INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETIC WEAR

PRESENTED BY LEA DOCHTERMAN

INTRODUCTION

• LEA DOCHTERMAN • SENIOR • IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY • APPAREL MERCHANDISING AND DESIGN • EMPHASIS IN- CREATIVE MEN'S DESIGN

OVERVIEW

• ATHLETIC FABRICS • USES OF ATHLETIC FABRICS • ATHLEISURE • SEWING KNITS

3 IMPORTANT QUALITIES OF ACTIVE WEAR FABRICS

• THERMAL INSULATION •WICKING •WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION

THERMAL INSULATION

• FABRICS WITH GOOD THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY ARE NOT GOOD INSULATORS, THEREFORE THESE FABRICS WILL BE COOLER TO WEAR. AIR IS ONE OF THE WORST CONDUCTORS OF HEAT WHICH IS WHY THE MORE STILL AIR A FABRIC CAN TRAP, THE WARMER IT WILL KEEP YOU.

WICKING

• WICKING IS THE TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE THROUGH A FABRIC. MOISTURE CAN PASS BETWEEN FIBERS, YARNS AND THROUGH THE FIBER ITSELF. THE ABILITY FOR MOISTURE TO PASS THROUGH A FABRIC WILL DEPEND ON THE FABRIC CONSTRUCTION AND THE FIBER TYPE. SYNTHETIC FIBERS TEND TO DRY QUICKLY AND ARE THE MOST COMMONLY USED FIBER IN ATHLETIC WEAR NOW.

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WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION

• WHEN HIGH INTENSITY EXERCISE TAKES PLACE, SWEATING WILL OCCUR TO EVAPORATE HEAT OFF THE SKIN. IF CLOTHING IS NOT BREATHABLE THAN THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THE MOISTURE TO ESCAPE. THIS CAUSES MOISTURE TO BUILD UP INSIDE THE GARMENT AND ON THE SKIN RESULTING IN THE BODY GETTING HOTTER.

• ANOTHER CONSEQUENCE IS WHEN EXERCISE DECREASES AND HEAT STOPS BEING GENERATED FROM THE BODY, THE MOISTURE (WHICH IS LESS INSULATING THAN STILL AIR) WILL THEN INCREASE HEAT LOSS RAPIDLY, ESPECIALLY IN A COLD ENVIRONMENT.

• FROM THIS WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT CLOTHING NEEDS TO PREVENT RAIN AND WIND FROM GETTING IN BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALLOW MOISTURE FROM THE INSIDE TO ESCAPE OUT. THIS PROCESS IS KNOWN AS WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION AND FABRICS WHICH ARE ABLE TO DO THIS ARE KNOWN AS WATERPROOF BREATHABLE FABRICS.

MOBILITY OF FABRIC

Athletic fabrics are mostly knit so the Fabric can bend with the wearer. Comfort and lack of resistance are two very important qualities

HIGH FUNCTIONING FABRICS

•DEEP SEA DIVING - DIVERS • FAST SKINS – SWIMMERS •MILITARY USES

DIVING SUITS

Neoprene is a double layered fabric. One layer in natural or synthetic rubber the other is a thick double knit fabric fused to the back

This combination keeps the diver warm and mobile with out to much extra weight added to the body.

FASTSKINS

• A FASTSKIN IS A SUIT WARN BY COMPETITIVE SWIMMERS

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MILITARY USES

• HIGH-TECH FABRIC INTENDED FOR GLOVES AND OTHER MILITARY CLOTHING CONTAINS SILVER MESH (SILVER NANOWIRES OR 'AGNW') THAT COULD BE HEATED TO KEEP SOLDIERS WARM, WHILE A HYDROGEL LAYER WOULD ABSORB SWEAT.

ATHLEISURE

• “THE LATEST BUZZWORD IN FASHION IS "ATHLEISURE," ONE OF THOSE MADE-UP TERMS THAT ARE SO RIDICULOUSLY NONSENSICAL AS TO BE PERFECTLY DESCRIPTIVE. THAT IS, DESIGNERS AND RETAILERS ARE OBSESSED WITH CLOTHES THAT FIT A SOMEWHAT BROAD CATEGORY OF BEING APPROPRIATE FOR EITHER ATHLETIC OR LEISURE PURSUITS, OR BOTH” –IN STLYE

EVERYDAY WEAR

ATHLEISURE

• LEGGINGS • JOGGERS • HOODIES • SWEAT SHIRTS • ACTIVE T-SHIRTS • RUNNING SHORTS • SPORTS BRAS

ATHLEISURE BRANDS

• LULULEMON

ATHLEISURE BRANDS

• TARGET C9

SEWING KNITS

ADDING ELASTIC

Elastic is your closure!

Can be used in :

Waist bands Bra bands Leg openings Pocket edges ETC.

SEWING TIPS

• KNIT FABRIC IS EXTREMELY FOR GIVING TO CUTTING AND MEASURING MISTAKES • ONE MISTAKE OFTEN MADE IS HOW THE FABRIC IS FED INTO THE MACHINE

• YOU SHOULD USE A LIGHT HAND FOR HOLDING AND LET THE FEED DOGS DO MOST OF THE WORK FOR YOU

MY WORK

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