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Waiting in line at a fashion store: psychological and emotional responses

Waiting in a service context is known to negatively affect consumer evaluation of services and service providers. However, this study investigates the positive effects of waiting—such as expected customer comp...

Authors: Soozin Park, Kyeongsun Min and Yuri Lee

Dress, body and self: research in the social psychology of dress

The purpose of this research was to provide a critical review of key research areas within the social psychology of dress. The review addresses published research in two broad areas: (1) dress as a stimulus an...

Authors: Kim Johnson, Sharron J Lennon and Nancy Rudd

Thermal degradation of natural dyes and their analysis using HPLC-DAD-MS

Berberine, palmatine, alizarin, purpurin, indigotin, and indirubin which were the major coloring compounds of Phellodendron bark, madder, and indigo plant were thermally degraded in 100°C oven in liquid dye form ...

Authors: Cheunsoon Ahn, Xia Zeng, Longchun Li and S Kay Obendorf

Nelly Don’s 1916 pink gingham apron frock: an illustration of the middle-class American housewife’s shifting role from producer to consumer

Nelly Don created a stylish, practical, affordable pink gingham housedress in 1916, quickly selling out her first order of 216 dresses at Peck’s Dry Goods Company in Kansas City. This study investigated the reaso...

Authors: Mikyoung Whang and Sherry Haar

Shifting paradigms for fashion: from total to global to smart consumer experience

Emergence of a global techno-economic system is challenging academia and the fashion industry. Consumers, the retail industry and business strategies are strategically contributing to the changing fashion para...

Authors: HaeJung Kim, Soo-Kyoung Ahn and Judith A Forney

Jacquard pattern optimizing in weft knitted fabrics via interactive genetic algorithm

A genetic algorithm is a method to respond to troubles that are indissoluble by common methods and must be utilized to try and fault method. It is difficult to appraise all of responses if there are many answe...

Authors: Dariush Semnani, Mehdi Hadjianfar, Hamed Aziminia and Mohammad Sheikhzadeh

CSR reporting on apparel companies’ websites: framing good deeds and clarifying missteps

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Authors: Jamie Gaskill-Fox, Karen H Hyllegard and Jennifer Paff Ogle

Durability of fluoropolymer and antibacterial finishes on woven surgical gown fabrics

Commercially available polyester, polyester-cotton and cotton plain woven fabrics of 150 g/m² weight and cotton woven fabric samples of 200 g/m² weight with plain, twill and satin weave were studied for their sui...

Authors: Vinay Kumar Midha, Ravikant Vashisht and Varsha Midha

Extraction of Indigo dye from Couroupita guianensisand its application on cotton fabric

Couroupita guianensis (Cannon ball tree) flowers and fruits are known to contain indigotin and indirubin. In this study an attempt is made to optimize the period for effective extraction of indigo from Couroupita...

Authors: Priti B Tayade and Ravindra V Adivarekar

Textile piezoelectric sensors – melt spun bi-component poly(vinylidene fluoride) fibres with conductive cores and poly(3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene)-poly(styrene sulfonate) coating as the outer electrode

The work presented here addresses the outer electroding of a fully textile piezoelectric strain sensor, consisting of bi-component fibre yarns of β-crystalline poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) sheath and condu...

Authors: Maria Åkerfeldt, Erik Nilsson, Philip Gillgard and Pernilla Walkenström

Regression model to predict thread consumption incorporating thread-tension constraint: study on lock-stitch 301 and chain-stitch 401

Prediction of sewing thread consumption requires an accurate method of calculation since it relates to the cost of manufacturing and distribution of apparel products. Previous researchers highlighted problems ...

Authors: Ranga Prasad Abeysooriya and Ganemulle Lekamalage Dharmasri Wickramasinghe

Disheartened consumers: impact of malevolent apparel business practices on consumer’s heart rates, perceived trust, and purchase intention

In response to consumers’ increasing desires to know about apparel businesses’ ethical/responsible practices and the importance of trust between a firm and its consumers in today’s marketplace, this study inve...

Authors: Jung Ha-Brookshire and Gargi Bhaduri

Impact of evaluative criteria on satisfaction and dissatisfaction: identifying the role of knitwear involvement

This research explores an impact of evaluative criteria on consumer responses to knitwear products (satisfaction and dissatisfaction). Two conceptual frameworks are developed to identify the role of knitwear i...

Authors: So Won Jeong and Kyu-Hye Lee

Assessment of Firefighters’ needs for personal protective equipment

This study performed focus group interviews with 54 firefighters in four states in the United States to assess the needs for design of firefighters’ personal protective equipment. Firefighters’ responses indic...

Authors: Huiju Park, Juyeon Park, Shu-Hwa Lin and Lynn M Boorady

Eco-friendly indigo reduction using bokbunja (Rubus coreanus Miq.) sludge

The utilization of Bokbunja (Rubus coreanus) sludge as a source of reductant was investigated to develop an eco-friendly indigo dyeing process. Total sugar contents were 18.94 and 50.87% for ethanol and water ext...

Authors: Younsook Shin, Min Choi and Dong Il Yoo

Asian apparel brands’ Internationalization: the application of theories to the cases of Giordano and Uniqlo

How did Asian apparel brands internationalize in the competitive global apparel market? Although Asian brands are becoming global, most of previous research on internationalization was limited to the cases of ...

Authors: Hongjoo Woo and Byoungho Jin

Influences of partial components in firefighters’ personal protective equipment on subjective perception

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the influences of partial components of firefighters’ personal protective equipment (PPE) on subjective perception during exercise and recovery at 28°C, 40% ...

Authors: Siyeon Kim, Young Joon Jang, Yoon Jeong Baek and Joo-Young Lee

Investigation of the influence of effect-yarn draw and effect-yarn overfeed on texturing performance: comparison between air-jet and steam-jet textured yarn

The objective of this research work was to investigate the use of steam as a substitute fluid for air in spun-like textured yarn manufacturing. The new substitute product holds the potential for competitive ad...

Authors: Ganemulle Lekamalage Dharmasri Wickramasinghe and Peter William Foster

Study of electrospun polycarbosilane (PCS) nanofibrous web by needle-less technique

This study reports on the various functional characteristics of silicon carbide (SiC) nanofibrous web. The SiC nanofibrous web was spun by the electrospinning technique using Nano Spider (needle-less) machine....

Authors: Mukesh Kumar Sinha, Biswa Ranjan Das, Raghwesh Mishra, Ashok Ranjan, Anurag Srivastava and Arvind Kumar Saxena

Poly (ethylene terephthalate) recycling for high value added textiles

This study reviews the problems in the use and disposal of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and includes the concise background of virgin and recycled PET as well as their possible applications. The current...

Authors: Sang Ho Park and Seong Hun Kim

Editorial

Authors: Kyung Wha Oh