...@uga.edu 24 09 2025 02 12 2025 05 01 2026 © 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Apparel 3D measurement Intelligent system Artificial neural network Fashion design Meanwhile, artificial intelligence (AI...

... Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Textile industry Product design Sustainability Aesthetics Best-worst method (BWM) Apparel Textile Sustainable design Table 4. Sustainability and production criteria Criteria Description...

... Bilel.najlaoui@issatkr.u-kairouan.tn 02 08 2025 20 09 2025 25 09 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Design Nonlinear model Sewing machine Apparel Recently, considerable interest has been paid to raising...

... with the RDF-BO algorithm for the purpose of detecting sewing defects in apparels. Initially, the preprocessing of the images is executed through the application of a bilateral filtering technique complemented by enhancement methodologies. The process of image segmentation is concerned with identifying...

...Wubishet Mengesha Gebre; Zerihun Ayenew Birbirsa; Mekonnen Bogale Abegaz Purpose This study aims to assess Ethiopia’s export performance and emerging exporters of textile and apparel products. Design/methodology/approach Descriptive research designs were used to investigate textiles...

... to CE implementation in the apparel retail industry in emerging and developing nations besides China. Consequently, the purpose of this paper is to analyse the barriers to implementing CE in the Indian garment retail market. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory study uses a comprehensive...

...Ana Julia Dal Forno; Walakis Vieira Bataglini; Fernanda Steffens; Antonio Augusto Ulson de Souza Purpose This paper aims to present a systematic review of the development process of Industry 4.0 in the textile and apparel sector, as well as to show some concepts, examples found in the literature...

... in the manufacture of apparel products, especially after optimizing the mechanical properties of the artefact. Originality/value BC application studies in the textile industry are still in their early stages, although they are attracting more and more the attention of researchers around the world...

...Sanghee Kim; Hongjoo Woo Purpose According to the perspective of evolutionary economic theory, the marketplace continuously evolves over time, following the changing needs of both customers and firms. In accordance with the theory, the second-hand apparel market has been rapidly expanding...

...Doris H. Kincade; Kate E. Annett-Hitchcock Purpose In 1978, the once powerful US apparel industry was on the cusp of change, and the consulting firm KSA conducted a Delphi survey of apparel executives’ predictions into the 2000s. The purpose of this paper is to compare actual changes over...

...Md Aynul Hoque; Rajah Rasiah; Fumitaka Furuoka; Sameer Kumar Purpose This paper aims to identify key theoretical cornerstones and research trends in the apparel industry. It also compares theoretical bases with those of the general research domain in technology adoption literature and, thus...

...Jitong Li; Karen K. Leonas Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the sustainability performances of apparel, footwear and accessory (AFA) B Corps, providing companies, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, with reasonable suggestions on how to incorporate the concept...

... and apparel manufacturing industries are included. The purpose of this paper is to measure the comparative advantages of the Ethiopian textile and apparel industry using the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) in the period from 2007 to 2016. Design/methodology/approach For the purpose of the paper...

... in designing the spunlace nonwoven as per end uses and specifically for apparel application. The effect of web properties and different fibres on the structure and mechanical properties has been studied (Ghassemieh et al., 2001). They reported that the waterjet pressure influences the entanglement...

...Ruth Dede Adikorley; Kristin Thoney-Barletta; Jeff Joines; Lori Rothenberg Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine why Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not currently a major player in producing apparel for the US market and determine if SSA is likely to become one because of several...

... of functionalized common apparel textiles with nanoparticles edge is limited. This work explores the changes in structural, mechanical, aesthetic and antibacterial properties of common textile (i.e. 100 per cent polyester, 100 per cent cotton and polyester cotton-blended fabric samples) treated with Cu nano sol...

... and challenges of domestic manufacturing. There is no evidence to determine if sustainability is a concern or a motivating factor. There are obstacles to success for any business, though the challenges to the reemerging domestic apparel industry are unique with the absence of an industry infrastructure...

...E.J. Power In attempting to balance student satisfaction, individual expectations and the need to produce industry-ready graduates, with the increase in student numbers, a new strategy for teaching and learning was explored within the advanced apparel curriculum. An active learning strategy...

.... Thirteen female undergraduate students who are consumers of fast fashion and majoring in design and/or merchandising management have been interviewed. The first objective is to understand the factors that prompt consumers to stop wearing fast fashion apparel. These factors include communicative failure...

...Marilyn DeLong; Gozde Goncu-Berk; Elizabeth Bye; Juanjuan Wu This research takes a bottoms-up approach to sustainable practices of designers within one industry in a specific locale. In researching sustainability in the apparel industry, one must consider the fashion system in which apparel...