Fabric has always been one of the indispensables of human's lives. The concept of design was always there, and then the technology was involved. With the inclusion of technology to the textile world, vision of design expanded beyond dreams and now illuminated fashion products are introduced. A growing number of designers and apparel manufacturers are attempting to integrate lighting into their products. The two domains need to be brought together, to bridge the division between aesthetics and technology because whenever technology signifies change, fashion realizes this change, and vice versa. When high-tech meets high-fashion, every design ought to incorporate practical functions and features as well as having a fine and fashionable look. The research aims to evaluate the luminous fabric comfort properties (surface roughness and air permeability) and add aesthetics to fashion designs by using luminous fabric in creating fashion designs for women inspired by Greek's costumes. According to investigations, luminous fabric has a smoother surface compared with cotton and polyester fabrics and has very high porosity. It can be assumed that it is permeable. Luminous fabric adds aesthetics to designs, which enhances the objective of technology/design.
Apparel industry has a crucial impact on environment. In order to fight against these environmental impacts, there is a substantial development of the ethical fashion. There is a wide variety of ethical issues affecting the fashion industry and the consumer. Consumers' concerns and beliefs about, knowledge and support for ethical issues can effectively enhance their reception of ethical fashion and shape their purchase behavior. This research aims to improve the consumers' awareness and change his purchasing behavior to be more ethically, through creating printing designs which reflect the ethical fashion values and concepts on proper T-shirts for women. To investigate the influence of these designs, the researcher designed a questionnaire which has been conducted with women (18-30 years). Results indicate that questionnaire Items were positive with an overall mean score of 4.88 (% of mean = 97.6%). The majority of respondents agreed to with 11 T-shirts.
Zero-Waste Smocking Innovative Fashion Fashion DesignZero-waste fashion design offers ways to eliminate the textile waste that occurs in garment production. As a design method within a larger philosophy of zerowaste fashion, a fashion system that creates no waste, it provides new perspectives for fashion design practice in the context of sustainability. Zerowaste fashion design challenges traditional ways of designing while facilitating innovative ways to design and fresh aesthetics to emerge. The terms "zero-waste fashion design" or "fashion design without fabric waste" may seem to imply that fabric waste as a criterion is more significant than appearance, fit or cost. However, in designing and making a zero-waste garment, one needs to balance the concern about fabric wastage with concerns about garment appearance, fit and cost. Most of the challenges encountered in this research arose from trying to achieve this balance. During designing, the most challenging issue relating to fit arose from garments described as "square-cut". So, smocking is used to control fullness of the fabric, such as around the yokes, sleeves and waists. Plus smoking can also be incorporated into the garment as an insert by creating gathers and enhances elasticity in garments. The present research aims to create fashion designs without fabric waste by using smocking stitches to enhance the appearance and achieve new aesthetic perspectives.
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