Clothing for children and teenagers : anthropometry, sizing and fit /
Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit addresses the complexities of developing size specifications for clothing aimed at seven to seventeen year olds. Children and teenagers experience rapid physical growth and alterations in body shape as they develop-changes that pose...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Duxford, UK :
Woodhead Publishing is an imprint of Elsevier,
2016.
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| Online Access: |
Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9780081002544 0081002548 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit addresses the complexities of developing size specifications for clothing aimed at seven to seventeen year olds. Children and teenagers experience rapid physical growth and alterations in body shape as they develop-changes that pose significant challenges in creating apparel sizing systems. The book begins by introducing the principles of apparel fit and sizing systems. Drawing on the author's own fieldwork, it goes on to discuss methods of conducting anthropometric surveys in children and teenagers, and techniques for analyzing the resulting data in order to produce successful sizing systems. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Series: | Woodhead publishing in textiles ;
no. 183. |
| Library Staff: | View instance in FOLIO |