Cultural Exchanges

Cultural Exchanges is an artistic outcome grounded in language, collaboration, technology, and sustainability. Two colleagues came together to create this gown of digitally printed Chinese dupioni with 3D printed embellishment. The finished piece is the result of a design process that was enriched with cultural and personal exchange between two individuals that came from distinctly different backgrounds; American Jewish and Korean. The design process for this work began with the development of a rich textile surface. A high-resolution scan of a painting completed by one of the designers served as the foundation for the textile. To further facilitate the exchange of cultural heritage information, traditional Korean hanbok served as a reference point for the development of the silhouette of Cultural Exchanges. The focal pendant was created with the use of Rhinoceros 3D modeling software and printed on a Makerbot Fifth Generation 3D Printer in polylactic acid (PLA), a biodegradable polymer

Diagonal Paine

The inspiration for this dress was a stained glass window in an old church and how it was constructed

Laboratory assessment of range of motion and pressure associated with female soldiers wearing a ballistic vest

Scope and Method of Study: The overall purpose of this research is to explore restrictions in performance and pressure exerted on the front torso of females wearing the InterceptorTM vests by measuring ROM and pressure-contact area. A three-phase study was conducted to meet the study objectives. Phase I examined military anthropometric database to determine age range, bust circumference range, and bust size groups for female soldiers in order to specify criteria for accepting subjects for the third phase. A focus group interview with female soldiers was the focus of Phase II in order to determine test garments and test movements to be used in the third phase to simulate female soldiers' typical movements and clothing. Phase III was a two-part laboratory experiment to determine ROM in subjects wearing and not wearing the ballistic vest while performing four selected movements. ROM was determined using the BTS Motion Capture System. Pressure-contact area was determined using Tekscan pressure sensors by subjects wearing the vest and performing the four movements. All volunteers were scanned using a 3D body scanner for selection as a subject and for placement into a bust size group.Findings and Conclusions: Significant differences were found by vest for ROM for three of the four movements (shoulder flexion, shoulder horizontal adduction, and trunk flexion) with decreased ROM shown when subjects wore the vest. Examination of the ROM data for hip flexion with kneeling showed that the subjects used two ways of bending when performing this movement. A significant interaction effect was found for way of kneeling by bust size groups. For the bust size treatment, no significant differences were found for shoulder flexion, trunk flexion, and hip flexion with kneeling. A significant difference was found for shoulder horizontal adduction. Post hoc analysis found two significant groups with the large bust group having greater reduction in ROM as compared to the other bust groups. For pressure-contact area, significant bust size group differences occurred for shoulder and trunk flexion. However, post hoc analyses show conflicting results

Conceptual Design of a Winter Jacket for Victims of Stroke

Stroke is the leading cause of long-term disability, and the third leading cause of death in the United States. Each year there are about 795,000 people that suffer a stroke, and on average in the United States someone has a stroke every 40 seconds ( Stroke Statistics , n.d.). However, there are not many commercial clothing items available and adapted to stroke survivors. While stroke survivors are able to find a limited number of clothing items specifically designed and adapted for them, the styles are simple, inelegant, and tend to look very different from the style of the general culture. Following the design model proposed by Koberg and Bagnall (1974): accept, analyze, define, ideate, select, implement, and evaluate, this study adopted the first four steps, accept, analyze, define, and ideate, in order to create conceptual designs of winter jackets for victims of stroke

Water-Vapor Resistance Difference between a Male and Female Thermal Manikin Wearing Ballistic Vests

With other personal protective equipment including the helmet, the ballistic vest has been widely utilized for individual protection against fragmentation as well as handgun and rifle projectiles. In Iraq and Afghanistan, American military personnel have used ballistic vests to protect themselves from injuries from everything from high-velocity bullets to bomb fragments (Michael, 2006)

Thermal Comfort Analysis of the Fused Liner

Thai handwoven fabrics are not woven as tightly as machine-produced woven fabrics, resulting in fraying during construction process. Local tailors iron fusible polyester lining onto the back of handwoven fabric before cutting to make it stiffer and easier to cut and sew. This study investigated thermal comfort values of a fusible liner in a hot climate. Two different 100% handwoven cotton fabrics were selected as the surface fabrics and tested in three different conditions; 1) cotton surface only (CO), 2) cotton surface with 100% polyester fusible liner (COFL) and 3) cotton surface with 100% polyester regular non-fusible liner (CONFL). ANOVA test was employed. Rct values show that COFL produces better dry thermal resistance than other fabric combinations. Ret values show is no significant difference among three fabric conditions. In conclusion, COFL transfers heat well from body to outside and produces better thermal comfort for the wearers. Further findings are discussed

Evaluating Thermal Comfort of Sweat-Management Fabrics for Sportswear

Exercise and fitness are essential elements of health and well-being. With increased attention to living a healthy lifestyle, people tend to allocate more time to exercise and are participating in sport and leisure activities more often. To accommodate people\u27s desire to be kept dry, comfortable, and moving freely, while enhancing athletic performance, the production of sweat-management fabricated (SMF) apparels have accelerated (Davis & Bishop, 2013). Numerous manufacturers and retailers have paid attention and developed lines of fabrics used to make shorts, shirts, socks, pants and more. Despite these trends, research related to the thermal comfort of SMF apparels, especially determining appropriate fabric or fabric combination for SMF apparels, is scant. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the thermal comfort of sweat-management fabrics to reveal their suitability for sportswear. This study examined several types of sweat-management fabrics to compare their usefulness in terms of thermal comfort

Positive and Negative Advertising Images as Effective Sustainable Consumer Stimuli

Ha-Brookshire and Bhaduri (2014) found that the apparel business’ distrustful messages affect more consumer’s purchase intention that trustful messages. Dam and Jonge (2015) reported similar findings. Negative messages on labelling more directly influenced consumers’ attitudes toward products than positive messages. Authors concluded that this might be because consumers are willing to spend their money in order to avoid challenging ethical issues. As these two studies are limited to using messages in their studies, the purpose of this study is to examine whether positive (or negative) images were more effective at retaining consumers’ attentions