Cricket Attire From the Pavilion to the Runway

Cricket, often referred to as the "gentleman's game," is a sport with deep-rooted traditions and a rich history. The attire worn by cricket players has evolved over the years, reflecting the changing trends in both fashion and functionality. In this article, we will explore the clothing and footwear worn for playing cricket, highlighting the differences between amateur and professional players. Additionally, we will discuss the role of cricket teams in the international fashion industry and the fan culture surrounding cricket attire.

Cricket Attire: Function Meets Tradition

Cricket attire is a fine balance between functionality and tradition, ensuring that players are comfortable and can perform at their best while adhering to the sport's customary dress code. The standard cricket attire includes the following components:

Cricket Whites: Traditional cricket clothing consists of white trousers and a white long-sleeved shirt. The color white has been associated with cricket for centuries and is considered the epitome of sportsmanship.

Leather Upgrade with Remarkable Innovations

In the 21st Century, leather is trendy in fashion. However, this modern fabric cannot be decently sanitized. Dutch company, Undercolor B.V, is launching Executive Grade's latest leather innovation in partnership with one of the leading tanneries in India. The only leather approved for automatic machine wash with detergent at temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius / 104 Fahrenheit, does not require maintenance, holds extra features, and comes with a three-year warranty.

Leather Upgrade with Remarkable Innovations

In the 21st Century, leather is trendy in fashion. However, this modern fabric cannot be decently sanitized. Dutch company, Undercolor B.V, is launching Executive Grade's latest leather innovation in partnership with one of the leading tanneries in India. The only leather approved for automatic machine wash with detergent at temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius / 104 Fahrenheit, does not require maintenance, holds extra features, and comes with a three-year warranty.

Leather Upgrade with Remarkable Innovations

In the 21st Century, leather is trendy in fashion. However, this modern fabric cannot be decently sanitized. Dutch company, Undercolor B.V, is launching Executive Grade's latest leather innovation in partnership with one of the leading tanneries in India. The only leather approved for automatic machine wash with detergent at temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius / 104 Fahrenheit, does not require maintenance, holds extra features, and comes with a three-year warranty.

Leather Upgrade with Remarkable Innovations

In the 21st Century, leather is trendy in fashion. However, this modern fabric cannot be decently sanitized. Dutch company, Undercolor B.V, is launching Executive Grade's latest leather innovation in partnership with one of the leading tanneries in India. The only leather approved for automatic machine wash with detergent at temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius / 104 Fahrenheit, does not require maintenance, holds extra features, and comes with a three-year warranty.

Apparel Wholesalers

You can find hundreds of the most reputable brands, manufacturers, and wholesale apparel importers from across the globe by searching the internet for apparel wholesalers.

What are apparel wholesalers?  Wholesale is the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others.

Learn about apparel wholesalers.

The companies found will be a mix of traditional fashion distributors as well as modern online fashion wholesale marketplaces that connects manufacturers and brands to retail buyers.  It will be rather easy for you to locate the latest wholesale women's clothing, wholesale men's clothing, wholesale kids clothing, wholesale shoes, and wholesale accessories such as wholesale jewelry, wholesale sunglasses, and wholesale handbags.

Golf Le Fleur

Several years ago, Tyler, The Creator had a vision to launch a line of sneakers to go with his Golf brand. He named them “Golf Le Fleur*.” Converse and Tyler spoke about joining forces . . . everyone thought it was a good idea. 

From there the Golf Le Fleur* Collection was born. The end.

Patternmaking for Clothing

How do fashion designers make clothing?  Many, many, steps.  Obviously, we can't discuss every aspect of product development in a single blog post. Certainly, we could give it a try, but that is not the plan for this post.  This post is simply about "one" aspect of product development.  That would be the patternmaking process.

A patternmaker is a person who makes patterns for the manufacturing of clothing.

In sewing and fashion design, a pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric before being cut out and assembled.  Patterns are usually made of paper, and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use. The process of making or cutting patterns is sometimes condensed to the one-word Patternmaking but it can also be written pattern making or pattern cutting.

