Merchandizing Articles: 26 Textile Guides, Page 2

Merchandizing

Buying cycles, costing, vendor development, critical path tracking, and shipment coordination. Focus on risk control and margin protection. This section explains practical decision criteria, typical test methods, and failure modes that matter in real production. Readers get checklists, calculation steps, and case examples connecting specifications to cost, reliability, and compliance. Links map core concepts to upstream inputs and downstream processes so choices remain consistent across sourcing, manufacturing, and end-use performance. Each article includes definitions, diagrams where helpful, and plain-language notes to help newcomers ramp quickly while giving experienced professionals the depth needed to troubleshoot and optimize. Standards references are cited with context, and whenever trade-offs exist, we make them explicit so you can defend decisions.

Apparel

What is Fabric selection in apparel manufacturing?

Apparel Fabric Merchandizing Textile School / April 2, 2012 / Leave a Comment

Fabric selection is a crucial step in designing a project because fabrics are designed for specific applications, a fabric manufactured for one purpose, may not be adaptable for another use.Therefore selecting the appropriate fabric is only the first step in providing serviceable fabrics for apparel manufacturing.Designers specify the fabric as part of their design concept. Designers may develop new styles for fabrics that have been successful.

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Pre-Production

Elements of Garment Design

Apparel Merchandizing Pre-Production Textile School / March 28, 2012 / 2 Comments

In creating a design one of the components that interact is the element of design. The element and principles of design are flexible and should be interpreted within the context of current fashion. A design can be defined as an arrangement of lines, shape, colors and texture that create a visual image. The principles of design are the rates that govern how elements are combined. The elements are therefore the raw materials that must be combined successfully.

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Pre-Production

Textile Design in Apparel Making

Apparel Merchandizing Pre-Production Resources & General Textile School / March 28, 2012 / Leave a Comment

The design is an arrangement of part, form, color, fabric, and line. For example, to create a version of a style. This definition is applicable for apparel or clothing. In general, the design is arrangement putting out creative ideas on paper or any of the three-dimensional form.There are different types of designs such as industrial design, graphic design, textile design, fashion design, etc.

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Production

Clothing Signifying Culture

Apparel Merchandizing Production Textile School / March 27, 2012 / Leave a Comment

By looking at one’s clothing, you can learn something about the way people of that time thought and felt. Clothing differs from country to country. Every culture has had its unique clothing style.The styles reveal much about the people’s customers and beliefs. We refer to the customs, beliefs, values, and skills of a group of people as their culture.

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Production

Clothing and Design in Garment Making

Apparel Merchandizing Production Textile School / March 27, 2012 / Leave a Comment

The wish to decorate or beautify the human body has existed from the Stone Age when the early man painted his face and his body. Even though the beauty standards have changed, the desire remains constant.The evolution of clothing has been closely interlinked with factors such as the social, economic and technological progress of each period in the history of mankind.

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Textile Product Labelling

Apparel Assorted Merchandizing Resources & General Textile School / March 2, 2012 / Leave a Comment

The labeling of textile products harmonizes the names of textile fibers and other terms used in labeling or other documents accompanying these products, in order to ensure adequate information for consumers and to promote the development of the market.

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Characteristics of well finished garments

Apparel Merchandizing Textile School / December 8, 2011 / 1 Comment

A good fitting is achieved by doing the work with care, patience, and practice. A well-fitted garment feels comfortable, adjusts naturally to the activities of the wearer, is becoming in line and amount of ease and consistent with current fashions.

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Basics and History of Lingerie

Apparel Merchandizing Textile School / December 1, 2011 / 1 Comment

Lingerie industry has been growing prosperously and the demand from the customers urges the industry to continuously improve its design and manufacturing technology so as to drive for excellence to match the ever-changing market. The company manufacture wide range of lingerie consists of brassiere, panties, control briefs, garters, foundation garments, corsets, bustier.Its a term that is used for undergarments which are alluring, appealing, erotic and fashionable.

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Standard Apparel Construction Guidelines

Apparel Merchandizing Textile School / September 17, 2011 / 1 Comment

Description-The standards specified are minimum standards, and provide guidelines for apparel construction and performance to achieve consumer satisfaction.This knowledge will be helpful for buyers, suppliers, and Agents.The standard’s objective is to deliver quality merchandise to the customer. It applies to all categories of apparel and textiles.

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Apparel

Standard Body Dimensions

Apparel Merchandizing Textile School / September 15, 2011 / Leave a Comment

People come in all different sizes and can be measured in lots of different ways.When measuring the body for apparel design and production, it is necessary to have a few key landmarks of which to measure to and from. There are two types of body landmarks, those that are actual points on the body and those that are horizontal circumferences around the body.The Standard Body Measurements are based on the industry’s top fit model’s measurements.

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