Abstract
In elementary school home economics classes, a lesson to explain how to wear clothes comfortably must developed. The instructional contents for measuring the comfort of clothes should be made clear scientifically. It is important that pupils manage clothes with a viewpoint of Education for Sustainable Development. In this study, the authors developed an experiment to measure feeling of clothes on skin. It was established that the following characteristics are related to the comfort of clothes; microclimate in clothing, garment pressure and the feeling on skin. An inclined plane method was used to measure the coefficient of static friction for a variety of fabrics. The basic factor for the friction properties for the fabrics was clarified. The coefficient of static friction for clothes varied according to the characteristics of fibers, the form and thickness of the yarn, and the different forms of weaving. The results showed that the coefficient of static friction varied among pairs of the cloth tested. Finally, we tested wet clothes and found they had a larger coefficient of static friction than dry clothes. In addition, the friction where the cloth became fluffy were reduced by using a finishing agent after washing.