Patterns may be drafted on paper or in a computer program designed for patternmaking.  Their are currently a wide variety of software options available. Most of the time, in modern American samplerooms, the patternmaker pulls an existing pattern (or block) and makes a modified copy of it to match the new style, either on paper or on computer.  If it's a completely new style, the patternmaker will usually drape a rough draft in muslin fabric on a dress form, then show it to the designer to discuss any changes before transferring the markings to paper to create the pattern for cutting. Patterns may also be drafted from measurements, but this method has fallen out of use, as it's less accurate and takes longer than the other methods.  Patternmakers are also asked to copy existing garments without damaging them.


Patternmakers have a combination of engineering and design skill. They need to be able to understand what the designer wants, and translate that into the lines of a pattern that will cause the garment to fit correctly. Ideally the pattern captures not only the fit, but also the flair intended by the designer.  They have to have a high level of understanding regarding fabrics, sewing, and other aspects of garment manufacturing.

A patternmaker typically employs one of two methods to create a pattern.

The flat-pattern method is where the entire pattern is drafted on a flat surface from measurements, using rulers, curves and straight-edges. A pattern maker would also use various tools such as a notcher, drill and awl to mark the pattern. Usually, flat patterning begins with the creation of a sloper or block pattern, a simple, fitted garment made to the wearer's measurements. For women, this will usually be a jewel-neck bodice and narrow skirt, and for men an upper sloper and a pants sloper. The final sloper pattern is usually made of cardboard or paperboard, without seam allowances or style details (thicker paper or cardboard allows repeated tracing and pattern development from the original sloper). Once the shape of the sloper has been refined by making a series of mock-up garments called toiles (UK) or muslins (US), the final sloper can be used in turn to create patterns for many styles of garments with varying necklines, sleeves, dart placements, and so on. The flat pattern drafting method is the most commonly used method in menswear; menswear rarely involves draping. 

The draping method involves creating a muslin mock-up pattern by pinning fabric directly on a form, then transferring the muslin outline and markings onto a paper pattern or using the muslin as the pattern itself. 

A sloper pattern (home sewing) or block pattern (industrial production) is a custom-fitted, basic pattern from which patterns for many different styles can be developed. The process of changing the size of a finished pattern is called grading.  Maybe we will discuss the grading of patterns on a future article.  In bespoke clothing, slopers and patterns must be developed for each client, while for commercial production, patterns will be made to fit several standard body sizes.

Although a sewer may choose to use a standard size that has been pre-graded on a purchased pattern, they may decide to tailor a pattern to better fit the garment wearer.  Creating a sewer's muslin, similar to a garment template, is one method of fitting. Muslin material is inexpensive and is easy to work with when making quick adjustments by pinning the fabric around the wearer or a dress form. The sewer cuts muslin pieces using the same method that they will use for the actual garment, according to a pattern. The muslin pieces are then fit together and darts and other adjustments are made. This provides the sewer with measurements to use as a guideline for marking the pattern pieces and cutting the fabric for the finished garment.

After a paper/fabric pattern is completed, very often pattern-makers digitize their patterns for archiving and vendor communication purposes. The previous standard for digitizing was the digitizing tablet. Nowadays, automatic option such as scanner and cameras systems are available.

You may want to also view our Pattern making services in NYC blog post.  Also, be sure to vising the patternmaking section here on Apparel Search to find patternmaking software, consulting services, books, etc.

Thank you for taking the time to read our fashion industry blog post. If you are interested, you can browse our site for additional pattern making information.

We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Apparel Fixes Everything

Apparel is the foundation for all that is good in the world.  Without it, we would be barbarians (or worse).  Everyone should take a moment to reflect on this point and be thankful that the fashion industry exists.

When you are feeling down, go shopping for new shoes.

When you are feeling a cold coming on, make sure to have a proper hat, pair of gloves, and a warm coat.

When you are looking for love, put on that sultry dress.

When you are stressed out, put on your yoga pants and heal your body & mind.

When you are feeling lonely, head to the mall.

When you are set to relax, put on those comfy pajamas and wrap yourself in your favorite soft fleece robe.

