The Partial shape of the human body have been investigated to get a fundamental data of clothings well fittable to the human body. An attempt has been made to determine each human shape quantitatively by using angles and to classify the human body in relation to the dress design. Morphological characteristics,
i.e., breast, anterior chest slope, bulge around the scapula and back slope, of fifty-one women students ranging 21 to 22 in age have been determined by the moire topography. The results can be summarized as follows:
(1) The morphology of the breast can be regarded to be a hemisphere and the bulge around the scapula can be regarded to be a dish.
(2) The individual differences are great of the center angle of the breast and anterior chest slope angle. These can be classified into four types in relation to the number of moire stripes.
(3) The individual differences are little of the center angle around the scapula and back slope angle. Three classifications are considered to be appropriate, that is, below-standard, standard and abovestandard type.
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