Chapter 1
Introduction

1.1 Research Background
1.1.1 The Demand Trends in the Fashion Market
1.1.1.1 The Future of Fashion
1.1.1.2 Existing Wearables and Smart Clothing Market Landscape and
Market Size
1.1.2 The Current Situation of Fashion Design Education
1.1.3 Summary
1.2 Research Questions
1.3 Research Aim
1.4 Scope of Research
1.4.1 Knowledge Science
1.4.2 Fashion Design
1.4.3 Smart Clothing Design
1.4.4 Smart Technology
1.5 Research Methods
1.6 Research Contributions
1.7 Structure of the Thesis

Chapter 3
Create New Thinking Approach for the Fashion Design Education Field

3.1 Design Plus X: An Interdisciplinary Thinking
Approach to Education Strategy in Fashion Design
3.1.1 Design Plus Humanities and Sociology
3.1.2 Design Plus Management
3.1.3 Design Plus Technology
3.2 Design Practice Process of "DPX"
3.2.1 Workshop 1: Market
3.2.2 Workshop 2: Product
3.2.3 Workshop 3: Technology
3.2.4 Workshop 4: Prototype
3.3 Keeping the Process of "DPX" Alive
3.4 Summary

Chapter 4
The DPX Case Studies in Fashion Design Education: New Strategy for Interdisciplinary Practical Education with Specific Focus on Smart Clothing

4.1 Case Study 1
4.1.1 Research Introduction
4.1.2 Research Questions
4.1.2.1 The Comfort of Clothing
4.1.2.2 Quantitative Research on the Comfort
4.1.2.3 The Comfort in Infant Clothing Design
4.1.2.4 Definition of Research Questions: the Conflict Between the Comfort
and Accuracy
4.1.3 The Traditional Solution
4.1.4 The Solution of the Project
4.1.5 Experimental Design
4.1.5.1 Measuring Body Temperature
4.1.5.2 Machine Learning Framework
4.1.5.3 Feature Design
4.1.5.4 Training
4.1.5.5 Testing
4.1.6 Experimental Results
4.1.7 Summary
4.2 Case Study 2
4.2.1 Research Introduction
4.2.2 Technical Support
4.2.2.1 Working Theory of the Sensor
4.2.2.2 Working Theory of the Temperature Controller
4.2.2.3 Working Theory of a Color Sensor
4.2.2.4 Technical Support for Embedding Design
4.2.3 Experimental Design
4.2.3.1 Relationship Diagram of the Main Components of the System
4.2.3.2 Specific Control Procedure Flow
4.2.3.3 Process Flowchart
4.2.3.4 Temperature Setup
4.2.4 Color- and Temperature-recognition Experiments
4.2.5 Analysis of the Experimental Results
4.2.6 Summary

Chapter 5
Discussions and Conclusions

5.1 Research Discussions
5.2 Research Conclusions
5.2.1 Research Contributions
5.2.1.1 Research Contribution 1
5.2.1.2 Research Contribution 2
5.2.2 Suggestions for Further Research

Reference
Acknowledgements