Thank you, Fashion industry.

American Apparel Ad Campaign Technique

American Apparel utilizes a very specific technique to advertise their product. Even if the company is not always profitable, they have certainly developed brand awareness.

Above is a collage we made from three of their advertisements.  I think you get the idea of what they are using to gain attention.  They are using ... to sell clothing.

Learn more about American Apparel here on Apparel Search.

Visit the American Apparel website to learn even more.

What do you think of the advertising campaigns?  Frankly, it works.

You may also find our supermodels sun bathing post of interest.  That is a real "behind" the scenes look at fashion models.

Pattern Making Services NYC

Finding a good pattern maker is an important step for emerging fashion designers as well as popular brands.  Below you will find a few pattern makers that you may wish to investigate further if you live or work near New York City.

You may also want to read our patternmaking blog post if you are not sure what patternmaking means.

JJ Pattern NYC: Pattern Marking with JJ Pattern, With over 25 years of experience.   UNJK is a one stop full operation company, designed to assist designers through the complex procedures of create a new collection. With many years of industry experience, they have the ability to connect designers with knowledge and resources are required to succeed in the fashion industry.  They have the ability to work with a huge array of different fabrics.  Experts at JJ Pattern NYC are capable of performing sample making, pattern making, and production, CAD, grading, and marking.  They guarantee you to meet the couture-level of quality on time. 

Julie Hutton To take an idea for a single garment, or a collection, and bring it to a point from which it can be factory produced is a truly collaborative effort.  It requires the execution of specific tasks by those with the expertise to perform those tasks effectively.  Julie has worked for many years with the same high quality pattern makers, sample makers, fabric and trim suppliers, pattern graders and factories.

Lilly Fashion NYC Men’s and Women’s product development to Full Package Domestic production located in the Garment Center of New York City.   They service from first patterns, proto samples, fit samples, runway samples, sales samples, dup samples, production samples to full package domestic production including pattern making and grading, pattern marking, cut, sew, basic trims, and packing.   Lilly Fashion NYC Inc. has been in the women’s and men’s apparel manufacturing industry for over 27 years in the garment center of New York City, located at 265 west 37th Street, Room 10W.  They have a pattern room, fitting room, 40+ machines, production size cutting tables, laundry machine, dryer, and shipping space.  As proud Americans, Lilly Fashion NYC Inc. believe in and promote “Made in U.S.A.” manufacturing.  They want to enhance and elevate the qualities and deliveries of the domestic goods.  They can take small to large quantities and turn around quickly so that any first to reorders can be met promptly with great qualities and assured deliveries.

Onestopny is a Manhattan NY based clothing cutting room and pattern production company.  Onestopny offers a diverse set of services from; clothing sample making and clothing pattern making to clothing design production. Contact them for your clothing patterns samples.  At One Stop, we know how much work goes into being a success in fashion.  Having been in at the heart of the garment district for 30 years they have not only been involved in launching and developing brands they also have many contacts to help their clients.  They have been helping apparel design companies with pattern making and clothing manufacturing, for many years.

Rainbow Style is a pattern and sample making apparel company located in fashion district in New York City.  They proudly provide full operation service with great care, professionalism and cost-efficient.   They are one stop sample studio, where you can execute your patterns, muslins, and cut and sew samples. Their one-stop service offers from concept and to production to help you to grow your fashion business in one cohesive environment.  Contact them if you are looking for quality work with a fast turnaround time for your project.

Werkstatt is a pattern service located in the heart of New York’s Garment District.  Founded in 2008 by Tina Schenk, the studio specializes in intelligent, well-constructed garment development.

Find additional clothing pattern makers around the country and the world.

You may also want to review the NYC sewing contractors.  Some of them offer pattern making services in addition to sewing.

Learn about more resources that are beneficial to the NYC fashion industry.

If you need additional services in regard to pre-production relevant issues, it may be a good idea to also consult with a New York design studio.

Thank you for taking the time to read our apparel industry blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. You may also have interest in reading our fashion design tools blog post.

