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http://dx.doi.org/10.5805/SFTI.2015.17.6.988

Shape Design Method of Mold Brassiere Cup for Small-breasted Women in their Twenties  

Lee, Hyun-Young (Dept. of Clothing & Textiles, Kunsan National University)
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Fashion & Textile Research Journal / v.17, no.6, 2015 , pp. 988-995 More about this Journal
Abstract
Gaps between the upper edges of brassiere mold cups and the breasts are one of the most serious issues in realizing comfort wearing of commercial brassieres for small-breasted women. The surplus ease amounts causing the fit problem were measured from 3D wearing images of the small-breasted women's brassieres. The effect after the removing the surplus ease amounts from the upper edge of mold cup was approved by subjective wearing evaluation. Since the volume distribution of mold cup can also affect the wearing sensation of brassiere, the subjective wearing sensation was compared for two brassieres of different volume distributions, VL, of which volume was concentrated at the lower cup, and VC, which has the thickest part at the nipple. As the results, the suitable sensation for cup volume and the natural wearing silhouette could be accomplished by removing the surplus ease amounts from the upper edge of mold cup to reduce the gaps between brassieres and the breasts, which could be accomplished through an approach reducing the volume near the upper edge of mold brassiere cup and making the volume concentrated at the lower cup. These works provide a useful information on the design of the brassiere mold cups for small-breasted women. Moreover, modeling methods of 3D scan data and 3D printing technique for making more accurate mold cases used in this research can be helpful to develop and evaluate clothing products in future.
Keywords
upper edges; removing of surplus ease amounts; volume distribution; mold brassiere cup; small-breasted women;
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