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3-D breast anthropometry of plus-sized women in South Africa

Author: Pandarum, R ; Winnie, Y ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: Sep 2011 Exploratory retail studies in South Africa indicate that plus-sized women experience problems and dissatisfaction with poorly fitting bras. The lack of 3-D anthropometric studies for the plus-size women's bra market initiated this research. ... Read more
Adding functionality to garments

Author: Hunter, Lawrance ; Fan, J Date: Nov 2014 Consumers expect the garments they buy to meet a multiplicity of end use and wear conditions, and this means manufacturers need to build functionality, or multifunctionality, into the garments they produce. This chapter discusses the ways in ... Read more
Application of an automatic yarn dismantler to track changes in cotton fiber properties during full scale processing of cotton into carded yarn

Author: Fassihi, A ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: Aug 2016 Changes in Upland cotton fiber properties from lint to carded yarn, during full scale processing, were tracked, using a newly developed automatic yarn dismantler for dismantling short staple ring-spun yarns. Opening and cleaning increased ... Read more
Application of an automatic yarn dismantler to track changes in cotton fibre properties during processing on a miniature spinning line

Author: Fassihi, A ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: Nov 2014 This paper reports on the application of a newly developed automatic yarn dismantler for dismantling short staple ring-spun yarns, to track changes in cotton fibre properties from lint to yarn, during processing on a miniature spinning line. ... Read more
Characterizing visually objectionable and nonobjectionable medullated fibers in mohair

Author: Hunter, Lawrance ; Smuts, S ; Botha, Anton F Date: Jun 2013 The objectives of this research were to determine and define the characteristics of visually “objectionable medullated” (i.e., “kemp type”) fibers and “nonobjectionable medullated” fibers in mohair and to establish which characteristic(s) ... Read more
The comfort properties, measured with a sweating manimin (Walter TM), of clothing ensembles comprising suits of different fabric constructions and fibre blends

Author: Botha, Anton F ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Britz, L Date: 2018 The main objective of the present study was to determine the relative role and importance of worsted suiting fabric fibre blend, vis-à-vis certain fabric structural parameters, on the comfort related properties of 12 clothing ensembles, each ... Read more
Comfort, measured by means of a sweating manikin (Walter (TM)), of clothing containing different fibre combinations : A preliminary investigation

Author: Botha, Anton F ; Stoffberg, ME ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: Nov 2016 With the growing importance of clothing comfort in South African and overseas markets for locally produced clothing, the Council for Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) acquired an advanced sweating fabric manikin for measuring clothing ... Read more c b
Cotton contamination

Author: Van der Sluijs, MHJ ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: May 2018 This review focusses on physical forms of contaminant including the presence, prevention and/or removal of foreign bodies, stickiness and seed-coat fragments rather than the type and quantity of chemical residues that might be present in ... Read more
Cuticle scale measurement of animal fibers by SEM and AFM

Author: Notayi, M ; Engelbrechts, JAA ; Lee, ME ; Goosen, WE ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Botha, Anton F Date: Dec 2013 Mohair belongs to a class of animal fibers collectively called speciality fibers, due to the fact that these fibres are luxurious, rare and often expensive relative to sheep wool. South Africa produces more than 50% of the world total mohair ... Read more
The development and application of a fabric objective measurement data system in the South African apparel industry: Hygral expansion and formability

Author: Das, Sonali ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Botha, Anton F Date: Mar 2017 A programme has been initiated with the objective to develop an advanced Fabric Objective Measurement (FOM) based technology, knowledge and data system which is relevant to, and can be implemented in, the South African apparel industry to ... Read more
Distributed knowledge-based system for the optimum utilisation of South African wool

Author: Dlodlo, N ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Botha, Anton F ; Metelerkamp, RGM Date: Sep 2009 This article describes the concept and development of a knowledge-based advisory system for the optimum utilisation of South African wool for the benefit of present and potential investors and other interested parties Read more
Dyeing cotton with natural dye extracted from Syzygium cordatum bark

Author: Gamedze, NF ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Zwane, PE Date: Jun 2019 The growing awareness of environmental issues and damage has generated renewed interest in the use of eco-friendly natural dyes for natural fibres such as cotton. With that in mind, the dyeing of cotton fabrics with Syzygium cordatum natural ... Read more
The effect of fabric structural parameters and fiber type on the comfort-related properties of commercial apparel fabrics

Author: Stoffberg, ME ; Hunter, Lawrance ; Botha, Anton F Date: Oct 2015 The effect of fabric structural parameters and fiber type on the comfort-related properties, namely water vapor resistance and thermal resistance, of commercial apparel (suiting) fabrics, containing both natural and man-made fibers have been ... Read more
An empirical study exploring body perception and apparel fit preferences for South African women

Author: Pandarum, R ; Harlock, SC ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: 2017 This empirical study examines the body shapes and apparel fit incongruities experienced by a convenience sample of South African women (n=155), aged 20 to 65 years. Also examined was the extent to which apparel manufactured using the ... Read more
Fabric quality issues related to apparel merchandising

Author: Das, Sonali ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: Feb 2015 The objectives of this study are to develop an understanding of fabric quality related issues and research gaps relevant to apparel manufacturing and merchandising within the South African context. The specific focus is on fabric objective ... Read more
The further development and evaluation of an automatic dismantler of short staple ring-spun yarns

Author: Fassihi, A ; Hunter, Lawrance Date: Jul 2014 There is often a need to dismantle staple fiber yarns into their component fibers, without significantly changing the fiber physical properties, or damaging the fibers in the process, so that the fibers can be tested for their physical ... Read more
Improving the comfort of garments

Author: Hunter, Lawrance ; Fan, J Date: Nov 2014 Comfort is a highly subjective phenomenon, with no unanimously agreed quantitative definition. In the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, comfort is defined as ‘freedom from pain, trouble and anxiety; ... Read more
Mohair, cashmere and other animal hair fibres

Author: Hunter, Lawrance Date: Nov 2012 Although luxury animal fibres, excluding silk, represent far less than 0.1% of global fibre production, they play a very significant role in the luxury, high value-added end of the market, notably the apparel market, being renowned for their ... Read more
Mohair, cashmere and other animal hair fibres

Author: Hunter, Lawrance Date: Nov 2012 Although luxury animal fibres, excluding silk, represent far less than 0.1% of global fibre production, they play a very significant role in the luxury, high value-added end of the market, notably the apparel market, being renowned for their ... Read more
Mohair: A review of its properties, processing and applications

Author: Hunter, Lawrance Date: 1993 Mohair remains one of the most important speciality animal fibres, finding application in a wide range of textile end-uses, notably apparel and household textiles. Although a great deal of published information exists on mohair, much of the ... Read more

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