Current theoretical and empirical findings suggest that mate preferences are mainly cued on
visual, vocal and chemical cues that reveal health including developmental health. Beautiful …

Producing well-fitting garments has been a challenge for retailers and manufacturers since
mass production began. Poorly fitted bras can cause discomfort or pain and result in lost …

The purposes of this research were (1) to explore gender differences in the evaluation of
physical attractiveness stimuli developed to represent commonly occurring real builds,(2) to …

Perceptions of current and ideal body shape for 49 elderly women exercisers (66 to 88 yr.)
and 29 nonexercisers were measured using a nine-figure sihouette scale. Exercisers …

The purpose of this study was to examine Principal Component Sizing System (PCSS)
methodology as an alternative approach to advancing the mathematical efficiency and …

Creating well-fitting garments has been a challenge to apparel manufacturers and retailers.
Garments that do not fit frustrate consumers and thus result in lost sales. In particular, poorly …

Spinal curvature was identified as a primary factor that shows universal and progressive
changes with age, causes overall postural variations in the torso, and in turn affects garment …

The keynote speech introduces the use of 3D scans as tools in “HOAXY” styling (as used by
the Fashion Formula book). This approach comes from understanding how body shape …

Summary................................................... 32 The Research Hypotheses................................... 33
IV. THE EMPIRICAL STUDY.......................................... 35 Development of the Somatotype and …

A group of 1700 men was studied for clothing purposes. Classification based on the HOAXY
was applied to this population and only the HXY silhouettes were considered for the study …