Development of Measurement and Evaluation Method for Quantization of Suit’s Clothing Comfort

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure and evaluate the clothing comfort of jackets with different length of arm hole and slacks with different hip shape using a sensory test, a clothing pressure measurement and EMG（electromyogram）．We proposed four experimental motions to measure and evaluate the clothing comfort of jacket and slacks adequately. Healthy males evaluated the clothing comfort of five jackets and three slacks by four proposed experimental motions using the paired comparison method and their clothing pressures between their bodies and wears and EMG values were measured during those motions. As the length of arm hole was bigger, the clothing comfort of jacket became better, and the values of the clothing pressure and EMG were smaller. And they evaluated the slacks with the forming processing and the long raise length the good clothing comfort. Then the values of the clothing pressures between their bodies and slacks were smaller. These results indicate that the clothing comfort of jacket and slacks could be measured and evaluated by four experimental motions, the clothing pressure and EMG.