This paper deals with changes in dimensional stability and mechanical properties of face fabrics for men's jacket by the repeated dry-cleaning. The results have been compared with those obtained for fabric specimens without sewing for men's suits in the previous study. The focus of the above changes concentrated on the influence of specimen size, seam, and lining effect by sewing up the face fabric. In addition, the fatigue of the fabrics after the repeated dry-cleaning is tested through the simulation to wear. Through a series of the measurements, these changes in dimensional stability, mechanical properties, and handle of the face fabrics by dry-cleaning are little affected by the specimen size. However, only the dimensional stability of a face fabric is dependent upon the sewing with linings. The behavior of the mechanical action for men's jacket on cleaning is quite different from that for fabric specimen. This is due to the influence of linings, interlinings and seam. On carrying out the measurement of repeated deformation by KES-F5, the fatigue of the dry-cleaned face fabric is more accelerated than that of untreated one.

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This study aims to investigate how to assess the formability of the plane fabrics around the curved surface. When the spherical surface coated with a paint in advance comes into contact with a plane fabric, the paint on the spherical surface is transferred on the fabric. The fabric is spread in the plane again, and then the fittability of the fabric to the spherical surface was assessed by the painted region. The results are summarized as follows:
(1) If a spherical body is pressed down onto a fabric stretched and sustanined in a horizontal frame, a transferred shape becomes larger similarly in size, remaining the circular shape, with increasing the pressure of the spherical body. However, a circular transferred shape transforms into an amoebic shape yielding the projection in the radial direction.
(2) The characteristic limits and the shapes are constant regardless of the radius of the spherical body.
(3) The fittability of the fabric to the curved surface are different by the kind of fabric, and in particular, a certain relation has been found between the shearing property and the transferred shape.

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