Development comfortable functional knitting fabric to use underwear for overweight people

As a result of rising living standards of the people with developments in the textile technology, fashion, durability, aesthetic, design is not enough for the fabrics and also garment comfort is very important. Especially for overweight people, garment comfort has become another important point. Generally, Overweight people spend more effort in their daily life. Because of this reason to obtain the best condition for overweight people, designing and producing the functional new textiles are essential. The aim of the thesis is to provide maximize wearing comfort especially in summer for overweight people. In this thesis work, the functional characteristics such as antibacterial effect, absorbing unpleasant smell of sweating, reducing sweating, nourishing the skin effect and improving moisture management properties will be added to knitting fabric with using special raw material such as Seacell, Lyocell, Coolmax and blend of these yarns. Hence using these yarns, functional textile products will be durable to household washing and long lasting. Key Word: Functional, Antibacterial, Moisture Management, Comfort, Overweight People