Abstract:
The invention provides: polyamide crimped yarn for clothing that makes it possible to provide woven or knitted fabric that is lightweight and has a prominent woven or knitted texture together with having the feeling of volume and resilience greatly sought after for clothing, particularly for women's clothing materials focusing on fall and winter women's clothing; woven or knitted fabric for clothing; and women's apparel. [Solution] This polyamide crimped yarn for clothing is characterized by fulfilling requirements (1)-(3) and being composed of multifilaments. (1) The monofilament fineness is from 1.5 to 25 decitex, (2) the total fineness is from 400 to 1500 decitex, and (3) the monofilament cross-sectional shape is a multilobar shape having three or more lobes, and the degree of modification is from 1.5 to 5.5.