Developing one piece dresses for college going girls inspired from architecture
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2014
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Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana
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The investigation entitled “Developing one piece dresses for college going girls inspired from architecture” was carried out in Ludhiana city. Forty designs/patterns of architecture were collected through secondary sources out of which ten architectural designs were selected to be used as an inspiration source. These selected architectural designs/patterns were used for developing 20 designs (two designs each from one architectural design) using CAD. An interview schedule was prepared for the purpose of collecting data from 90 college going girls between the age group of 18-22 years selected randomly from three college of Ludhiana city. The results of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were from the age group of 18 to 20 years, in their second year of graduation, belong to nuclear families, urban background and had family income ranged between `41, 000 to 80, 000. Preferences regarding the developing develop designs of one piece dresses shows that design A2, B2, E2, G2 and I2 got the first rank. Similarly designs C1, D1, F1, H1 and J1 got the first ranks. The preferences of the respondents for ten selected first ranked designs of one piece dresses were again taken. On the basis of the preferences, five top ranked designs of one piece dresses were constructed. Design A2 was most preferred design with mean score of 4.7 and design D1 with mean score of 4.2 was given second rank. Design B2, J1 and C1 were given third, fourth and fifth ranks respectively. Developed designs of one piece dresses were evaluated by a sub sample of 30 respondents about the design, suitability of colour combination, silhouette, comfort and overall appearance of the dress. It was found that design D1 was given first rank on the basis of design, suitability of colour combination, silhouette and overall appearance of the garment. Whereas design C1 was given first rank on the basis of comfort.