Advances in Sewn Product Technology

The fashion industry continues to contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. It is one of the biggest polluters, one of the most wasteful of all global industries and is under increasing pressure to address unsustainable practice. Emerging out of the pandemic era the fashion industry is also responding to a variety of complex industry challenges such as high return rates, customer demand for better fitting apparel, faster fashion, the drive towards personalisation and greater transparency and sustainability across the value chain. These factors along with increasing labour costs are furthermore exerting force on the industry to embrace nearshoring and reshoring. Based on extensive primary research involving oral histories methodology with leading industry professionals involved in the innovation of technological and digital solutions for the fashion industry, this book presents the latest advances in sewn product technology which offer solutions to many of the fashion industry?s current and emerging challenges whilst also informing how these developments are influencing fashion jobs of today and tomorrow. This book is therefore of value to fashion students, academics, researchers, and technicians as well as those working within the fashion industry involved in the design, development, manufacture, buying and retail of fashion apparel.

Features:

• Provides a comprehensive insight into the latest advances in sewing machine technology including advanced automation and robotics used in the manufacture of fashion apparel
• Provides a comprehensive insight into the latest industrial sewing threads and needles that can effectively support sustainable design practice
• Exclusively covers advances in digital technologies to support sustainable practice including advances in 3D body scanning and digital measuring systems, recent advances in digital pattern making and pattern design systems, recent advances in 3D fashion design software and the latest advances in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems used within the fashion industry
• Includes sections on advances in No-Sew Seam Bonding and ultrasonic welding technologies
• Provides an insight into advancements in 3D cloth simulation and prototyping for apparel design and gaming
• Enables readers to understand the impact of the latest advances in sewn product technology on the jobs of today and tomorrow
• Case studies that provide working examples of advances in sewn product technology

Chapter 1 Advances in Sewing Machine Technology

Chapter 2 Advances in Stitching Needle Technology

Chapter 3 Advances in Stitching Thread Technology

Chapter 4 Advances in No-Sew Seam Bonding and Ultrasonic Welding Technologies

Chapter 5 Automation and Robotics in the Apparel Manufacturing Industry

Chapter 6 Recent Advances in 3D Body Scanning and Measurement Systems

Chapter 7 Recent Advances in Digital Pattern Making Systems

Chapter 8 Recent Sdvances in 3D Fashion Design Technology

Chapter 9 The Gap between Digital and Physical 3D Prototyping for Fashion

Chapter 10 Advancements in 3D Cloth Simulation and Prototyping for Apparel Design in Gaming

Chapter 11 Advances in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Systems within the Fashion Industry

Chapter 12 Advances in Sewn Product Technology for Tomorrow’s Jobs

Chapter 13 Vorteq Case Study: High-performance Cyclewear Product Development

Chapter 14 Focus Brands Case Study: Implementation a PLM System

Anita Mitchell is Principal Lecturer and Head of the Fashion Section at Manchester Fashion Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University, which is one of the largest fashion schools in the UK and part of the Art and Design research centre which was ranked second in the UK for research power in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds both external examiner and principal external examining posts at other key fashion institutes in the UK. Having worked in Higher Education for nearly two decades lecturing in the areas of Fashion Product Development, Fashion Technology, Sewing Machine technology, Fashion Digital Technology and Automation, her interest in pedagogy led her to the role of Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning whilst leading on a variety of key projects such as the development of the fashion innovation lab within the Manchester Fashion Institute and a variety of Higher Education and curriculum related reviews. She is currently completing doctoral research towards an EdD whilst leading on a high-profile Digital strategy that is transforming Higher Education fashion curriculum and future proofing the graduate skills needed to support the ongoing digitalisation of the fashion industry. In terms of her writing and publication experience, Anita has contributed to a variety of fashion technology books and authored book chapters in areas that include Fashion Product Development, Fashion Technology and Advanced Joining Technology.

Anita began her career working as a designer for a well-known menswear brand in the UK and moved on as Product Developer for a leading British knitwear specialist whilst studying at London College of Fashion. This facilitated her career move to senior fit technologist and technical manager for one of the largest suppliers to the British Clothing Industry. Her product specialism spans light sewing, ladies & men's formal wear, casual wear, sp