Innovative Designs for One-Piece Clothing Inspired by the Textures and Color of Macrame and Carpet Stitches

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Textile Printing, Dyeing and Finishing, Higher Institute of Applied Arts, Fifth Settlement, Egypt

2 Benha University, Faculty of Applied Arts, Printing, Dyeing and Finishing Department, Benha, Egypt

Abstract

One-piece clothing for adolescents is receiving a lot of researchers' attention because of the changes it includes, both physiologically and psychologically as a result of the interaction of many factors. Adolescent Clothing is one of the important factors in satisfying emotional and social needs, especially the adolescent's keen interest in his external appearance. Where clothing directly affects the mood of adolescents and assures them of a sense of self-confidence if their appearance harmonizes with the peer group, and this requires certain patterns of designs that take into account the satisfaction of the critical changes of this stage. From this came the research problem, which is how to satisfy psychological and physiological needs in adolescence through designs suitable for one piece inspired by textured structures and color of macrame and carpet stitches, and conducting an experimental study to reach the best designs and tools to suit the adolescence stage and satisfy the physiological, psychological, social and clothing needs? The research assumed that there were statistically significant differences between the proposed designs and the trend of modern fashion lines. The research adopted experimental and analytical methods. The results of the research confirmed the existence of differences between the proposed designs according to modern fashion trends and according to the opinions of different experts.

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