Study on the body shape of middle-aged and old women for garment design

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to study and determine the body shape parameters of middle-aged and old women for garment design to satisfy their needs of garment fitness. The body shape of middle-aged and old women who have been more than 50 years of age in North China, were measured by garment specialty students. The measure covered height, shoulder width, bust, waist and hip circumference. The body shape data was collected from 108 different middle-aged and old women fem. And SPSS was used for statistical analysis to reveal the change of body shape about middle-age and old women then find out the issue of size designation and the body shape of middle-age and old women. Under this premise, the difference between chest circumference and abdominal circumference as the research focus. Not only can the study provide data for the costume design of middle-aged and old women, but also provide reference data for tessellate garment size.