Abstract

Children’s wear lacks an anthropometric study to better fit clothes on the body of the child, providing greater comfort for users. Initially, this thesis project in fashion design intended to measure Portuguese children between the ages of 2 to 10 years, enrolled in primary schools in the region of Minho in Portugal. During the data gathering, held in the months of June, July, October and November 2016, about 600 children were scanned and measured using a 3D body scanner. The purpose of this paper is to report the difficulties and limitations experienced during data collection of the anthropometric study and the adjustments that were needed, as well as discuss some of the data collected.

Details

Title
Anthropometry for children’s clothing: difficulties and limitations
Author
Bezerra, G 1 ; Carvalho, M A 2 ; Rocha, M A V 3 ; B Xu 4 

 University of Minho, School of Engineering, Textile Engineering Department, Campus de Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal; Federal University of Ceara, Institute of Culture and Art, Department of Fashion Design, Brazil, University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR 
 University of Minho, School of Engineering, Textile Engineering Department, Campus de Azurem, 4800-058 Guimaraes, Portugal 
 Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Department of Domestic Sciences, Brazil 
 University of North Texas, USA 
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Oct 2017
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2564402811
Copyright
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