Analysis of the Hanging Shape of the Bias Cut Cloth

For the purpose of improving the accuracy of apparel product design or wearing simulation software, two kinds of Shingohsen SG1 and SG4, used in the previous report were employed to study the relationship among the material characteristics and the hanging shape, the extension in the bias direction, a thinning phenomenon and the like when sewn products were worn. 1. The thinning ratio of each sample in the bias direction was high for SG4, at a low extension, but high for SG1 at a high extension. 2. Based on a change in the thinning ratio of a full circular skirt of 60 cm in length with time, the own weight of the full circular skirt was assumed to exert an influence close to that in a state of a highly extended sample cloth. 3. The widths were recovered in a part of 20 to 30 cm down from waistline in both SG1 and SG4. This is considered as a result of the cloth contacting the body in the part and measured values depending on the shape of the body. 4. The greatest problem of the simulation in both SG1 and SG4 was that the randomness of the hemline length was not expressed. The reason for this is thought to be the simulation without consideration for properties of thinning and extension depending on the own weight of the cloth or the contacting figure type.