可以阻止人们驼背的衬衫

时间：2015-05-30 07:58:33

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Dutch designer Jeffrey Heiligers' latest clothing line - 'Posture¹' - targets people who spend most of their time hunched² over a computer.

荷兰设计师杰弗里·海里格斯最近推出的服装系列——“姿势”——针对那些整天在电脑前弯腰驼背的人群。

By preventing the wearer from slouching, the clothes help people improve their posture in the long run. The concept is simple - every time you slouch, the shirt will tighten³ uncomfortably around the back, forcing you to sit upright again!

"I engineered a tailor-made remedy that corrects poor posture, nowadays very common amongst the digital generation, not by constraining⁴ the muscles, but by training them," Heiligers told Dezeen magazine. "Posture offers a solution integrated in the clothes you wear. By repositioning the seams in such a way that they start to feel uncomfortable when hunching⁵, it stimulates⁶ you to sit up straight."

Heiligers revealed that a physiotherapist was involved in the designing process. They began by identifying the various sitting and standing⁷ positions that cause neck, shoulder, and back pain. Heiligers then cut the fabric⁸ across the back, in order to make the clothes tighten slightly when the wearer slumps⁹ forward. The discomfort¹⁰ will remind the wearer to adjust their posture, and their muscles will eventually get trained to sit and stand the right way.

The Posture range includes cotton shirts, felted cardigans, and knitted wool jumpers that are all constructed differently to normal garments. Heiligers pointed¹¹ out that the clothes are special because the more they are used, the less they are needed. He chose to use only a minimum palette of colors - white, grey, navy - because he wanted to create an everyday collection.

"I would like the fashion industry to be inspired by the blueprint¹² I created and them to buy/adopt it to prevent upper back problems in the future," Heiligers said.

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1 posture
n.姿势，姿态，心态，态度；v.作出某种姿势
参考例句：
The government adopted an uncompromising posture on the issue of independence.政府在独立这一问题上采取了毫不妥协的态度。 He tore off his coat and assumed a fighting posture.他脱掉上衣，摆出一副打架的架势。

2 hunched
（常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦）耸肩弓身的，伏首前倾的
参考例句：
He sat with his shoulders hunched up. 他耸起双肩坐着。 Stephen hunched down to light a cigarette. 斯蒂芬弓着身子点燃一支烟。

3 tighten
v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧
参考例句：
Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。 Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

4 constraining
强迫( constrain的现在分词 )；强使；限制；约束
参考例句：
He was constraining his mind not to wander from the task. 他克制着不让思想在工作时开小差。 The most constraining resource in all of these cases is venture capital. 在所有这些情况下最受限制的资源便是投入资本。

5 hunching
隆起（hunch的现在分词形式）
参考例句：
She leaned forward, hunching over the desk. 她身体前倾，伏在写字台上。

6 stimulates
v.刺激( stimulate的第三人称单数 )；激励；使兴奋；起兴奋作用，起刺激作用，起促进作用
参考例句：
Exercise stimulates the body. 运动促进身体健康。来自《简明英汉词典》 Alcohol stimulates the action of the heart. 酒刺激心脏的活动。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 standing
n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的
参考例句：
After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。 They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

8 fabric
n.织物，织品，布；构造，结构，组织
参考例句：
The fabric will spot easily.这种织品很容易玷污。 I don't like the pattern on the fabric.我不喜欢那块布料上的图案。

9 slumps
萧条期( slump的名词复数 )；（个人、球队等的）低潮状态；（销售量、价格、价值等的）骤降；猛跌
参考例句：
Deflation could emerge from simultaneous slumps in the world's three major economies. 如果世界经济三大主体同时衰退，通货紧缩就会出现。 This is the cycle of economic booms and slumps. 这是经济繁荣和经济萧条的周期变化。

10 discomfort
n.不舒服，不安，难过，困难，不方便
参考例句：
One has to bear a little discomfort while travelling.旅行中总要忍受一点不便。 She turned red with discomfort when the teacher spoke.老师讲话时她不好意思地红着脸。

11 pointed
adj.尖的，直截了当的
参考例句：
He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。 She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

12 blueprint
n.蓝图，设计图，计划；vt.制成蓝图，计划
参考例句：
All the machine parts on a blueprint must answer each other.设计图上所有的机器部件都应互相配合。 The documents contain a blueprint for a nuclear device.文件内附有一张核装置的设计蓝图。