New paradigm of processes and market services of garments for obese and eldery people – GarmNet.

Abstract

This paper presents the GarmNet project research in EUREKA program in collaboration with the following partners: INCDTP, DATSA TEXTIL SRL, MAGNUM SX SRL –Romania and Textile Research Institute Lodz - Poland. The aim of the research is to develop a new garment manufacturing process, based on anthropometric specific data of obese and elderly people. The results of the project: 3D anthropometric databases for Romanian obese and elderly people; the sizes tables with the anthropometric data necessary to design patterns for target people; an interactive set of instruments for direct body measurement aimed at people who have no access to the 3D scanner; software modules (classification of body and shape types; clothing models/design correlated with body types; basic patterns in conformity with size tables; online guide for the web portal; clothing prototypes for the target group, made using the data from the web portal by SMEs involved in the project.