Hand and mechanical properties of stretch fabrics

This paper discusses the hand and preference of stretch fabrics for sportswear through subjective and objective hand evaluations. Twenty-two varieties of stretch fabrics for fall/winter sportswear fabrics were used. Seven main factors were classified through subjective evaluation and total cumulative variance value was 68.28 %. According to correlations between objective hand and preference, there are differences in preferences for pants and shirts, and in response to preference for shirts, no gender differences are observed. Correlations between subjective hand and preference show that there is a similar tendency in preferences for pants and shirts regardless of usage by different genders.