This paper aims to make a comprehensive review of measurement methods developed for evaluating fabric and garment drape. Drapemeters used for evaluating drapeability since Pierce's bending length tester are reviewed. Parameters proposed for measuring drapeability are also considered. The authors propose that using flat fabric methods does not accurately reflect the drape of fabrics when worn. The paper is a pre-cursor to a new image analysis technique which will be reported in Part 2.

This paper aims to make a comprehensive review of measurement methods developed for evaluating fabric and garment drape. Drapemeters used for evaluating drapeability since Pierce's bending length tester are reviewed. Parameters proposed for measuring drapeability are also considered. The authors propose that using flat fabric methods does not accurately reflect the drape of fabrics when worn. The paper is a pre-cursor to a new image analysis technique which will be reported in Part 2.

This study investigated differences in colour preferences associated with academic field of study. This is because it is believed that educational background has an impact on personality traits affecting individual choices including colour preferences. A questionnaire was collected from 80 participants including students at graphic design and information technology departments at first and final years of study. Subjects were asked to choose the most preferred colour for clothing and living room. "Blue" was the most preferred colour for clothing by 15% of the total subjects. Colour preferences were not related to education concerning the clothing in all cases including students from first and final levels in graphic design and information technology departments. However, "White" was found the most preferred colour by 35% of total subjects. There were found significant relationships between educational background and colour preferences for living room. This relationship was investigated for final year students of graphic design and information technology = 21.7; p=0.003; α=0.05, and for graphic design students from first and final years, the value of chi-square equals 14.5 which was significant at the 5% level p=0.02.

Drapeability is one of the most important visual properties affecting garment appearance. Even though there are many studies concerned with fabric drape, understanding about the drape behaviour of garments is very limited. This study analyzes the key properties affecting the drape behaviour of garments to provide prediction equations. Results are statistically analyzed. From multiple regression analysis, drape rank scores obtained from subjective analyses are predicted using weight, bending modulus and extensibility measured at 100 gf/cm with a correlation coefficient of 0.94. Ranking values obtained from subjective analyses can be more easily predicted using both circularity and wave length minimum. A new equation was derived to predict drape rank score values of garments (correlation coefficient r = 0.97) depending on circularity and wavelength minimum.

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This article investigates human’s emotional responses on coloursin Eastern Arabian Gulf culturebased on a questionnaire. Totally 10 colour options were evaluated (i.e. violet, orange, green, red, blue, yellow, black, gray, white and no color) by 80 subjects based on 12 basic descriptive variables including clean, fresh, liked, new, heavy, hard, warm, modern, active, tense, relaxing, concentration.White colour was associated with emotion: clean, new, relaxing and concentration. Yellow is associated with freshness; however, red is the most liked color. Black was linked with heavy, hard and tense emotions. Tense mood is associated with red. Insignificant differences between colourswith regard to warm mood were found. The link between colour preferences found for two topics living room and clothing and emotions elicited were discussed.Keywords: colour, preference, emotion, mood, marketing, personality, design.

Repetition is one of the design principles employed to create decorative pattern on several products such as textiles, wallpaper, ceramic tiles and gift wraps. In this study costumer preference of pattern used in decorative textile design is investigated. It is believed that this will be useful for designers and merchandisers who need to analyze public preference for textiles products. However, symmetry is a fundamental aspect of pattern design, design grouping and classification of designs used in research studies concerned with pattern preference was based on design elements such as motif style and size. Therefore, this study is concerned with classifying stimuli used according to symmetry characteristics. This paper investigated the relation between textile design preference and pattern symmetry class of all-over designs using seventeen primary classes of all-over patterns developed by Woods, H. J.. Two groups of designs were used. In these designs black and white colours were used for background and foreground. These colours were inverted in each group of designs. Most of the subjects employed were found more likely to prefer the designs exhibited (around 40%), 30% of the subjects had neutral response and around 20% disliked the designs shown. The most preferred symmetry classes were characterized by hexagonal or square lattice of highest order of rotation 3 or higher, the generating region is 1/4, 1/6, 1/8 or 1/12 unit. However the most disliked symmetry classes were signified by parallelogram, rectangular or rhombic lattice of 1 or 2 highest order of rotation and the generating region is 1/4, 1/2 or 1. There was consistency in subjects' selection in both groups of designs which indicates that the subjects' preference was in sake of pattern symmetry class itself and not highly affected by colour distribution.

This study is focused on the development of textile and clothing colour for different genders namely male and female. Colours used for female and male consumers were surveyed across history starting from prehistory passing through Greece and Roman civilisations, medieval period, eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries ending by the twenty first century. It is evident that the development of colour trend for different genders was reflected in its range and specifications. It is apparent that progress of civilisations, technology and economy highly affecting colour trends generally and its selection for specific gender especially. It is interesting to find that colours started with prehistory of similar materials and colours for men and women and developed across history to make significant difference between both genders. Lately, there have been calls for gender equality including textile and clothing colour design.