The document discusses the importance of care labels on garments, providing essential washing, drying, and ironing instructions to maintain their quality. It includes specific care instructions for various apparel items made of different fabrics and emphasizes that these labels can influence consumer purchasing decisions. Additionally, it highlights the need for safety testing of garments, particularly those for infants, and suggests improvements in the use of symbols for conveying care information.

1. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY,
GANDHINAGAR
APPAREL QUALITY ENGINEERING
WASHCAREINSTRUCTIONSFORSELECTEDGARMENTS
DATE – 11/11/19
SAYANTAN RAHA (MFT)

2. INTRODUCTION
Care label means a permanent label or tag, containing regular care information and instructions, that is
attached or affixed in such a manner that it will not be separated from the products and will remain legible
during the useful life of the product. Care label is given in words or in symbols. Wash care labels are the
care labels with information about a garment or any textile article should be taken care of while washing,
drying and ironing. It provides customers with proper guidance about apparel care and cleaning process
for any particular combination of fabric, its construction and decoration. Wash care label on a garment
gives special instruction that gives assurance that the particular apparel will remain in its best form after
repeated washing treatments.
GARMENT - 1

3. QUALITY – PRODUCT – Infant Sweatshirt
COLOR – Scarlet Red
FABRIC – 100% Cotton
CAREINSTRUCTIONS –
 Machine Wash Cold
 Gentle Cycle
 Do not bleach
 Tumble Dry Low
 Warm Iron
 Do not Dry Clean
 Wash with Similar colors
 Keep away from the fire

4. GARMENT 2

5. QUALITY - Product – Knit dress/ Pinny
Color – Multi
Fabric – 60% Cotton 40% Polyester
CAREINSTRUCTIONS -
 Machine wash cold
 Gentle cycle
 Do not bleach
 Tumble dry low
 Warm dry low
 Warm iron
 Do not dry clean
 Wash with like colors, not mixed with colourful garments
 Keep away from the fire

6. GARMENT – 3

7. QUALITY – Product – Knit front open vest
Color – Amber Yellow
Fabric – 100% cotton
CAREINSTRUCTIONS –
 Machine wash cold
 Gentle cycle
 Do not bleach
 Tumble dry low
 Warmiron
 Do not iron on the print/embellishment
 Do not dry clean
 Wash with similar colors
 Keep away from the fire

8. CONCLUSION -
The care label contains information on how to take care of the apparel. The beautiful textile materials can
be deteriorated due to exposure to the specific environment and conditions such as washing, drying,
ironing, bleaching and dry cleaning. Thus it has been imperative to have care label on apparels so as to
retain their original properties. Care label is vital to consumer to the extent that it may influence the
purchase decision. Some suggestive opinions can also be put forward like wash care labels should have
more symbols instead of texts but then also care should be taken that the customers are able to decipher
its meaning. One more is that, for wash care conditions like dark colours should be washed separately or
printed materials should not be ironed can be expressed in labels through symbols.
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SPECIAL TEST INSTRUCTIONS – Like care instructions these garments should be also tested, that should be
secure and safe for the babies, we have to checked the special test like button pull test for garment 3, and
Pull (chain) test for garment 1.
Accessories are parts added to the garment, usually by stitching. Testing the strength of the stitching or
other bonding material is a necessary step in most garment inspections.
Buttons must be tested for colour fastness to water and garment durability, As per BS 4162.