Project Overview

SculptLIte T-shirt, an innovative garment designed specifically for urban women, ingeniously integrates body sculpting, wearing comfort, and versatility. It precisely addresses the body management challenges encountered by modern women in their fast-paced lives, particularly meeting the urgent demand of groups like postpartum mothers for comfortable body sculpting. By combining self-developed technology, ergonomic design, and elements from Eastern aesthetics, the product delivers an ‘instant slimming’ effect while ensuring comfort without constriction, allowing body sculpting to effortlessly blend into every aspect of daily life—becoming a trusted companion for women to regain confidence.

Organisation

Anta (China) Co., Ltd.

Team

Hanqing Shi, Yilin Wang

Project Brief

SculptLIte T-shirt strikes a perfect balance between practical functionality and aesthetic pleasure. Functionally, it employs ANTA’s self-developed high-tech shape-memory yarn and shock-absorbing cups, enabling gradient pressure distribution to precisely smooth the waist and abdomen while minimizing breast movement; these innovations also boast excellent moisture-wicking, breathable, antibacterial, and eco-friendly properties, making the product ideal for diverse scenarios including workouts, commutes, and casual occasions. Aesthetically, the T-shirt, inspired by bamboos, incorporates a vertical ribbed texture, golden double C-shaped curves, and 3D structural lines to create a visually slimming and elongating effect, showcasing the powerful inner strength and resilient spirit of women.

Project Innovation/Need

A-ForceFlex™ Shape-Memory Yarn: The yarn adopts ANTA’s self-developed A-ForceFlex™ technology, featuring four-way micro-compression and a 3D honeycomb-like woven structure. This results in gradient pressure distribution to precisely smooth the waist and abdomen while avoiding the excessive constriction common in traditional body sculpting wear.
A-DryFlow™ Shock-Absorbing Cups: The cups equipped with A-DryFlow™ technology boast over 2,000 micropores, not only improving breathable and moisture-wicking properties but also reducing breast movement by up to 23% during physical activities.

A-PureDefense™ Eco-Friendly Antibacterial Material: The application of the bio-based eco-friendly antibacterial yarn effectively inhibits odor-causing bacteria for a long-term fresh smell, greatly lowering the frequency of washing.

Structural Innovation
Smile-Curve Design: The front hem, where a curve with both end upturned subtly conceals the abdomen and raises the waistline, visually elongates the legs.

Seamless Adhesive Dispensing Process: The adhesive dispensing process instead of traditional elastic bands offers the breasts stable support while avoiding deep indentations, ensuring a more flattering shape.

Zoning Design: The upper part utilizes the soft, breathable fabric to gently wrap the breasts; the lower one introduces the shape-memory yarn to provide targeted compression for the abdomen—facilitating precise body sculpting.

Dual-Layer Structure: The inner layer accentuates the body curves; the outer one maintains 1-2 cm of space for a natural draped effect, preventing an overly tight or awkward look.

Design Challenge

The core challenge was how to achieve effective body sculpting without compromising on comfort. By leveraging ANTA’s self-developed shape-memory yarn that features four-way micro-compression and a 3D honeycomb-like woven structure, the T-shirt enables gradient pressure distribution to avoid the excessive constriction common in traditional body sculpting wear, perfectly balancing body sculpting with wearing comfort for women.

How to meet the needs of different scenarios also posed a significant challenge. The design team has adhered to a ‘full-scenario companionship’ design approach, crafting a piece that naturally fits the upper body across all scenarios. By virtue of its four-way stretch fabric and built-in cups, the product can effortlessly adapt to diverse scenarios including workouts, commutes, and casual occasions, easing the burden associated with outfit changing.

Sustainability

Sustainability in Material Selection: SculptLIte T-shirt employs the naturally degradable fibers, supporting 100% carbon neutrality to minimize environmental impact. For instance, the application of the A-PureDefense™ eco-friendly antibacterial material not only effectively inhibits odor-causing bacteria for a long-term fresh smell to avoid frequent washing, but also decreases water consumption and detergent use to reduce pollution at the source.

Sustainability in Product Production: The production process places emphasis on energy conservation and emission reduction. The optimization of production techniques declines energy consumption and waste generation. Precise cutting techniques facilitate efficient material utilization, minimizing fabric waste and enhancing resource efficiency.

Sustainability in Product Lifecycle: The versatile T-shirt effectively prevents redundant clothing and repeated purchases. It is estimated that one garment can replace several scenario-specific items, helping consumers save approximately 30% on annual clothing expenses while also lowering resource waste and environmental pollution caused by clothing disposal and underutilization. Additionally, the durable product features extended service life, further reducing resource consumption and environmental burden.