacturing methods used in industry. In this work, we report a low-cost poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS)-modified cotton conductive thread (PECOTEX) that is compatible with computerized embroidery. The PECOTEX was produced using a crosslinking reaction between PEDOT:PSS and cotton thread using divinyl sulfone as the crosslinker. We extensively characterized and optimized our formulations to create a mechanically robust conductive thread that can be produced in large quantities in a roll-to-roll fashion. Using PECOTEX and a domestic computerized embroidery machine, we produced a series of wearable electrical sensors including a facemask for monitoring breathing, a t-shirt for monitoring heart activity and textile-based gas sensors for monitoring ammonia as technology demonstrators. PECOTEX has the potential to enable mass manufacturing of new classes of low-cost wearable sensors integrated into everyday clothes.

Outer garments of the Krasnoufimsk Maris: main types, sewing patterns, decoration

The paper is devoted to one of the elements of the traditional costume, namely, outerwear, typical of the Krasnoyfimsk Mari people (a local group of the Mari ethnos living in the upper reaches of the Ufa River, in the south of the Sverdlovsk Region). It describes in detail the peculiar cut designs and decorations of various types of outerwear and considers the differences in cutting out men’s and women’s outerwear as well as the features of its usage in the 20th century. The traditional outerwear of the Krasnoufimsk Maris is treated in historical dynamics, i.e. changes in its composition (disappearance of some types) and areas of its usage (white linen festive or everyday clothes were used in the second half of the 20th century exclusively for praying). Over several centuries, the Krasnoufimsk Mari people have been living in the polyethnic environment, and this could not help but affect their clothes. Borrowings of another ethnic origin are observed in terminology and sometimes in decorations of one of the women’s caftans (iylyan) that still preserves the traditional cut. This paper is prepared using the materials of the author’s field research carried out in Mari villages of the Krasnoufimsk District of the Sverdlovsk Region (expeditions 2002 and 2006). The sources also include the collection of Mari clothes from the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography (Kuzeev Institute of Ethnological Studies, Ufa Federal Research Centre, RAS), the collection of photographs made by the author in Mari villages of the Krasnoufimsk District of the Sverdlovsk Region, the photo archive of the Institute of History, Language and Literature (Ufa Federal Research Centre, RAS) and publications of the 19th–21st centuries on the stated topic. The research is based on the comparative analysis to correlate field and museum materials of the late 20th and early 21st centuries with the literature sources published in the 19th century, this enabling us to reveal the evolution of the ethnic tradition and its development in time. The paper introduces new field and museum materials for scientific use. Such a detailed research on the outerwear of the Krasnoufimsk Maris accompanied by cut patterns and fragments of embroidery has not ever been conducted before

Conventional to Comfortable or Respectable to Practical: The Evolution of Women’s Golf Clothing in Britain, 1890–1935

The emergence of sports-specific clothing during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries has been explored by academics, yet with only a few exceptions which focus on sports such as swimming, riding and tennis, little has been written about the development of sportswear for women in Britain in this period. 1 Similarly, there has been little in the way of consideration given to the growth and development of women’s golf during this time. Yet, both are areas of considerable change and worthy of detailed study. In this article we will trace the developments of golf clothing for women from the early days of the formalized game in the late nineteenth century until the end of the inter-war period. In doing so we seek to highlight that golf fashions, like those in other sporting arenas, mirrored the changing expectations of female players whilst also reflecting the societal expectations of women of the period. We will discuss the everyday clothing worn by the pioneers of the game and the modifications they made to their garments in order allow them to play effectively. We will also explore the growth of specialist sports clothing developed specifically for golf and the ways in which these sports clothes were marketed and ultimately became fashionable modes of attire beyond the golf course by the end of the inter-war period.

Thermoelectric Clothing for Body Heat Harvesting and Personal Cooling: Design and Fabrication of a Textile‐Integrated Flexible and Vertical Device

Textiles offer the ideal platform to develop thermoelectric (TE) clothing for body heat harvesting and personal thermoregulation. Herein, textiles used in everyday clothing are adapted to fabricate a flexible and vertical TE device architecture. Selective laser patterning is used to create cavities for embedding bulk inorganic Bi2Te3legs into a knitted polyester fabric used in next‐to‐skin sportswear. The device thermal design is optimized using fabric layering to accommodate longer legs up to 0.8 mm, and a flexible 3D‐printed heat sink is integrated to maximize heat dissipation to the ambient. Using flexible copper foil to connect the legs with a low‐temperature soldering paste, a stable and ultralow device electrical resistance (<1 Ω) is achieved, which is unprecedented for wearable textile‐based TE devices. The developed prototype demonstrates power generation of up to 3.8 μW using body heat, and it provides a cooling effect of 1 °C for personal thermoregulation. Furthermore, the prototype withstands a tensile strain up to 20%, over 1000 bend cycles (at a 23 mm radius comparable with the curvature of the human wrist), and ten wash cycles, thereby demonstrating viability for TE clothing. Strategies for optimization are also presented to enable further performance enhancements using all textile‐compatible processes.