A yarn or thread may include a plurality of substantially aligned filaments, with at least ninety-five percent of a material of the filaments being a thermoplastic polymer material. Various woven textiles and knitted textiles may be formed from the yarn or thread. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be thermal bonded to other elements to form seams. A strand that is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material may extend through the seam, and the strand may be thermal bonded at the seam. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be shaped or molded, incorporated into products, and recycled to form other products.

A method for manufacturing an article of apparel from a fabric material includes forming a single textile element of fabric material, providing a plurality of cuts to the single textile element, folding the single textile element into an article of apparel, and sewing the article of apparel together along a single continuous stitching line. The textile element is tubular, and the single continuous stitching line encloses a back of the article of apparel.

A method for manufacturing an article of apparel from a fabric material includes forming a single textile element of fabric material, providing a plurality of cuts to the single textile element, folding the single textile element into an article of apparel, and sewing the article of apparel together along a single continuous stitching line. The textile element is tubular, and the single continuous stitching line encloses a back of the article of apparel.

The present invention concerns an article of apparel including: a first woven area, where the first woven area includes a first weaving density and a first yarn weight per unit length; a second woven area arranged adjacent to the first woven area, where the second woven area includes a second weaving density and a second yarn weight per unit length; and a third woven area arranged adjacent to the second woven area, where the third woven area includes a third weaving density and a third yarn weight per unit length. The second weaving density in the second woven area changes gradually from the first weaving density to the third weaving density and/or the second yarn weight per unit length in the second woven area changes gradually from the first yarn weight per unit length to the third yarn weight per unit length.

The present invention concerns an article of apparel including: a first woven area, where the first woven area includes a first weaving density and a first yarn weight per unit length; a second woven area arranged adjacent to the first woven area, where the second woven area includes a second weaving density and a second yarn weight per unit length; and a third woven area arranged adjacent to the second woven area, where the third woven area includes a third weaving density and a third yarn weight per unit length. The second weaving density in the second woven area changes gradually from the first weaving density to the third weaving density and/or the second yarn weight per unit length in the second woven area changes gradually from the first yarn weight per unit length to the third yarn weight per unit length.

Disclosed is a knitted fabric containing natural fibers and a making method therefor, a liquid ammonia device and a shirt made from the knitted fabric, belonging to the fields of fabrics and clothing. The making method for the knitted fabric containing natural fibers comprises forming yarns containing natural fibers into a knitted fabric by a fabric-knitting method; and performing functional finishing including a liquid ammonia finishing procedure on the knitted fabric. In the liquid ammonia finishing procedure, liquid ammonia impregnation is performed on the knitted fabric at least twice under the condition of mechanical restraint by a guide roller set, thus preventing the knitted fabric from edge curling due to strong shrinkage in the liquid ammonia impregnation process, enabling the knitted fabric to be subjected to sufficient and uniform liquid ammonia impregnation, ensuring the liquid ammonia impregnation effect and controlling the shrinkage rate of the knitted fabric; and through subsequent shaping and finishing procedures, the color stability of the knitted fabric is further improved, the shrinkage rate after washing is reduced, and the crease-resistant performance and resilience performance are improved. The shirt has a low shrinkage rate after washing, good stiffness performance, good resilience performance, color stability, high strength and good crease-resistant performance.

A wearable health monitoring fabric is provided. The wearable fabric includes a set of textrodes. The set of textrodes is configured to measure thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) of a user's body. The set of textrodes include at least two first textrodes. The set of textrodes also include at least two second textrodes. The set of textrodes is fabricated on an upper part of the wearable fabric. Further, the wearable health monitoring fabric is more compatible and user friendly as the textrodes are non-invasive in nature.

A wearable health monitoring fabric is provided. The wearable fabric includes a set of textrodes. The set of textrodes is configured to measure thoracic electrical bioimpedance (TEB) of a user's body. The set of textrodes include at least two first textrodes. The set of textrodes also include at least two second textrodes. The set of textrodes is fabricated on an upper part of the wearable fabric. Further, the wearable health monitoring fabric is more compatible and user friendly as the textrodes are non-invasive in nature.

A garment includes a collar stand attached to a garment body. The collar stand is formed from an inner piece and an outer piece, and wherein at least one of the inner piece and the outer piece comprises a fabric fused with a rigid fusible substrate. The fabric fused with a rigid fusible substrate has between 0% to 5% stretch, preferably between 0% and 3% stretch, and more preferably between 0% and 2% stretch in at least one direction thereof, and the fabric fused with a rigid fusible substrate has between 0% to 5% shrinkage, preferably between 0% and 3% shrinkage, and more preferably between 0% and 2% shrinkage in said at least one direction thereof.

The present disclosure relates to energizing garments wearable by a user. The energizing garment is provided with compressive material and fingers (e.g., watershed fingers and/or massage (non-watershed) fingers) that can be positioned about the user's body to provide a combination of compression and penetrating massage to tissues that are oriented relative to watersheds of the user. The compressive material and fingers may be sized, shaped, oriented, or arranged in patterns to strategically energize the tissues of the user to release fluids, such as lymph, interstitial fluids, and/or blood, along or across the watersheds.