.... Originality/value This research highlights the novel use of cotton dissolution to introduce porosity in yarns, enhancing their suitability for sportswear applications. The findings contribute to advancing yarn design for optimised comfort and performance, leveraging statistical optimisation for multi...

...Jennifer Beem; Iain Hannah; A.E. Hosoi Purpose Conventional sportswear design does not take into account body size changes that many individuals experience (e.g. through pregnancy, puberty, menstruation, etc.). This paper aims to detail both the construction of a novel wearable shape-adaptive...

...Jiayin Li; Sibei Xia; Andre J. West; Cynthia L. Istook Purpose A two-dimensional (2D) body measurement system was implemented to study the application of sportswear design in measurement garment development. A total of 50 participants were recruited. The basic demographic information...