If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Reduce The Amount of Static Cling Clothing Generates

With dropping temperatures, puffy coats, fuzzy sweaters and warm boots become the everyday norm. But with cold weather comes dry air and much more static electricity. Tired of your hair standing on end, random shocks throughout the day and intimate articles of clothing sticking to the outside of your pants?

The creators of the Downy Ball have come up with some static reducing tips, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to help further reduce the static charge that clings to our clothes.   Ready for more tips... Read on.

Surprisingly, many people don’t know what the actual purpose of fabric softener is. Most think it is just to make our clothes soft and wearable but it is also to help prevent static cling. But sometimes, softener can use extra help to kill that static. There is nothing more annoying than constantly get a shock of static electricity or having everything always sticking to you. There are some simple tips and tricks, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to kill the charge, remove clothes from dryer before fully dry or spray some water onto dry clothes to help further reduce static cling.

Tips for getting rid of static cling

• A great tool to get rid of static cling is the Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus spray. It has over 101 uses and one of them is eliminating static cling. Not only will you remove static charges from your clothes but they will be left with a fresh scent.

• Place a safety pin on the inner hem of clothing to dispel any static charge, instead of shocking you, the charge will go to the pin.

• Place a damp towel or cloth inside dryer and dry at lowest heat setting. The clothing will not become as dry and susceptible to static.

• Take clothes out of the dryer before they are completely dry, allowing them to air dry the rest of the way will better prevent static, due to the reduction of heat and friction between clothing.

• Instead of wearing rubber-soled shoes, wear leather-soled shoes to help prevent static because it is a non-conducting material.

• Use Aluminum foil balls in the dryer, the foil will pick up any charge from the clothing while in the dryer.

• Spray fine mist of distilled water on clothing after it comes out of the dryer, it will kill any static that is clinging to the clothing.

• Slip clothes with static charge through a metal hanger, just like the safety pin and aluminum foil, the metal hanger will pick up any charge that is in your clothing.

• If you have static cling on clothes you are already wearing, place a think layer of moisturizing lotion on your skin underneath your clothes. The moisture from the lotion will counteract the dryness of the clothing.

About Downy Ball

No more waiting for the rinse cycle. No more cleaning out the dispenser. With the Downy Ball, fabric softener is automatically released during the rinse cycle. To enjoy the convenience of Downy Ball just pour the Downy fabric softener of choice up to the right fill line in the Downy bottle cap, pour into the ball, seal it, and drop it in at the start of the wash on top of fabrics. Downy Ball will release the softener on its own, making laundry less complicated.

Thank you for taking the time to read this clothing relevant blog post here on Apparel Search. 

Next time you wash your clothing, make softness simpler with the Downy Ball—the easier and more convenient way to add fabric softener to your wash. Just pour your favorite Downy fabric softener into the ball, seal it, and drop it in. The ball then automatically releases fabric softener during the rinse cycle. 

We hope that you have found this news about reducing static from your clothes to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Reduce The Amount of Static Cling Clothing Generates

With dropping temperatures, puffy coats, fuzzy sweaters and warm boots become the everyday norm. But with cold weather comes dry air and much more static electricity. Tired of your hair standing on end, random shocks throughout the day and intimate articles of clothing sticking to the outside of your pants?

The creators of the Downy Ball have come up with some static reducing tips, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to help further reduce the static charge that clings to our clothes.   Ready for more tips... Read on.

Surprisingly, many people don’t know what the actual purpose of fabric softener is. Most think it is just to make our clothes soft and wearable but it is also to help prevent static cling. But sometimes, softener can use extra help to kill that static. There is nothing more annoying than constantly get a shock of static electricity or having everything always sticking to you. There are some simple tips and tricks, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to kill the charge, remove clothes from dryer before fully dry or spray some water onto dry clothes to help further reduce static cling.

Tips for getting rid of static cling

• A great tool to get rid of static cling is the Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus spray. It has over 101 uses and one of them is eliminating static cling. Not only will you remove static charges from your clothes but they will be left with a fresh scent.

• Place a safety pin on the inner hem of clothing to dispel any static charge, instead of shocking you, the charge will go to the pin.

