Abstract
As a basic study on the garment planning of men, 700 subjects were measured from 20 to 59 years of age. Using seven items (i. e., stature, length of lower extremity, waist height, chest circumference, waist girth, hip girth and neck base circumference), we gave a cursory observation on the adult male body form that was analysed cross-sectionally. Some discussions were made especially on the changes of trunk form according to the age, based upon the width-depth indices of chest, waist, hip and neck base.
The main results are summarized as follows :
1) In generally, the adult male body form turns into short and stout type, because three height measurements decrease progressively while the circumferences increase remarkably (Table 1 and 2, Figure 1).
2) On the trunks, chest depth, waist depth and hip depth increase progressively according to the age. This tendency is most remarkable on the waist. On the base neck, the width-depth index increase progressively, for the width of this part decrease obviously according to the age (Table 4, Figure 2).
