International Conference on Information Technology and Scientific Management (ICITSM 2010 E-BOOK)

Tianjin,China,12.20-12.21,2010

ISBN: 978-1-935068-40-2 Scientific Research Publishing, USA

E-Book 1078pp Pub. Date: December 2010

Category: Computer Science & Communications

Price: $220

Title: Study on the Clothing for the Elderly
Source: International Conference on Information Technology and Scientific Management (ICITSM 2010 E-BOOK) (pp 56-59)
Author(s): Xia Wang, Institute of Art & Fashion, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, China
Dong Xu, Institute of Art & Fashion, Tianjin Polytechnic University, Tianjin, China
Abstract: The focus of this paper is to analyze the elderly and the market to help them to buy more suitable garments. With the increasing in the average age of populations across the world and extending life expectancies, the designers should consider in terms of designing and manufacturing of more functional and fashionable clothing. The potential for supplying improved fit and functional garment for them should be considered. In this paper, from this perspective, the discourses of making an assay of the elderly markets are relevant to the elderly to do more objective selection about their cloth. Based on elaborating the elderly themselves and the market roundly, permitting to improve the elderly’s fitting perception of a garment. The special requirements on fabric properties and design applications and their relevance to the provision of functional and aesthetic clothing are to meet their special needs.
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