UV protection pantyhose are in the market, but the effectiveness of the ultraviolet radiation (UV) protection on these stretchy products while being worn was not yet to be clarified. The purpose of this study is to examine the UV protection efficiency on items made of stretchy fabric, namely the pantyhose and tights, while being worn. Samples correlating to items being worn were fitted on the mannequin legs to monitor the transmittance, UPF, and porosity on the three parts of the body: the ankle, the calf, and the thigh. It was found that the UV protection efficiency of pantyhose and tights that stretch when worn was greatly influenced by porosity, and that the UV protection efficiency decreased as porosity increased. The fine yarn of pantyhose with high porosity did not possess any UV protection efficiency, and the UV protection was found useless. In case of tights, it was clarified that items with higher porosity were influenced by lightness rather than hue, and the lower the lightness, the higher the UV protection efficiency. Black color indicated adequate UV protection efficiency when porosity was less than 10%. UV protection efficiency of tights showed correlation with weight, but not with denier.

The purpose of this research is to examine how conscious younger women are of their exposed legs. As stockings and socks play an important role in women's fashion, their design depends on the degree to which women are conscious of their exposed legs.

The results of a questionnaire revealed that a casual style was preferred by more than half of the respondents, while their fashion style reflected their high interest in fashion. While more than 30 % of respondents indicated that they wore miniskirts on a daily basis, roughly 80% of them did not care if those of the opposite sex looked at their exposed legs. However, they were averse to undergarments that spilled out of clothes. Moreover, since stockings and socks are inexpensive, it was clarified that they can be easily used for coordination and image-building purposes, and therefore constitute important fashion items.

The author has investigated color distribution features in the cover of female fashion magazines. Using nine features derived from the image data of the cover, cluster analysis was performed to classify the magazines. In terms of the features of the cover, the female fashion magazines were found to be clearly distinguished from those of the other genres. It was also found that each female fashion magazine had distinctive cover depending on the fashion type of the magazine. Furthermore, factor analysis was performed to summarize the image features, and four factors, “average saturation”, “average lightness and fineness”, “multi-hue”, and “tone contrast”, were obtained. Scores for “average lightness and fineness” factor and “multi-hue” factor were high for most teen's magazines. Scores for “multi-hue” factor were significantly low for most mode magazines, and scores for “tone contrast” factor were high for most street fashion magazines. The female fashion magazines were distinguished clearly in terms of the average saturation and the average lightness of the cover, but there was no little difference for average hue. The covers of most female fashion magazines had similar average hue ranging from red to orange.