• Place a damp towel or cloth inside dryer and dry at lowest heat setting. The clothing will not become as dry and susceptible to static.

• Take clothes out of the dryer before they are completely dry, allowing them to air dry the rest of the way will better prevent static, due to the reduction of heat and friction between clothing.

• Instead of wearing rubber-soled shoes, wear leather-soled shoes to help prevent static because it is a non-conducting material.

• Use Aluminum foil balls in the dryer, the foil will pick up any charge from the clothing while in the dryer.

• Spray fine mist of distilled water on clothing after it comes out of the dryer, it will kill any static that is clinging to the clothing.

• Slip clothes with static charge through a metal hanger, just like the safety pin and aluminum foil, the metal hanger will pick up any charge that is in your clothing.

• If you have static cling on clothes you are already wearing, place a think layer of moisturizing lotion on your skin underneath your clothes. The moisture from the lotion will counteract the dryness of the clothing.

About Downy Ball

No more waiting for the rinse cycle. No more cleaning out the dispenser. With the Downy Ball, fabric softener is automatically released during the rinse cycle. To enjoy the convenience of Downy Ball just pour the Downy fabric softener of choice up to the right fill line in the Downy bottle cap, pour into the ball, seal it, and drop it in at the start of the wash on top of fabrics. Downy Ball will release the softener on its own, making laundry less complicated.

Thank you for taking the time to read this clothing relevant blog post here on Apparel Search. 

Next time you wash your clothing, make softness simpler with the Downy Ball—the easier and more convenient way to add fabric softener to your wash. Just pour your favorite Downy fabric softener into the ball, seal it, and drop it in. The ball then automatically releases fabric softener during the rinse cycle. 

We hope that you have found this news about reducing static from your clothes to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Reduce The Amount of Static Cling Clothing Generates

With dropping temperatures, puffy coats, fuzzy sweaters and warm boots become the everyday norm. But with cold weather comes dry air and much more static electricity. Tired of your hair standing on end, random shocks throughout the day and intimate articles of clothing sticking to the outside of your pants?

The creators of the Downy Ball have come up with some static reducing tips, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to help further reduce the static charge that clings to our clothes.   Ready for more tips... Read on.

Surprisingly, many people don’t know what the actual purpose of fabric softener is. Most think it is just to make our clothes soft and wearable but it is also to help prevent static cling. But sometimes, softener can use extra help to kill that static. There is nothing more annoying than constantly get a shock of static electricity or having everything always sticking to you. There are some simple tips and tricks, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to kill the charge, remove clothes from dryer before fully dry or spray some water onto dry clothes to help further reduce static cling.

Tips for getting rid of static cling

• A great tool to get rid of static cling is the Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus spray. It has over 101 uses and one of them is eliminating static cling. Not only will you remove static charges from your clothes but they will be left with a fresh scent.

• Place a safety pin on the inner hem of clothing to dispel any static charge, instead of shocking you, the charge will go to the pin.

• Place a damp towel or cloth inside dryer and dry at lowest heat setting. The clothing will not become as dry and susceptible to static.

• Take clothes out of the dryer before they are completely dry, allowing them to air dry the rest of the way will better prevent static, due to the reduction of heat and friction between clothing.

• Instead of wearing rubber-soled shoes, wear leather-soled shoes to help prevent static because it is a non-conducting material.

• Use Aluminum foil balls in the dryer, the foil will pick up any charge from the clothing while in the dryer.

• Spray fine mist of distilled water on clothing after it comes out of the dryer, it will kill any static that is clinging to the clothing.

• Slip clothes with static charge through a metal hanger, just like the safety pin and aluminum foil, the metal hanger will pick up any charge that is in your clothing.

• If you have static cling on clothes you are already wearing, place a think layer of moisturizing lotion on your skin underneath your clothes. The moisture from the lotion will counteract the dryness of the clothing.

