Get to Know These Terms in the Garment World!

In the previous article, we have discussed the difference between textiles and garments. In this part, we will discuss what terms exist in the garment world you may need to know.

Garments are mass-produced in large quantities. The garment is a large-scale industry. Talking about the process, the production of clothes made by garments is faster and also neat because it is supported by several modern sewing machines. There are so many terms used in the garment industry. To answer this curiosity, here we present a summary of the terms.

 

Terms Summary

A

Accu Mark is a professional software used to design clothing patterns, starting from creating patterns, grading, and drawing pattern arrangements.

Approval is an authorization from the buyer for standardization of fabric or accessories work.

Accessories are complementary materials commonly used for clothing, such as buttons.

Automatic Steam Iron is an automatic iron equipped with a temperature and water control that can automatically handle steam supply.

 

B

Bundles are bonds of several clothing components that are ready to be sewn.

 

C

Chain Entanglement is a snare formed from one or more needle threads that penetrate the fabric and form an arc, then are snared by the next bend so that the shape of the loop is like a chain.

Critical Defect is a seam defect in clothing that is visible and causes the garment to be inappropriate to use.

Core Spun is a multifilament core yarn wrapped by spun fibers.

Course is the direction of the loop on the knitted fabric.

Cutable is the maximum fabric that can be cut. Usually, cutable is used to measure the width of the fabric & its size is smaller than the width of the marker or the width of the fabric.

Collapse Collar is a collar attached to the neck in a reclining position or falls to the front.

 

E

End to End is the maximum size from end to end in the fabric, usually, the term End to End is used to measure the width of the fabric.

 

F

Fabric Drill is a drill tool used to mark clothing components, such as pocket holders and kupnat.

Face Down is the arrangement of the fabric with the outer position of the fabric facing down.

Face to Face is the laying of fabrics facing each other.

Face Up is the arrangement of the fabric with the outer position of the fabric facing up.

 

G

Grading is to enlarge or reduce the pattern according to the specified size.

Glace Cotton is a cotton thread whose surface is given a special coating so that it becomes stiff and slippery.

 

I

Interlining is a fabric used to harden certain components in clothing.

Intralooping is the formation of a loop linked by another loop of the same yarn.

Interlooping is the formation of a loop of an upper thread loop connected by a lower thread loop.

Interlacing is the formation of a loop of the upper yarn wrapped around the bend of the lower yarn.

 

J

Jpm is looped per minute.

 

L

Layout by Product is the layout of the machine based on the order of the work process.

Layout by Operation is the layout of the machine based on the group of work operations.

Layout by Stationary is a machine layout that can be moved following the raw materials being processed.

Law or Warp is the direction of the length of the fabric.

Lock Loop is a loop formed from two or more groups of threads, where the top thread penetrates the material and is locked by the bottom thread.

 

M

Marker is an image of the arrangement of the pattern.

Marker Paper is a special paper with a certain width and in the form of a roller for drawing arrangements of patterns.

Major Defect is a seam defect in the garment but still can be worn.

Minor Defects are small sewing defects in clothing that are not very visible.

Manufacturing is the manufacture of goods on a large scale either by hand or by machine.

Mercerization is the refinement process of cotton fabrics to increase wrinkle resistance.

Multifilament is some filament yarns that are doubled and twisted together and given a resin finish that can hold the doubles together.

Mon Voven is a fabric made from layers of letters mechanically, chemically, thermally, or interlocking between fibers using a needle.

 

N

Non-stick Paper is a thin white paper placed between layers of fabric to prevent the cut components from sticking to one another.

 

P

Pattern is a cut in the form of a basic pattern from the garment section which is used as a reference in cutting the fabric.

Pattern Paper is a special white paper used to make patterns.

 

O

One Way is the direction of cutting in one direction.

One Way Spreader is a fabric spreading and stacking machine that runs in one direction with the fabric surface facing up or down.

Operations Process Chart is a work process chart adjusted to the order in which it is executed.

 

R

Round Collar is a collar that is round and installed slightly standing.

 

T

Translucent is transparent.

Thermal is the temperature of heat or heating.

Two Way is the direction of cutting in two directions.

 

S

Synthetic is artificial or imitation.

Soft Cotton is the cotton yarn added to the bleaching or dyeing process.

Standard Time is the working period performed by operators who have standard skills for a particular job.

 

W

Wash and Wear are to wash, dry immediately use.

Wale is the direction of the line of knitted fabrics.

 

Those are the various terms that we will often find in the garment world. Get more complete information about the world of garments here.