Using drape form to establish discriminant models of fabric characteristics

Abstract

This paper focuses on the approaches to discriminate between the fabrics with different characterized generic drape forms. Four fabric groups, woven from cotton, linen, wool and silk, were used. Discriminant analysis was used to characterize and discriminate between the different fabric groups. The parameters for analysis were from drape forms based on the

Cusick fabric drape instrument. It is observed that the 14 drape forms are able to classify the four groups of fabrics with a 98.3% classification accuracy rate. Also, by using the factor analysis, the distribution of characteristics dimension for the four kinds of fabrics can be understood.