Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit

Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit addresses the complexities of developing size specifications for clothing aimed at seven to seventeen year olds. Children and teenagers experience rapid physical growth and alterations in body shape as they develop—changes that pose significant challenges in creating apparel sizing systems. The book begins by introducing the principles of apparel fit and sizing systems. Drawing on the author’s own fieldwork, it goes on to discuss methods of conducting anthropometric surveys in children and teenagers, and techniques for analyzing the resulting data in order to produce successful sizing systems.

Introduces the principles of apparel fit and sizing systems, and discusses methods of conducting anthropometric surveys in children and teenagersOffers systematic and comprehensive coverage of the complexities associated with clothing for children and teenagersReviews techniques in analysis and classification of children and teenagers' body shapes and sizesCovers the development, designation, and validation of an apparel sizing system for children and teenagers

1. Introduction: clothing for children and teenagers 2. Size and fit of clothing for children and teenagers 3. Conducting anthropometric surveys of children and teenagers 4. Children and teenagers body sizes and shapes analyses 5. Selecting key body dimensions for the design of children’s and teenagers’ apparel 6. Clustering children and teenagers according to apparel size 7. Classifying the body shapes of children and teenagers for improved apparel fit 8. Developing apparel sizing systems for children and teenagers 9. Designation and validation of apparel sizes for children and teenagers