Choosing Quality Ready to Wear Clothing

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Choosing Quality Ready to Wear Clothing

• Apparel Development 1
• Objective 6.02

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Fabric

• Make sure the weave is on grain
• Plaid or Stripes? - Do they match?
• Quality fabric durable not cheap

3
Seams

• Seams ½ or more
• Seam finishes are necessary
• Seam lines are smooth, flat and free of puckers

4
Zippers

• Thread matches the fabric
• stitching is even and inconspicuous
• The zipper opens easily without catching fabric

5
Buttons, Snaps, Hooks and Eyes

• Securely attached
• Button fits through buttonhole and lies flat

6
Buttonholes

• Evenly spaced
• Lie flat
• Stitches are close together
• Darts ? lie flat

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Hems

• Suitable for the fabric
• Lie flat
• Hang straight and even

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Clothing Care

• How to care for the garment is on the care label,
  which is often on the collar or seam

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Fabric Workmanship

• Collar is smooth, curved, and sharp corners
• Mens shirt sized Collar size Sleeve Length
• Example 16/34

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Fabric Finishes

• More beautiful and more useful
• Applied to surface of fabric
• Anti-Wrinkle
• Anti-Static

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Flammable Fabrics Act

• Childrens wear and pajamas must be fire proof