Japan Women's University (Department of Clothing, Faculty of Home Economics), FMB Co., Ltd., and Azuma Co., Ltd. have conducted joint research to record sewing techniques and pattern correction know-how in the sewing process of clothes with images, and visualize and quantify those techniques. A study group “Fashion Digital Twin Research Group (FD2 Research)” was established to analyze data by converting it into data, and research started on March 2023, 3.
According to data from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, in 1990 the import penetration rate for clothing was 23.6%, with domestic production accounting for the majority.However, it will increase to 2021% in 98.2, and the distribution ratio of domestically produced products is extremely low.This decline in the self-sufficiency rate of clothing indicates a decrease in the number of mass-production sewing factories in Japan, and the loss of Japan's sewing technology, which was highly evaluated by the fashion industry around the world for its high mass-production sewing technology before the bubble economy. is also connected.
Therefore, Japan Women's University (Department of Clothing, Faculty of Home Economics), FMB Co., Ltd., and Azuma Co., Ltd. launched the "Fashion Digital Twin Study Group (FD2 Lab)" to digitize the dying Japanese sewing technology. The FD2 Lab visualizes and quantifies Japan's advanced sewing techniques, aims to pass them on to the next generation, and promotes innovation in the fashion industry by utilizing digitized techniques for fashion 3D modeling.
In the FD2 Lab, the material science laboratory of the Department of Home Economics, Department of Home Economics, Japan Women's University, which celebrated its 120th anniversary, is inputting physical parameters into 3D modeling software such as "STYLE3D", "CLO", and "BROWZWEAR" that simulate clothing silhouettes, and It plays the role of clarifying the relationship between KES-FB texture measurement system and fabric physical properties according to JIS standards.
The results of our research have been useful in the fashion industry to shorten the confirmation work of "advance samples" in mass production (shortening production lead time, reducing transportation costs, etc.), realizing fashion DX, and passing on Japan's advanced sewing technology to the next generation ( It is expected to have the effect of improving the realism of 3DCG produced with D modeling technology, etc.).
Reference: [PR TIMES] Establishment of a study group to digitize lost Japanese sewing technology
