Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers

The shapes of ladies with uneven shapes can be classified in many different ways with some presenting figure issues. There is a significant correlation of various figure types with garment making, which means that there are certain types of clothing that need to be left out and others that need to...

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Main Author: Alice N. Nwaokomah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 41001, Nsukka, Nigeria. 2022-12-01
Series:International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research
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Online Access:https://www.ijhhr.org/second-issue-/10-57012ijhhr-v1n2-016/
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description The shapes of ladies with uneven shapes can be classified in many different ways with some presenting figure issues. There is a significant correlation of various figure types with garment making, which means that there are certain types of clothing that need to be left out and others that need to be selected in relation to the individual's figure type. When it comes to the making of clothing according to figure types, some of the key concerns are balancing, proportioning, and ensuring that the clothing fits correctly on the body, along with the issue of how the garment appears. In the paper, it is stated that Nigerian garment makers are confronted with the problem of the inability to handle necessary alterations in order to correct the figure faults of people with abnormal body proportions due to the lack of basic patterns for constructing garments.
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spelling doaj.art-18967b9a66fb410e8f7e7b43b42087982023-12-03T05:17:39ZengDepartment of Home Economics & Hospitality Management Education, University of Nigeria, P.M.B. 41001, Nsukka, Nigeria.International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research2971-51212022-12-011232833810.57012/ijhhr.v1n2.016Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment MakersAlice N. Nwaokomah0Department of Fashion Design and Clothing Technology, Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria The shapes of ladies with uneven shapes can be classified in many different ways with some presenting figure issues. There is a significant correlation of various figure types with garment making, which means that there are certain types of clothing that need to be left out and others that need to be selected in relation to the individual's figure type. When it comes to the making of clothing according to figure types, some of the key concerns are balancing, proportioning, and ensuring that the clothing fits correctly on the body, along with the issue of how the garment appears. In the paper, it is stated that Nigerian garment makers are confronted with the problem of the inability to handle necessary alterations in order to correct the figure faults of people with abnormal body proportions due to the lack of basic patterns for constructing garments.https://www.ijhhr.org/second-issue-/10-57012ijhhr-v1n2-016/body proportionsfigure typesgarmentsgarment markerswomen
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Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers
International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research
body proportions
figure types
garments
garment markers
women
title Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers
title_full Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers
title_fullStr Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers
title_full_unstemmed Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers
title_short Figure Types, Challenges of Making Garments and Implication for Nigerian Women and Garment Makers
title_sort figure types challenges of making garments and implication for nigerian women and garment makers
topic body proportions
figure types
garments
garment markers
women
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