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Evaluation of Pressure, Subjective Wearing Comfort and Design Preference of Brassiere Shoulder Strap Models

브래지어 어깨끈의 디자인에 따른 압력과 주관적 평가

  • Park, Soyoung (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Hong, Kyunghi (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Chungnam National University) ;
  • Lee, Yejin (Dept. of Clothing and Textiles, Chungnam National University)
  • Received : 2019.01.23
  • Accepted : 2019.03.08
  • Published : 2019.04.30
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Abstract

This study analyzed the pressure, subjective wearing comfort, and design preference of brassiere shoulder straps among women in their 20s and 40s. Experimental clothing was made by different shoulder strap designs on a brassiere. In the four designs (A-D), the front attachment points of the shoulder straps were the same, but the back attachment points were different. Three of them (E, E1, E2) were of a halter neck design, with different front attachment positions. The pressures of A-D were measured at the position passing through the shoulder line (P1), and E-E2 was measured at the back neck (P2) as well as at P1. Subjective wearing comfort and design preference were rated on a 7-point Likert scale. A was determined to exert the highest pressure at the neck side of the design in the pressure measurement analysis of A-E2, whereas E1 exerted the lowest. E was measured to have the highest pressure among the E-E2 designs, whereas E2 had the lowest. Participants preferred A the most and E the least in regards to the subjective wearing comfort of A-E. Thus, participants deem A to be the most comfortable despite the high strap pressure. However, E was the most favored design, despite its poor wearing comfort. Participants' subjective impressions of E-E2 were that E2 was the most uncomfortable, but its design was the most preferred. Consumers' design preferences and subjective impressions of wearing comfort did not match.

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