Fashion Law
Small pieces of ribbon, or fabric attached to the inside of a garment that, by law must include fiber content, country of origin and care instructions. In some garments this is stamped onto the garment.
What are labels
This is the most common form of textile dyeing.
What is Stock
Which category (of the 4 Ps) is decision of Inventory & Delivery of item?
What is Place
Thinking of the 5 types of garment labels:
Name the type that’s considered to have the lowest set up costs.
What is woven
What is the person who creatively designs labels for garments according to government regulations called?
What is Label Designer
Legislation that specifies the generic name of every fiber, % of every fiber, name or identification of the manufacturer, and country of origin must appear on the labels of textile products.
What is Textile Fiber Products Identification Act (TFPIA)
What are the 5 purposes of fabric finishes.
What is:
Reduce undesirable characteristics
Improve desirable characteristics
Create specific designs
Offer smoother or firmer hand
Add specific properties
Which category (of the 4Ps) is Warranty & Logo/slogans?
What is product
Requires garment manufacturers to provide clear, uniform and detailed instructions for the care & maintenance of garments.
What is the Care Labeling Rule
What is the flow of goods, services, money, labor, technology across international borders called?.
What is Globalization
This act requires that potential choking hazard found on children’s clothing pass use and abuse tests. It also prohibits the use of lead paint on children’s items such as buttons.
What is Federal Hazardous Substances Act
This type of group is relating to or descriptive of an entire group or class of textiles.
What is Generic Groups
Quantity & Packaging of items are in which category of the 4 Ps decisions?
What is product
Thinking of the 5 types of garment labels: Which type is considered the most premium?
What is embroidered
What is the tax on imported goods called
What are Tariffs
Requires manufacturers to identify the type and amount of wool used in a garment, its country of origin and if it is new or recycled.
What is the Wool Products Labeling Act
This agency outlaws unfair methods of competition, false claims and acts or practices that affect commerce.
What is Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Comparison with competitors is in which of the 4Ps decisions?
What is price
The Care Label Rule requires 6 things to be printed on a care label: Name 4
What is:
Method of washing
Water temperature
Method of drying
Type of bleach
Use of iron/iron temperature
Drying temperature
This WAS the trade agreement between the US, Canada & Mexico that ended in 3/2020
What is the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
Mission is to ban dangerous consumer products, establish safety requirements for other consumer products, issue recalls of products already on the market and research potential hazards
What is Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
This agency facilitates world trade by providing common standards between nations.
What is International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Public relations is under which category of the 4 Ps
There are 8 classifications of labels. Name 4.
What is:
Brand/Main
Size
Care
Flag
Manufacturer
Batch Mark
Special
Tagless
What are the standards used to improve product quality, safety and build consumer confidence.
What is American Society for Testing and Materials
(ASTM)