One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles of manufacture and components of articles that incorporate an optical element that imparts a structural color to the component or the article. The component comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material, and can include or be made to have a textured surface.

A knee gear for protecting a knee from external impacts and illuminating a path of a user. the knee gear can be wrapped around the knee using straps. The knee gear includes one or more lights to couple to a cover member or an elongated pad of the knee gear.

A shirt having an attached dispensing apparatus adapted to fit or be inserted within the material of the shirt. The dispensing apparatus has a dispenser body and container section with attachment flanges to enable at least one gasket and screw surrounding the dispenser body and container section to adhere to shirt. The gumball machine shirt holds at least one item to be dispensed.

An untucking resistant garment resists becoming untucked while being worn. The garment includes a garment body and an inner band of tacky material coupled to an inside surface of the garment body positioned proximate to a bottom opening of the garment body. An outer band of the tacky material is coupled to an outside surface of the garment body positioned proximate to the bottom opening.

An untucking resistant garment resists becoming untucked while being worn. The garment includes a garment body and an inner band of tacky material coupled to an inside surface of the garment body positioned proximate to a bottom opening of the garment body. An outer band of the tacky material is coupled to an outside surface of the garment body positioned proximate to the bottom opening.

A clothing design with retention means for jewelry, necklace and neckwear including a plurality of loop of a piece of fabric permanently affixed with stich threads or by other connecting elements, and strategically positioned in the center, left and right side of the shoulder of a garment, on the clavicle and proximal to a collarbone of a user. The length of the loop sufficient in dimension to accommodate a jewelry or neckwear so as to hold the neckwear in the direction and orientation that is intended by the wearer.

A clothing design with retention means for jewelry, necklace and neckwear including a plurality of loop of a piece of fabric permanently affixed with stich threads or by other connecting elements, and strategically positioned in the center, left and right side of the shoulder of a garment, on the clavicle and proximal to a collarbone of a user. The length of the loop sufficient in dimension to accommodate a jewelry or neckwear so as to hold the neckwear in the direction and orientation that is intended by the wearer.

The present disclosure discloses a human body simulation model, a fitting device, a fitting server, and a control method. The human body simulation model includes: a human body model; a photodeformable shaping garment; a plurality of excitation light sources; a plurality of elastic elements; and a first controller configured to control at least a part of the plurality of excitation light sources to emit light waves to the photodeformable shaping garment according to body shape parameters of a user received, so that the photodeformable shaping garment is deformed to simulate a body shape of the user.

A device for interchanging a patch on an article, the device including a base component configured to contact an inner surface of the article; a curved component configured to contact an outer surface of the article wherein the curved component is switchable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, and wherein the curved component is configured to receive the patch in the disengaged state and attach the patch to the article in the engaged state; and a connector configured to extend through the article to fasten the curved component to the base component.

A device for interchanging a patch on an article, the device including a base component configured to contact an inner surface of the article; a curved component configured to contact an outer surface of the article wherein the curved component is switchable between an engaged state and a disengaged state, and wherein the curved component is configured to receive the patch in the disengaged state and attach the patch to the article in the engaged state; and a connector configured to extend through the article to fasten the curved component to the base component.