Part 1 book "Anthropometry, apparel sizing and design" includes content: Apparel sizing - existing sizing systems and the development of new sizing systems; anthropometry and the design and production of apparel - an overview; anthropometric methods for apparel design - body measurement devices and techniques; body shape analysis and identifi cation of key dimensions for apparel sizing systems, segmentation and classifi cation of anthropometric data for the apparel industry. | Anthropometry apparel sizing and design The Textile Institute and Woodhead Publishing The Textile Institute is a unique organisation in textiles clothing and footwear. Incorporated in England by a Royal Charter granted in 1925 the Institute has individual and corporate members in over 90 countries. The aim of the Institute is to facilitate learning recognise achievement reward excellence and disseminate information within the global textiles clothing and footwear industries. Historically The Textile Institute has published books of interest to its members and the textile industry. To maintain this policy the Institute has entered into partnership with Woodhead Publishing Limited to ensure that Institute members and the textile industry continue to have access to high calibre titles on textile science and technology. Most Woodhead titles on textiles are now published in collaboration with The Textile Institute. Through this arrangement the Institute provides an Editorial Board which advises Woodhead on appropriate titles for future publication and suggests possible editors and authors for these books. Each book published under this arrangement carries the Institute s logo. Woodhead books published in collaboration with The Textile Institute are offered to Textile Institute members at a substantial discount. These books together with those published by The Textile Institute that are still in print are offered on the Elsevier web site at http . Textile Institute books still in print are also available directly from the Institute s web site at www. . A list of Woodhead books on textiles science and technology most of which have been published in collaboration with the Textile Institute can be found towards the end of the contents pages. . Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles Number 148 Anthropometry apparel sizing and design Edited by Deepti Gupta and Norsaadah Zakaria amsterdam boston cambridge heidelberg london new york
