A Perspective on Seamless Woven Garments

ABSTRACT

Seamless garment technology is apparently a sustainable and efficient garment-manufacturing approach. This technology is already used in knitting for sportswear, hosiery and other knitted garments. Garment industry relies mainly on weaving technique; therefore, seamless weaving also needs to be studied for its further exploration. This review paper aims to investigate the prevalent techniques for seamless weaving in the textile industry and to explore its future prospects.

摘要

无缝服装技术——显然是一种可持续高效的服装制造方法. 这项技术已经被用于运动服、袜子和其他针织服装的针织. 服装工业主要依靠织造技术，因此无缝织造也需要进一步研究和探索. 本文旨在研究纺织业中流行的无缝编织技术，并探讨其未来前景.

KEYWORDS:

• seamless weaving technique
• seamless garment manufacturing
• sustainable
• textile industry

关键词:

• 无缝编织技术
• 无缝服装制造
• 可持续的
• 纺织工业

Highlights

This review paper aims to investigate on the prevalent techniques for seamless weaving in the textile industry, to explore its future prospects and build up the literature of seamless woven garments by critically reviewing the existing methods for seamless woven textiles. This paper categorizes the literature on the basis of weaving mechanisms such as controlling of beating-up mechanism, shedding mechanism, warp control, weft material and seamless pattern.

There are a number of questions developed to overcome the deficiencies in existing seamless woven garments: (1) how to develop a woven fashion item which fits perfectly according to body shape, is comfortable and does not require stitching at all? (2) How to prevent raveling of woven fabrics without seams? (3) How yarn characteristics influence silhouette and comfort of seamless woven garment?

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Additional information

Funding

This research is funded by Foreign PhD Scholarships under Faculty Development Program of project “Up-gradation of Synthetic Fiber Development and Application Centre (SFDAC) and Plastic Technology Centre (PTC), Karachi, as a sub-campus of National Textile University (NTU), Faisalabad, Pakistan” and School of Textile & Design, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.