The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the hem depth on the silhouette of the flared skirt.
8 flared skirts were made with four kinds of hem depth(1㎝, 2㎝, 3㎝, 4㎝) and two kinds of cotton fabrics. 12 flared skirts were made with four kinds of hem depth and three kinds of skirt length (40cm, 50cm, and 60cm). 12 flared skirts were made with four kinds of hem depth and three kinds of hem finish, i.e. overlocked and blind stitched, turned and stitched, and bias bounded and blind stitched.
On the effects of the different fabrics, the heavier the fabric weights were, the larger the flared coefficients were, and also the maximum wave height and the minimum wave height increased. But the CVs of angle ‘a’ and ‘b’ were smaller on the contrary to this. The narrower the hem depth were, the larger the flared coefficient, the maximum wave height, the minimum wave height were.
The longer the skirts were, the larger the flared coefficients, the maximum and the minimum wave heights were increased. The flared coefficient of hem depth 1cm in 50cm and 60cm of skirt length was largest while at hem depth 2cm in 40cm. On the values of the maximum wave height, and the minimum wave height, also the results were similar to those of the flared coefficient. The longer the skirt lengths were, the larger the hemline were, and the shape of hemline was closer to oval shape than round.
On the effects of the hem finish methods, the flared coefficient, the maximum wave height, and the minimum wave height were the smallest in hem depth of 3cm. Also higher values of the flared coefficient were observed in the hem depth 1cm on overlocked stitched, in 2cm and 4cm on turned stitched and in 4cm on bias. The narrower the hem depths on the overlocked stitched were, the hemline shapes were closer to round, but at 3cm and 4cm on turned stitched at 4cm on bias. Summarizing above, heavier cotton fabrics, narrower hem depth, and longer skirt with overlocked stitched will be helpful for better silhouette of cotton flared skirts,
The results obtained from this experiment could be used as basic data for determining how hem depth and which hem finish for a good silhouette of flared skirt.