The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of fabric characteristics on the drapability of flare skirts as worn on the body.
100% polyester and 100% cotton were chosen to examine the effects on fiber type and twill weave cotton and inte...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of fabric characteristics on the drapability of flare skirts as worn on the body.
100% polyester and 100% cotton were chosen to examine the effects on fiber type and twill weave cotton and interlock cotton were chosen to examine the effects of fabric structure on drapability. The drapability of flare skirts was measured by three dimensional Moire´ photography, and the distance from the center was obtained from overlapping maps. The results obtained from this study were as follows : (1) Both fiber type and fabric structure influenced the drapability of flare skirts. (2) In this study, 100% polyester showed superior drapability to cotton(twill of interlock). (3) On fabric structure, interlock cotton had better drapability than twill weave cotton.