Achievements of the performed research programme are of significant importance for development of Slovenia from the point of view of development of own knowledge as well as regarding the indirect application of the knowledge into the praxis. An important contribution, from the scientific, as well as from the applied point of view, represent the achieved cognition, resp. discovered principles regarding the mechanical properties of the fabric and its response on acting loading, resp. behaviour of the fabric in garment manufacturing processes, as well as defined limit, i.e., critical values of particular parameters of fabric's mechanical properties. The designed model for prediction of behaviour of fabrics in garment manufacturing processes "NAPOVED1.1DZ" can be stated as more important applied result of the research. The model integrates gained cognition of the basic research on fabric mechanics into knowledge base, consisting of three modules using the programme Microsoft Access. The other important applied achievement is designed simulation of the model of fabric and fused panel using the programme package ABAQUS. The fabric model is based on the numerical modelling of a fabric, which can be stated as a starting point for simulation of fabric draping and formability. Furthermore, using the suitable programming tools, also the simulation of garment suit will be enabled. An important achievement is also the definition of the relationship between the mechanical properties of leather for production of clothing and its processing properties. The limit values of these parameters have been defined for lambskin and pigskin, which will serve for planning and optimising the process of pigskin finishing as a competitive product regarding the lambskin. Results - the defined limit values of mechanical properties of leather for production of clothing are the first contribution of this kind in the area of the study of leather mechanics and can be stated as an important contribution towards the engineered planning of processing properties of leather for garment production and thus connected quality of such kind of garments. Potential use of the achievements, gained in the frame of this research programme, important from the point of view of the development of own knowledge and application - transfer of the knowledge into the praxis, can be seen in the form of strengthening the knowledge in the industry. Three young researchers, who successfully finished the M.Sc. studies in the frame of the research programme, actively use the achieved knowledge in everyday praxis in the industry.