Abstract
Waistband pressures were measured by a hydrostatic pressure-balanced method to determine the feeling of wear comfort quantitatively. The pressure developed under the standing erect and natural respiration conditions and wearing a waistband with a reduction rate of 5.0% was only 17.5±2.1mmHg on the average. Under various body conditions (position, movement and respiration), the waistband pressure sometimes became greater than 35mmHg, where the subjects for brassiere and girdle also complained of uncomfortableness. The subjects for waistband seemed to recognize the wear comfort of waistband just after wearing it, by predicting the possible pressure increase under the coming body conditions. Correlation coefficients among some parameters (ratio of perfect fit length to nude size length, thickness of subcutaneous fat, amount of subcutaneous fat, waistband pressure and radius of curvature on 5 body regions) were calculated at waist line to evaluate the most favorable conditions of perfect-fit waistband. The feeling of the wear comfort in the waistband was closely related to the clothing pressures measured by the hydrostatic pressure-balanced method.
