An assessment of aesthetics and comfort for women’s apparel products in terms of pattern design parameters

Abstract

The proper assessment of aesthetics and comfort is an important step before launching a new type of apparel. Most current works on this assessment are qualitative and hard to be applied in practical to improve apparel design. In this study, we proposed two quantitative mappings from pattern design parameters to degree of aesthetics and pattern design parameters to degree of comfort for assessing aesthetics and comfort of apparel, and particularly, women's pants have been investigated. Statistical analysis was employed in the mappings' development. An experiment was conducted as a validation for the mappings. Two major conclusions are drawn from this study. The first is that these mappings enable to extract a more advanced pattern for apparel design after the iterative pattern revision. The second is that these mappings are able to be digitalized and then the traditional method of observing feedbacks of aesthetics and comfort for an apparel product can be updated into a more efficient and low-cost one.

Measurement and prediction of the international reputation of Chinese women’s apparel and accessories

“…For example, the so-called Mingfu apparel was the apparel only worn by women who had a husband as an officer, and this apparel has its hierarchical levels that were determined by a husband's job title. 19 This kind of apparel was quite popular in telling the public that the wearer's family was noble at that time.…”

“…For example, the so-called Mingfu apparel was the apparel only worn by women who had a husband as an officer, and this apparel has its hierarchical levels that were determined by a husband’s job title. 19 This kind of apparel was quite popular in telling the public that the wearer’s family was noble at that time. Another example is what we presented in the first section in that many Chinese apparel and accessory elements are mentioned or referred to in worldwide apparel and accessory designs, and this is also triggered by social development and globalization nowadays.…”

Consumer willingness to pay for production attributes of cotton apparel

“…Consumers' preferences for either conventional or sustainable production systems have been widely examined by the literature but most of these studies have focused on food products rather than apparel. Although limited, the literature on apparel consumption presents valuable information about textile and clothing consumers' preferences and purchase brand name, physical quality, wardrobe coordination, fit, color, price, warranty, garment appearance, fiber content, fabric, care, country of origin, and garment detailing have been identified as crucial determinants of consumers' apparel purchase decisions (Davis, 1985; Forsythe, 1991; H. S. Kim & Na, 2014; Kucher et al, 2019; Lim & Kim, 2013; Rahman et al, 2017; Zhao et al, 2019).…”

A study on customer’s preference toward summer-shirt fabric

“…2,4 Generally, the preference toward apparel is mainly influenced by silhouette, fabric, color, brand, price, comfort, function, and trend of apparel. [5][6][7][8][9] Among them, fabric is one of the most significant factors as it can influence price, comfort, function, silhouette, and even trend of apparel. [10][11][12] Characteristics of fabric are many, such as composition, structure, finishing, surface contour, color, and yarn of a fabric.…”