About Downy Ball

No more waiting for the rinse cycle. No more cleaning out the dispenser. With the Downy Ball, fabric softener is automatically released during the rinse cycle. To enjoy the convenience of Downy Ball just pour the Downy fabric softener of choice up to the right fill line in the Downy bottle cap, pour into the ball, seal it, and drop it in at the start of the wash on top of fabrics. Downy Ball will release the softener on its own, making laundry less complicated.

Thank you for taking the time to read this clothing relevant blog post here on Apparel Search. 

Next time you wash your clothing, make softness simpler with the Downy Ball—the easier and more convenient way to add fabric softener to your wash. Just pour your favorite Downy fabric softener into the ball, seal it, and drop it in. The ball then automatically releases fabric softener during the rinse cycle. 

We hope that you have found this news about reducing static from your clothes to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Reduce The Amount of Static Cling Clothing Generates

With dropping temperatures, puffy coats, fuzzy sweaters and warm boots become the everyday norm. But with cold weather comes dry air and much more static electricity. Tired of your hair standing on end, random shocks throughout the day and intimate articles of clothing sticking to the outside of your pants?

The creators of the Downy Ball have come up with some static reducing tips, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to help further reduce the static charge that clings to our clothes.   Ready for more tips... Read on.

Surprisingly, many people don’t know what the actual purpose of fabric softener is. Most think it is just to make our clothes soft and wearable but it is also to help prevent static cling. But sometimes, softener can use extra help to kill that static. There is nothing more annoying than constantly get a shock of static electricity or having everything always sticking to you. There are some simple tips and tricks, like tossing an aluminum foil ball into the dryer to kill the charge, remove clothes from dryer before fully dry or spray some water onto dry clothes to help further reduce static cling.

Tips for getting rid of static cling

• A great tool to get rid of static cling is the Downy Wrinkle Releaser Plus spray. It has over 101 uses and one of them is eliminating static cling. Not only will you remove static charges from your clothes but they will be left with a fresh scent.

• Place a safety pin on the inner hem of clothing to dispel any static charge, instead of shocking you, the charge will go to the pin.

• Place a damp towel or cloth inside dryer and dry at lowest heat setting. The clothing will not become as dry and susceptible to static.

• Take clothes out of the dryer before they are completely dry, allowing them to air dry the rest of the way will better prevent static, due to the reduction of heat and friction between clothing.

• Instead of wearing rubber-soled shoes, wear leather-soled shoes to help prevent static because it is a non-conducting material.

• Use Aluminum foil balls in the dryer, the foil will pick up any charge from the clothing while in the dryer.

• Spray fine mist of distilled water on clothing after it comes out of the dryer, it will kill any static that is clinging to the clothing.

• Slip clothes with static charge through a metal hanger, just like the safety pin and aluminum foil, the metal hanger will pick up any charge that is in your clothing.

• If you have static cling on clothes you are already wearing, place a think layer of moisturizing lotion on your skin underneath your clothes. The moisture from the lotion will counteract the dryness of the clothing.

About Downy Ball

No more waiting for the rinse cycle. No more cleaning out the dispenser. With the Downy Ball, fabric softener is automatically released during the rinse cycle. To enjoy the convenience of Downy Ball just pour the Downy fabric softener of choice up to the right fill line in the Downy bottle cap, pour into the ball, seal it, and drop it in at the start of the wash on top of fabrics. Downy Ball will release the softener on its own, making laundry less complicated.

Thank you for taking the time to read this clothing relevant blog post here on Apparel Search. 

Next time you wash your clothing, make softness simpler with the Downy Ball—the easier and more convenient way to add fabric softener to your wash. Just pour your favorite Downy fabric softener into the ball, seal it, and drop it in. The ball then automatically releases fabric softener during the rinse cycle. 

We hope that you have found this news about reducing static from your clothes to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.

Thermoregulation Technology in Nike Apparel

Nike has new apparel technology that supports the body’s existing thermoregulation capabilities by sensing moisture vapor and opening its structure to maximize breathability.

Yes, that is as amazing as it sounds.

