Definition Inorganic fibres are becoming more and more important day by day. The fibres which are produced from materials that are present in the Earth’s crust (or can easily be made from naturally occurring materials there) and that are inorganic rather than polymeric. Examples that are currently being used or considered as sources of fibre […]
An Overview of Wool Scouring
Introduction The term “scouring” in the generic sense of a process that that removes contaminates from raw wool. Thus, it includes all processes which aim to clean wool including those which use solvent other than water and those which use solid as a carrier for removing the contaminates. Nature of Contaminates The main contaminates of […]
What is Net Fabric | Types and End Uses of Net Fabric
Definition of Net Fabric Net or netting is an open mesh form of fabric construction that is held together by knots or fused thermoplastic yarns at each point where the yarn cross one another. There are several types of mesh; they are square, hexagonal, and octagonal. The range of mesh sizes is from coarse and […]
What is Garment Sample? Types of Garment Sample
Definition Sample is a product which represents a group of product or lot or batch, in order to assess their quality, style or design or any other characteristic of the product. Based on the samples, the buyer will give approval or comments for any alteration in design or style or quality. Samples will reflect the […]
Top Fashion Accessories Ever
Fashion Accessories Accessories are the ornamentation that surrounds a garment and elevates its level of attractiveness. They provide the garment fullness and give the wearer a ‘total look’. Accessories make the clothes. The relationship between fashion accessories and clothes is considerably strong and the right accessory can make a lot of difference between selling a […]
Top 5 Principles of Fashion
The Principles of Fashion The fundamentals for fashion identification, fashion forecasting, fashion study, that concerns with the history of fashion, the propagation of fashion and the techniques related to fashion merchandising lies on the following five principles of fashion: 1. Consumers establish fashion by accepting or rejecting the Styles offered The consumer is the end-user […]
Fashion Apparel Categories
The apparel category depends on age, boys and girls, men and women. Also, the apparel category depends on trending fashion and style. Again, what kind of apparel we wear depends on the season. In this article, we will discuss the critical points of the apparel category. The Fashion Apparel Categories Women’s Apparel The women’s apparel […]
Things you must know about what is Merchandising
The term ‘merchandising’ has always been a magic word and hot pick of the cake in the field of apparel and fashion merchandising. Most of the persons who want to pursue a career in the apparel field want to become a merchandiser. What makes this so much attractive and important is – reputation, responsibility and […]
What is Fusible Interlining | Construction of Fusible Interlining
Introduction Every clothing manufacturer continually attempts to produce garments with immediate sales appeal. However, one of the most important materials used for nearly every item of outerwear has no sales appeal because it is invisible to the consumer. This material is the fusible interlining. Since it was first introduced in the early 1950s, it has […]
Functional Finishing of Textile
Definition of Functional Finishing The word “textile finishing” defines a series of processing operations applied to grey fabrics to enhance their appearance and hand, properties and possible applications. The term “finishing” includes all the treatments applied to grey fabrics such as scouring, bleaching, dyeing or printing while we will use the term ‘functional finishing’ with reference to all the mechanical or […]