As consumer demands for specific attributes in their textiles increase and global competition intensifies, it is important that the industry finds ways of engineering certain performance requirements into textiles and apparel. This book reviews how fabrics and garments can be engineered to meet technical performance and other characteristics required for the specific end-use. Chapters begin with fabric and garment handle and making - up performance, followed by wear appearance issues, such as wrinkling, pilling and bagging. Further chapters include fabric and garment drape, durability related issues, as well as physiological and psychological comfort. Key topics of fire retardancy, waterproofing, breathability and ultraviolet protection are also discussed. Written by two highly distinguished authors, this is an invaluable book for a wide range of readers in the textile and apparel industries, ranging from textile and garment manufacturers, designers, researchers, developers to buyers.About the Author: Jintu Fan currently holds the positions of Morgan Sesquicentennial Fellow, Professor and Department Chair of Fiber Science and Apparel Design at Cornell University, New York, and Professor at the Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China. He is the developer of the world's first and largest apparel knowledge portal on the internet. Lawrance Hunter is Head of Textile Science at the Nelson Mendela Metropolitan University, South Africa.