The Wear-Comfort Prediction of Specified Knit Garments

The relationship between the comfort rating of men's knit slacks and the amount of garment ease, available fabric stretch, wearer's weight/height ratio, and activity level was investigated. The comfort rating during fifteen wear periods was significantly correlated to knee ease and attivity level. Other variables which contributed to the prediction of comfort rating were leg ease and weight/height ratio. These variables accounted for 54% of comfort score variability. The comfort rating was found to be correlated with garment wear performance properties such as clinginess, waist roll-up, and pilling and snagging. As a whole, the majority of wearers reported over-all satisfaction with the double-knit slacks tested in the study.