DESIGNING SMART AND COMFORTABLE DRESSES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN
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2010
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ACHARYA N.G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Abstract
Pregnancy is an important stage for every woman bringing joy in the family but on the
other hand, pregnancy involves many changes in women’s body and lifestyle. It
requires lot of attention. Clothes which help the mother -to -be feel well dressed are a
great satisfaction to her and encourage her to continue many of her regular activities.
Fashion designers and manufacturers are now providing attractive garments for the
maternity wardrobe. One may also choose from a large variety of fabrics and designs
within a wide price range.
By considering the mobile and comfort features, a study was carried on designing smart
and comfort dresses for pregnant women in order to enhance their work performance
during pregnancy. Pregnancy is typically broken into three periods, or trimesters, about
three months each. While there are no hard and fast rules, these distinctions are useful in
describing the changes that take place over time. Physical changes an expectant mother
will undergo include: gain in weight, larger abdomen, enlarged breasts and swollen
ankles and fingers. During pregnancy, the magnitude and distribution of loads acting on
the spine change dramatically and the spine undergoes adjustments in its form to
accommodate these changes. The clothing needs to be designed to support the abdomen
of pregnant women. Many pregnant women made alterations to their dresses and used
during pregnancy which they felt were not comfortable. The availability of pregnant
wear in the market is also very limited. Therefore, the present study was taken up with
this objective “To design comfortable dresses for pregnant women”.
A questionnaire was developed to know the preferences of colour, design, type of dress
material, type of garment, information about the biosensor, use of smart maternity dress
from the respondents. The respondents had preferred cotton fabrics because of the
comfort property and colors as per the season. The preferences with regard to design
included different patterns , enrichments, types of dresses, accessories and fabric
attributes.
Accordingly ten designs for pregnant wear were developed and subjected to assessment
by a panel of judges. Four designs were selected based on the preferences given by the
respondent and providing comfort. A Doppler was commercially purchased and
Name of the Author
:
Swati Deepak Tripathi
I.D. No. : HHM/2008-05
Title of the Thesis : “DESIGNING SMART AND COMFORTABLE
DRESSES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN”
Degree to which it is
submitted
: MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HOME SCIENCE
Major Field : TEXTILES AND APPAREL DESIGNING
Faculty : HOME SCIENCE
Major Advisor : Dr. A. SARDA DEVI
University : ACHARYA N. G. RANGA AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITY
Year of Submission : 2010
modified to suit to the designed dresses by making the device smaller. Nine fabrics
consisted of four plain and five printed fabrics were selected and assessed for
geometrical, handle and comfort properties following the standard procedure laid down
by BIS. The data obtained in the study was compiled, tabulated and statistically
analyzed using frequency and percentage for subjective evaluation and two sample ttest
for objective evaluation.
The results indicated that the yarn count of warp in all fabrics was higher than the weft,
indicating that warps are finer. All fabrics were found to be balanced as the ratio
between the warp and weft thread count was within admissible range and all fabrics
could be classified under the category of light weight fabrics only. The fabrics were
considered as flexible and contribute to the comfort of the pregnant wear. The drape of
the fabric influences the drape of the garment, the designed garments had perfect drape
which avoided clinging of the garment to the distorted figure during pregnancy.
The subjective evaluation of the designed dresses assessed the performance such as
suitability, comfortability, acceptability of the designs after wearing by 30 respondents.
They assessed the fitment of the biosensor to the dress and comfort ability of biosensor
and giving information about foetal heart rate. These were some parameters which were
evaluated by the pregnant women. The result of evaluation shows that dress1 was more
comfortable, higher acceptable for design and good quality of fabric, highly suitable for
fitment of the biosensor to the dress than other dresses.
The costs of dresses were economically viable for adoption at the commercial level.
Dress 1, dress 2, dress 3 were low priced when compare to market rates
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sexual reproduction, marketing, sampling, biological phenomena, processed products, selection, costs, economic resources, manpower, fruits, DRESSES, PREGNANT WOMEN