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Fashion design is art; many elements and steps are used. The ideal world of the fashion industry is filled with creative whims at every turn. New opportunities and Competitions for garment design arise daily. A fashion designer combines fabric, shape, color, trimming, and other elements to give a person a specific design appearance. And each[…]
Spreading means the smooth laying out of the fabric in a superimposed layer of a specified length. The cutting marker is laid on the topmost layers. The maximum width of the cutting marker is constrained by the usable width of the fabric. Fabric spreading is a very important process in the cutting section of the[…]
The phrase “fast fashion” refers to how quickly and affordably apparel and accessories are produced by fashion merchants in response to the newest trends in the industry. During the past few decades, fast fashion has grown in popularity, with brands like Zara, H&M, and Forever 21 dominating the market. Fast fashion started in the 1990s[…]
There are over a hundred types of terms and definitions used in the garments merchandising process. All are important as they are used in manufacturing, business, and commercial process. Being a student of textiles or Fashion, or an employee of these related industries, we need to know and understand all things needed in the garments[…]
Lab dip refers to producing a small sample for a textile or fabric that will be used to produce a garment or other textile product. The lab dip is created by a textile dyeing mill or dye house and is used to match the wanted color specified by the buyer. Lab dip is a dyed[…]
Fast Fashion Creates over 17 million Tons of Textile Waste Annually Did we know that people over the world are now consuming 400 further apparel compared to 20 times ago? The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) estimates that Americans induce more than 17 million metric tons of cloth waste annually, which is about 47 kilograms or 104[…]
