Wild & Wearables

How do people quantify comfort? I thought about the data driven clothing companies that I’ve heard of, like Thirdlove.

Is there a system of quantifying comfort? If so, maybe we can make models of comfort.

As is commonly the case, we start with extreme use cases, bulletproof vests and firefighters.

Development of comfortable and well-fitted bra pattern for customized female soft body armor through 3D design process of adaptive bust on virtual mannequin – ScienceDirect

A categorization tool for fabric systems used in firefighters’ clothing based on their thermal protective and thermo-physiological comfort performances

fabric systems that have very high thermal protective performance have very low thermo-physiological comfort performance. As these performances are inversely related, a categorization tool based on these two performances can help to find the best balance between them.

This seems really niche at first glance, but I’m excited by what I see coming around the bend:

a typical Thermal Protective Performance Index (TPPI) value and a typical Thermo-physiological Comfort Performance Index (TCPI) value

Sounds great, but I’m not getting good definition for TCPI as far as I can see.

(PDF) Modeling for predicting the thermal protective and thermo-physiological comfort performance of fabrics used in firefighters’ clothing

Standardized test methods are available for measuring the thermal protective as well as thermo-physiological comfort Performance of fabrics used in firefighters’ clothing. However, these tests are usually fabric destructive in nature, time consuming, and/or expensive to carry out on a regular basis. Hence, the availability of empirical models could be useful for conveniently predicting the thermal protective and thermo-physiological comfort performances from the fabric properties.

The need for modeling clothing performance.

The thermo-physiological comfort performance of fabrics was determined by the ISO 18640-1:2018

Neat.

Selected factors influencing wear comfort of clothing: case studies


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