Abstract

The sports clothing of today have become technically oriented, using highly functional textiles for both casual and performance sportswear. The recent developments in materials for sportswear have resulted in specialized performances in different sports. In this paper an overview is given of the recent developments in fibres, yarns, fabrics for applications in active sportswear.

Introduction

India is increasing total wealth and per capita income. The rapid spread of satellite television is globalizing the vision of the healthy lifestyle and spreading knowledge of sports and leisure wears from country to country. Due to this consumers are becoming more and more conscious for the comfort of the garments that they are wearing. Design of active sportswear is still a subject of research for many companies. As a result of this new fibre, fabrics & finishes are developed to satisfy the stringent requirements imposed by contemporary sports trends.

Constant pursuit of victories and record breaking performance by top level professional athletes, outstanding marksmanship by popular ball players and the maximum enjoyment of amateur sports activities need creative engineered sports garments. This means that the products have to be more than functional if consumers are encouraged to buy them, as they are currently demanding new looks and fabrics with a different feel to them.

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The author is an Assistant Manager with Consumer Products Division, Birla Cellulose, Bharuch (Guj.)