Different trimmings, Accessories in Garment.

1. TE 309/TEX 309 : Apparel Manufacturing-ii
Chapter 2
Trimmings & Accessories
Course Teacher
Mohammad Ashraful Alam

2. Trimmings
Trimmings or trims are attached with the
body of garments by sewing. These
materials are used in sewing room with
fabric.Trims are directly attached with
garments. Theseare used for functional
purposes.

3. List of trims used in apparel
manufacturing:
1. Sewingthread
2.Button
3.Interlining
Fusible
Non-Fusible
4.Lining
5.Label
Main label
Carelabel
Sizelabel
Pricelabel
Flaglabel
Compositionslabel

4. Cont……
Motif
7. Lace, Braid, Elastic
8. Rivet (Rivet is not used to open or close the
opening the garments. It used for decorative and
reinforcement purpose of garments)
9. Zipper
10. Hook & Loop fastening (VELCRD)
11. Shoulder pad
12. Metal Badge,
13. Twill Tape,
14. Velcro Tape (This item consists of two woven
polyamide tapes one covered with very fine hooks
and the other very fine loops)

5. GarmentAccessories:
Accessories are not directly attached with
garment by sewing. These are used to make
agarment attractive for sale and packing. In a
word, accessories are used for decorative
purposes.

6. Listof accessories used in garment
manufacturing:
Hanger
Hangtag
Polybag
Collar stand
SizeTag
Tissuepaper
Backboard
Neck board
PaperBand
Pin/Clip
Tagpin
Carton Sticker

7. Cont…….
Safetysticker
Arrow sticker
Elastic bag
Mini polybag
Gumtape
Scotchtape
P.PBand
Inner Carton
Outer carton
Iron seal

8. Quality of Garments Trimming
Textile materials or non-textile materials are mainly
used to make garments trimming. But they should be
selected carefully to get desire performance from them.
The important qualities of trimming are given below:
A.Life time
If the trimmings become fade or break then garment will
not be wearable. So life time of trims should be equal
to garments.

9. Cont…..
Shrinkage
If trims become shrinkage by washing or ironing as a
result appearance of the garment may be hampered.
And ultimately garment will not be wearable. So the
shrink ability of the fabric and the trimming should be
checked earlier.
C. Color fastness
Colorfastness is very important for trimming. If
fastness become poor then garment will be also poor
appearance. The color of trimming should not be
faded due to washing or exposure to sunlight.

10. Cont…….
Rust
The trimmings which are made from metal,
then material should become rust free. If
rusting occurs they will create spot on
garment. So before using in garments then
obviously check that is electroplated.
E. Comfort ability
Trimming should become hygienic and
obviously comfortable.

11. Sewing Thread
Swing threads are made by yarn multiplying
because it should have sufficient strength
to absorb tension during swingoperation.

12. Interlining
Interlining: Interlining is one kind of
accessories that is used between the two
layers of fabric in a garment. To keep the
different component or part of apparel in a
desired shape & strength a kind of fabric is
used between the two ply of fabric by
swing orfusing is called interlining.

13. Lining
Lining: These are extra fabric (generally
smooth & lustrous made of silk or
manufactured fiber or cotton) used in inner
face of body fabric at garments to provide
extra protection. Ex. Lining of blazer&coat.

14. Elastic
Elastic: A term used to describe narrow fabrics
incorporating elastomeric fibers, which extend
when stretch & recover their original dimension
when the stretching is removed.
Elastics are broadly used at waist of normal
pants, pajama (night dress), skirt,
kid’s trouser (up to 12 years), man’s briefs,
lingerie’s and many other garments.

15. Zipper
Afastening device operating by means of two parallel rows of
metal or plastic teeth on either side of a closure that are
interlocked by a sliding tab is called zipper. These are used in
industrial clothing, typical apparel garments asa closure in pants,
skirt & dresses. Basically it is the part of chain. The physical part
of the zipper are shown in the following figure-

16. Cont…
 Basic Part of Zipper:
1. Zipper Tape: Zipper tape is the woven fabric made
by nylon or polyester or bland fiber. It is treated as
critical part of zipper because it should be DTM. It is
attach by swing with garments.
2. Teeth: It is made of brass, aluminum or plastic or
nylon. Zipper is opened & closed by these teeth.
3. Slider: It is used to open & close the zipper teeth.
4. Stopper: It controls the slider run out of the zipper.

17. Cont….
Types of Zipper:
1. Plastic zipper or nylon zipper
2. Metal zipper &
3. Vislon zipper

18. Shoulder Pad
Shoulder Pad: Foralong time it is being usedthe shoulder pad to the
makeof garments for men & women. Sometimes, it is used asa
functional part of garments. Also sometimes, it is used to increase the
beauty of garments asa decorative part. Shoulder maybe different in
size,thickness, structure & quality. It is made from different types of
materials but shoulder pad made from foam is comparatively cheap &
easyto wash. It is widely usedin shoulder of coat & blazer.

19. Label
Label: Label is a tag that gives a description of the performance an
inherent in a fabric for the purpose of aiding the consumer in
selection. A label is a part of garments which indicates the various
instructions about garments. Label is attached with garments by
swing. There are following types of label are available-
Types of Label:
1.Main Label: Contains buyer name or brand name.
2.Size Label: Contains garments size.
3.Care Label: Provides information about washing, ironing, drying
etc.
4.Integrated Label: Contains main label, care label, and size label
in a combination.

20. Button
Button is a knob or disc which can be attached to the garments as
a means of fastening or ornamentation. Button is an essential trim
which is attached with garments as functional or decorative
purpose. Button can be made from different types of materials.
Mostly use metal & plastic.
The size of button is express as ligne where 1Ligne = 0.635m. At
1st button diameter is measure through slide calipers & converted
in to ligne.

21. Button Types
a) Basic Types:
1) Flat Buttons: The most common buttons are fairly flat,
with 2 or 4holes in the centre. they’re easy to attach to
hand knits by sewing a fine yarn or sewing thread though
the holes. there is an enormous amount of choice
available, from plain plastic through wood, metal and
glass buttons to hand-crafted ceramic ones.
2) Shank Buttons: Shank buttons have a hollow loop on the
back through which thread is sewn to attach the button to
the fabric, while sew-through, or flat, buttons have either
two or four holes through which the thread is sewn.

22. Cont……
b) According to material used:
i) plastic button: made of polyester, polyamide,
polyacrylonitrile etc, cheap, not glossy and widely used in
shirts.
ii) metal button: used in normally denim pants, trousers etc.
iii) wooden button: used in decorative purposes.
iv) horn button: made up of horns of animals. used in shirts,
pants.
c) According to holes:
1. 2 hole button. 2. 4 hole button.

23. Some Important Differences
1.Yarn & Thread: Yarns are single plied where
as Threads are multi plied for strength. So
Yarns are weaker than threads. Yarns are
made by fiber & Threads are made by yarn.
Yarns are used for knitting/weaving & threads
are used for swing at garments.
2.Zipper & chain: Zipper is the part of chain
where chain is the continuous integration of
zipper.

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