Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the fabric physical properties and the wearing comfort of girdles. As the result of the wear test using semantic differential method, subjects are divided into three groups according to total ratings and wearing comfort, i, e, subjects who prefer a soft type girdle with less pressure to the body and those who prefer a hard type girdle with high pressure to the body. Wearing comfort correlates to the tensile properties in the wale direction and shear properties of fabrics. The shape formation effect to the body is a result of the shear properties of fabrics in the soft type, and of the tensile properties in the hard type.
For the hand of girdles, the tactile sensation has a high correlation with the surface properties of fabrics. The evaluation for hand of girdles has the same tendencies as that of the primary hands of high-quality women's thin dress. The heat, water and air transmission properties were shown to have little effect on the wearing comfort of girdles.
