Abstract
For the purpose of designing comfortable garments, we studied differences of the body proportions of male and female, young group being 2024 years old and middle aged, 4044 years old. The items studied are 10 ratios, the relation of the length measurements (crotch to waist (B), crotch to ankle (C), waist to knee (D) and knee to ankle (E)) to the lower extremity length (A) and that of the girth measurements (thigh girth, knee girth, hip breadth and hip depth) to the hip girth, and others.
The results obtained are summarized as follows :
1) As to the ratios of the length measurement, C/A and E/A of the male are bigger than the female's both young and middle aged. And C/A and E/C of the young are bigger than that of the middle aged both male and female.
2) As to the ratios of the girth measurements, hip breadth/hip girth of the male is bigger than the female's, and the young male's is bigger than that of the middle aged male. The thigh girth/hip girth of female is bigger than the male's both young and middle aged.
