BIKE TO SKI

This work aims to optimize multifunctional women’s outdoor wear by merging ski touring- and mountain bike wear, showing that designing apparel for a combination of sports is possible and that this can contribute to a sustainable change in the outdoor industry and lower the consumerism. I

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n addition to being made for cycling and skiing, the collection can also be used as all around mountain wear, showing extra versatility.

It further looks into the options of versatility and how garments can change depending on sport by adding or changing the garment components. All the garments are developed based on the female body shape and needs. This is shown through both commercial pieces and experimental pieces, with garment shapes that are both similar and not so similar to existing garments. Material placement is based on movement and thermoregulatory responses of the female athlete and plays an important part to achieve both expression and function in the garments. "Reflective seam tape" is used on the outside of the seams for visibility, to stay visible when its dark both for traffic purposes but also for extra visibility if the athlete gets lost in the mountains.

The methodology is explained through five parts; field testing, sketching, prototyping, experimenting and evaluation, which are used both numerical and independently of each other. This resulted in a collection of seven outfits where three of these are produced and the remaining four are illustrated through development, sketches and technical descriptions, due to restrictions during Covid-19 lockdown of the university.

Results show suggestions of how a combination between sports could be developed and used. It also shows potential to be developed even further into other various directions.

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Type

Sportswear, Womenswear, Outerwear, Product Interaction & Technical Innovations, Ethical Fashion Initiative, Sportsgear, Women's

Methods

Pattern Cutting, Tape, Multifunctionality

Materials

Waterproof Textiles, GoreTex