This study investigates how the sense of the seasons is expressed through the fashion of female university students and their mothers. There were many differences found in the perceptions between the students and their mothers regarding fashion, the seasons, and the degree to which each celebrated or annual events.

Amongst both the female students and their mothers, many participants wear clothes that reflect an awareness of the seasons. However, there are differences in the way this expression is made between the two groups, which can be considered as a generation gap.

Additionally, the relationship between the seasonal fashions and the degree of observation of the Japanese traditional holidays and annual events is investigated. By comparing the respondents with a high degree of involvement in holidays and annual events to those with a low degree, it was confirmed that those with a higher degree tend to not only perceive seasonal clothes as stylish and fashionable, but also place value on the practicality of clothes that match the season.

A new method of preparing for hemoglobin soiled fabrics was proposed in our previous study in which a good accordance was observed between two removal percentages by chemical analysis and by reflectance (calculated using K/S values) in washing test using commercial laundry detergent. In this paper, a trial was made to apply the test fabric to bleaching test. Five kinds of commercial bleaching agents and three kinds of bleaching reagents (NaClO, Na₂CO₃･1.5H₂O₂, and H₂O₂) were used as test samples and the two removal percentages were compared each other. Additionally, EMPA 111 was used as a comparison. The results show that the relationship between the two removal percentages for the improved hemoglobin soiled fabrics was much better than that for EMPA 111. But the two removal percentages necessarily matched each other in the bleaching test even if the improved hemoglobin soiled fabric was used as a test sample. Especially, relatively great differences between the two removal percentages were observed for oxygen bleaching agents. But a good relationship between the two removal percentages was obtained by washing test of the improved soiled fabric using commercial detergent including oxygen bleaching agent as a component.