Clothing material selection

Modern clothing is complex and diverse, and can be classified according to the following aspects: gender and age characteristics, application situation in clothing sequence, nature of people's activities, seasons, types of fabric texture, etc. According to the nature of people's activities, it can be divided into life clothing, sports clothing, work clothing, military clothing, and theater clothing. Various types of clothing have their own specific requirements for the selection of materials.

Lifestyle clothing is divided into underwear, shirts, bathrobes, outerwear and fashion.

①Underwear: It is clothes that stick to the skin. Generally, materials with high moisture absorption and good close-fitting properties are used, such as pure cotton and blended knitted fabrics.

②Shirt: It is the clothes worn outside the underwear. It can also be used as an outer garment. It must be comfortable to wear, flat and wrinkle resistant, easy to wash and quick to dry. Cotton or blended chemical fiber fabrics and chemical fiber fabrics should be used, which have considerable fastness and good wearability.

③ Yukata: Wear it directly after bathing to absorb a large amount of water on the surface of the human body. It is better to choose soft, elastic and moisture-absorbing terry woven fabrics and knitted fabrics. The raw materials are cotton and blended fabrics with moisture absorption properties.

④Outerwear: all kinds of clothing worn outside. Outerwear often reflects the wearer's demeanor, identity and nature of work. There are many types of outerwear, including dresses and daily wear, which often vary with national conditions and folk customs.

⑤Fashion: It has obvious timeliness, and a unique form of clothing often appears every few years, forming a temporary fashion. Both the production of fashion clothing and the production of fashion fabrics have a strong timeliness, which requires designers and producers to have sufficient foresight. Fashion sometimes needs to be processed with new varieties of fabrics, which have higher requirements for color and flower shape.

Sportswear is special clothing for a certain sport, including travel clothing and light work clothing. Sportswear should meet the requirements of specific sports to the greatest extent. It is not enough to rely on design and cutting skills for this kind of clothing. Materials must be used to make up for its deficiencies, and flexible clothing materials should be used. As for the material's thermal insulation, air permeability, moisture absorption and fastness, it should also be considered to be able to adapt to various sports environments and actions. Generally choose cotton, wool, linen and chemical fiber blended or pure knitted fabrics, and some use elastic fabrics. Travel clothes are required to be light, not easy to wrinkle, and easy to move around. The fabric should be firm, cool, thick, bright-colored fabric. Commonly used are: weft knitted fabrics and warp knitted fabrics, tweed, wool-like fabrics, etc. Mountaineering clothing should be able to cope with the easily changing weather conditions in the mountains and protect life. Designed to be easy to put on and take off. The material should be warm, breathable, washable, resistant to sunlight, friction and traction. The garment is light, small in size and easy to carry. It should also be waterproof and windproof. A radiant heat reflecting layer can be added as needed.

Work clothes are all kinds of clothing worn at work. Some are used as special protective clothing, anti-static clothing, and some symbolize a certain occupation, which is easy to identify. The material used depends on the requirements. In addition to strength, abrasion resistance and general wearability, there may also be some special requirements, such as fire prevention and oil pollution.

Military uniforms are all kinds of clothes worn by national armed personnel. Military uniforms have strict requirements in terms of quality, manufacturing, color, style and other performance. Generally, it should be durable, comfortable and warm. There are also special clothing, which are used to work under specific conditions, such as fireproof, waterproof, dustproof, oilproof, radiationproof, antivirus, and electrical insulation.

Drama costumes pay more attention to stage effects. The selection of materials is very wide. According to the specific needs of the program and the stage performance, various colored velvets and gold and silver threads are often used for embroidery to increase the color.