Subjective Sensory Evaluation of Wool Fabrics for Summer Suits

This study was to examine the subjective sensory evaluation of twenty wool/wool-blend woven fabrics for men's summer suits. The subjects were thirty three males and seventy three females in the twenties. The data analysis was conducted with Pearson's correlation analysis, factor analysis, t-test, and regression analysis. The sensitivity and sensibility factors evaluation were classified. We examined the relationship between subjective sensibility factors and emotional sensibility factors. We also examined sensitivity and sensibility according to fiber contents, the fabric surface color, and the fabric structure. Those characteristics of the wool fabrics were decisive factors which affect subjective evaluation. The most important sensitivity factor was roughness factor which were significantly related with all the emotional sensibility factors. Gender affected stretch, classic, modem elegant, and light sensory factors of the wool fabrics.