Abstract
Clothing is one among the most important three basic needs in every human being. It protects our body from various climates and gives us a good appearance for the youthful world; children are given more care for the selection of their own clothes. Today, children are largely exposed through various media. They themselves are the customers in their own rights. They also have their own definite opinion for the clothes they wear. The designers concentrate on simplicity, comfort, and a new look in designing a garment. Generally, kids are grouped according to their age as Infant, Toddlers, and Children. In this paper, we focused on the clothing of children.
Introduction
The ideal baby clothing should be soft, comfortable, easy to put on and take off, and comparatively loose. It should be lightweight, non-irritating, allowing quick transmission of sweat from skin to environment. Children's garments are generally classified into many categories such as Casuals like T-shirts, knitted garments, etc., Day wear made by cotton, gingham, gabardine fabrics. Uniforms, Sports wear made by knitted garments which show good extensibility in both warp way and weft way directions. In this paper, we are mainly focused on the luxurious Party wear of children. Fabrics like HBT, denim, satin, etc., are used in party wears. They have to be dyed with attractive colors with good fastness properties. Soft, comfortable feel of the fabric can be presented by using suitable finishing chemicals. Finished fabrics have been characterized by wetting time, wicking behavior. Strength parameters, color fastness properties, and soil release properties.
The author is associated with IIT Delhi
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