Effects of Colored Single Covered Yarn on Beautiful Leg in Pantyhose

• Published in: Sen'i Kikai Gakkaishi (Journal of the Textile Machinery Society of Japan) Vol. 58; no. 10; pp. T128 - T135
• Main Authors: WAKAKO, Lina, KAMIJO, Masayoshi, MATSUMOTO, Yo-ichi, MOROOKA, Hideo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: The Textile Machinery Society of Japan 2005
• Subjects: Aesthetic property; Beautiful leg image; Colored polyurethane core yarn; Pantyhose; Single covered yarn
• ISSN: 0371-0580; 1880-1994
• DOI: 10.4188/transjtmsj.58.T128

To improve the aesthetics of pantyhose, a questionnaire survey on beautiful leg was conducted among Japanese women. For an attractive leg, both two and three-dimensional appeal are necessary. Results revealed that, in women's image of a beautiful leg, the mean size ratio for a two-dimensional leg is the width of 1/π the girth of the ankle : the width of 1/π the girth of the thigh : the distance from ankle to thigh = 1.00 : 2.76 : 11.20. The desirable mean area ratio of gradation effect for an attractive three-dimensional leg is high lightness : middle lightness : low lightness = 47.55 : 26.51 : 25.94 (%). Accordingly, a new product was designed and developed and a wear experiment was conducted. The study examined the gradation effects of lightness and visual impression of dyed pantyhose fabrics made from seven different types of single covered yarns with combing of colored polyurethane core yarn and nylon covering yarn. The results show that, concerning the leg aesthetics in pantyhose made from the single covered yarn with the colored core yarn, (1) gradation effect or three dimensional appeal is affected by the fineness of the colored polyurethane core yarn; (2) color effect is affected by the fineness of the nylon covering yarn; (3) light transmittance or sheerness is affected by the covering level of the covering yarn. Moreover, for Japanese women's leg, the novel pantyhose with three-dimensional appeal are developed.