Trevor Little
Emeritus
Bio
The business of fashion worldwide employs an estimated 18 million people engaged in the production, design, and development of fashion. Currently, in the USA, over one million people are employed in the retailing of fashion and about 200,000 employed in fashion apparel production across the USA. Research for the fashion industry covers many different disciplines in both the technologies and management of manufacturing. An important aspect of fashion is how to design a continuous stream of new products is the least possible time so that the consumer has an increasing selection of product. Technology plays a crucial role to assist the designer in 2D, 3D, correct fit, pleasing drape, physiological and psychological comfort, functionally tailored performance and aesthetics. The ability to prepare prototypes and samples rapidly often provide a competitive advantage. Sourcing and logistics further enhance a firms ability to attract repeat business. My research interests include manufacturing and management, new product development, design for manufacturability, mass-customization, simulation, technology development, and economic competitiveness.Research
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Teaching
Education
PhD Department of Textile Industries University of Leeds 1974
BS Textile Industries (Hons) University of Leeds 1971
BS Textile Industries University of Leeds 1970
Area(s) of Expertise
Fashion Design
Publications
- Can heterogeneous compression textile design reshape skin pressures? A fundamental study , TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL (2018)
- Dynamic ease evaluation for 3D garment design , JOURNAL OF FASHION MARKETING AND MANAGEMENT (2018)
- Stratified body shape-driven sizing system via three-dimensional digital anthropometry for compression textiles of lower extremities , TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL (2017)
- A critical review on compression textiles for compression therapy: Textile-based compression interventions for chronic venous insufficiency , TEXTILE RESEARCH JOURNAL (2016)
- Compression Form-fitted Athletic Wear: Pressure Performance, Moisture Management Properties under Different Tension Ratios, and Corresponding Psychophysical Responses , FIBERS AND POLYMERS (2014)
- Difference in hydrophobic and hydrophilic multilayered systems , MEASUREMENT (2012)
- Evaluation of Elite Athletes Psycho-physiological Responses to Compression Form-fitted Athletic Wear in Intensive Exercise Based on 5Ps Model , FIBERS AND POLYMERS (2012)
- Textile design engineering within the product shape , JOURNAL OF THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE (2011)
- Fiber-based nano drug delivery systems (NDDS) , (2009)
- Photoluminescent fibers and fabrics with high luminance and enhanced mechanical properties , (2006)