For most people, unless you’re sick, a thermometer will register an internal body temperature of approximately 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s your core temperature; thermoregulation keeps it constant.  If you go too low or too high, your body may be getting sick or having some other issue that needs monitoring.  Body temperature can serve as a baseline health metric.  Equally as important for athletes the body temperature during training or competition is one of the most critical performance indicators.

For those of you that are like me and not scientists, here is a brief summary.   “Thermo” is anything temperature related; “regulation,” is the act of regulating.  If we combine the two words to create thermoregulation it now describes what happens when the temperature around an organism changes and the organism responds to that change, with the goal of maintaining the same core temperature.

According to Barry Spiering the director of applied apparel research from the Explore Team Sport Research Lab at Nike, “Essentially, thermoregulation is the body’s version of a house’s central heating and cooling system”.   He explains that when the thermostat is set to a certain temperature, let’s say 72 degrees, the heating and cooling system will continuously work to keep that tempature in the house.  If it is cold outside, the system may need to add some extra heat.  If it is hot outside, it may need to work to cool the inside house temperature.  Regardless of what’s going on outside, the system aims to keep the house at a cool, comfortable 72 degrees.

Similar to the houses system, our body does everything it can to keep us at an optimal temperature.  If we get too hot, our body will supply sweat to help cool us down.  The sweat is our body’s coolant system.   As sweat evaporates, it removes body heat.  Conversely, when it’s cold your body generates heat through involuntary movement such as shivering.  Without our instruction, our body typically knows what needs to be done and acts accordingly.

Athletes experience thermoregulation typically as they train.  This has it’s pluses and minus (pros & cons).  On the negative side, as your body is reacting to regulate your temperature it can potentially divert energy (or resources) from one area of your body to another.  The harder the body strives to stay cool, the more difficult it becomes to perform at the most optimal levels.

Nike is helping athletes focus on performance by evolving something that can support the body’s natural thermoregulation process: whatever it’s wearing.

The Nike Explore Team Sport Research Lab — comprised of top physiologists, biomechanists, and perception scientists — is dedicated to this goal. It employs cutting-edge technology, such as environmental chambers that simulate the temperature and humidity of competition locations worldwide, and works with athletes of all levels to test materials and corresponding body temperature in different climates at various levels of exertion.

Believe it or not, they even have a walking and sweating thermal manikin named Hal.  This super manikin Hal helps measure everything from thermal resistance (apparel’s ability to insulate against heat loss) to evaporative resistance (apparel’s ability to allow sweat to evaporate).  In addition to using Hal, Nike also uses real athletes to help test new clothing.
Recent achievements include Nike AeroReact.  AeroReact isn’t just a fabric; it’s a wearable technology that can sense (and respond to) performance in real time. When you’re warming up and beginning to sweat, AeroReact fabric senses that moisture vapor and opens its structure to maximize breathability.

Nike Therma-Sphere Max is a three-layer composite material specifically designed for cool weather.  It helps keep wearers warm and dry, without weighing them down, while also trapping heat close to the body with Nike Sphere raised-node technology.

Meanwhile, Nike Aeroloft technology addresses the challenge of helping keep athletes warm, but not too warm, in cooler conditions.  An ultra-light insulating layer of down traps heat for warmth while laser-cut holes provide breathability by allowing it to escape.
There’s also Nike Pro Hyperwarm. A fabric specifically designed for athletes combating cold weather outdoor workouts, it combines multiple textures into one form-fitting core garment that can be layered or worn on its own.

The team doesn’t just explore cold weather; heat is also a major factor in material design and selection. Nike Dri-FIT technology embodies innovation that helps keep athletes cool by wicking sweat off the body and allowing it to dry, and Nike Pro Hypercool’s ultra-lightweight material has a unique open-hole pattern in the back to help improve ventilation during movement.

Wherever you are, whatever the weather, these innovations support your body’s own impressive thermoregulation process, taking the potential of performance from a sound workout to a masterpiece of mind, science and body.

If you are looking to purchase apparel with thermoregulation technology we suggest you visit the Nike website to learn more about their product offerings.

Thank you for taking the time to read our apparel industry blog post. We hope that you have found this news to be informative. If you have comments or questions, please add your thoughts in the discussion area below.