The Japanese KES-FB objective fabric handle evaluation system is the most popularly used international handle measurement method. However, in an era of unending garment material innovation and where the only objective of the evaluation standards is Japanese fabric experts, it is inevitable that differences shall surface in the fabric handle concepts of Taiwanese and Japanese textile industries. For this purpose, this study employed the regression method in establishing a total hand value measurement translation formula for Taiwanese and Japanese fabrics. This way, a consistent consensus may be obtained for the total hand value (THV) evaluation of fabrics used in the MEN'S SUITING, MEN'S JACKET, MEN'S SLACK, WOMEN'S SUITING, WOMEN'S THIN DRESS, and MEN'S DRESS SHIRT of these two nations.

  Examination was made of the effects of detergent builders with metal removal capacity on cotton fabrics dyed with direct copper complex dyes, with particular attention to color change and fastness that would result from washing. The dyed fabrics were washed by LAS and a combination of builders (STPP and Zeolite) in distilled and hard water (4, 10, 20° DH), and also by commercial detergent. Color differences and amounts of copper on the dyed fabrics before and after washing were examined and measured. The fastness color scale was established based an equation derived from analysis of CIELAB color differences.

  The amounts of copper on premetallized dyed fabrics were found to decrease by washing with the detergent builders, but change in dyed fabric color was only slight. Color change arising from aftertreatment dye showed small color fastness, due to decrease in the amounts of copper on the dyed fabrics. When calcium was present in the washing water, detergent builders appeared to lessen the capacity for removal of copper from dyed fabrics by taking away the calcium ions present in the water prior to deposition on the fabrics.