Clothing for Children and Teenagers Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles Series
Auteur : Zakaria Norsaadah
Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit addresses the complexities of developing size specifications for clothing aimed at seven to seventeen year olds. Children and teenagers experience rapid physical growth and alterations in body shape as they develop?changes that pose significant challenges in creating apparel sizing systems. The book begins by introducing the principles of apparel fit and sizing systems. Drawing on the author?s own fieldwork, it goes on to discuss methods of conducting anthropometric surveys in children and teenagers, and techniques for analyzing the resulting data in order to produce successful sizing systems.
1. Introduction: clothing for children and teenagers2. Size and fit of clothing for children and teenagers3. Conducting anthropometric surveys of children and teenagers4. Children and teenagers body sizes and shapes analyses5. Selecting key body dimensions for the design of children’s and teenagers’ apparel6. Clustering children and teenagers according to apparel size7. Classifying the body shapes of children and teenagers for improved apparel fit8. Developing apparel sizing systems for children and teenagers9. Designation and validation of apparel sizes for children and teenagers
Manufacturers, marketers and retailers of children’s apparel, as well as postgraduate students and academic researchers in textile science.
- Introduces the principles of apparel fit and sizing systems, and discusses methods of conducting anthropometric surveys in children and teenagers
- Offers systematic and comprehensive coverage of the complexities associated with clothing for children and teenagers
- Reviews techniques in analysis and classification of children and teenagers' body shapes and sizes
- Covers the development, designation, and validation of an apparel sizing system for children and teenagers
Date de parution : 06-2016
Ouvrage de 240 p.
15x22.8 cm
Thèmes de Clothing for Children and Teenagers :
Mots-clés :
Adolescents; Anthropogenic data; Anthropometric; Anthropometry; Appearance; Bimodalism; Body characteristics; Body dimensions; Body image; Body scanner; Body shape; Body sizes; Classification and regression tree technique; Clothes; Cluster analysis; Cluster group; Cluster; Data mining; Decision tree; Dependent and independent variables; Eigenvalue; Ethnic Group; Factor loading; Fast fashion; Fieldwork; Frequency data distribution; Gender; Girth; Good fit; Goodness of fit; K-means technique; Labe