FASHION-ABLE: Needs and requirements for clothing, footwear and orthotics of consumers groups with highly individualised needs

Until now, mass-customization of werable products has been offered as a higher added-value to the broad public. However there are population groups for which personalization is a real need affecting their health and quality of life because of the self products do not meet their needs. FASHION-ABLE project aims at providing the European innovative and customization-concerned SMEs with the technological means that will enable the agile and ecoefficient production of personalised products in terms of health and performance, addressing the complex individualised needs of such growing market niches out of the scope of mass-produced goods. The first step of this project have been the generation of the users´ needs and requirements for fashionable and personalized footwear for diabetic feet, clothing for wheelchair users and high-performing textile compression bandages. In addition, the personalization processes of each type of products already existing in the industry were analyzed and some adaptations/improvements have been advised.