Chapter 1 - Overview of the Apparel Industry
This machine, introduced in the 19th century, revolutionized garment production and enabled mass manufacturing.
What is the sewing machine?
This agency is responsible for enforcing consumer protection laws to prevent fraud and ensure fair business practices. It plays a crucial role in regulating advertising and marketing within the apparel industry.
What is the FTC? (Federal Trade Commission)
The ___________ explain the advantages that customers experience from the physical features of a garment, emphasizing their value in practical terms.
What are the Buying Benefits?
This document includes detailed instructions on materials, construction, measurements, and care, guiding production.
What is a Tech Pack?
_________ refers to the orientation of yarns within the fabric, which influences its properties and performance.
What is Grain?
________________, known as dimensional sizing, is predominantly used in mass-produced clothing.
What is Numbered Sizing?
These large retail formats offered many goods under one roof and helped popularize ready‑to‑wear clothing
What is a Department Store?
This agency regulates environmental aspects of the apparel industry, focusing on pollution prevention and the sustainable use of resources to protect public health and the environment.
What is the EPA?
These are the intrinsic, physical quality features of a garment, such as design, materials, and construction.
What are Physical Features?
This step in the Apparel Production Cycle involves analyzing what worked and what didn’t in the previous season to guide new collections.
What is Step 1 - Evaluation?
_____________ consists of yarns that run parallel to the selvages—the finished edges of the fabric, giving the fabric strength and stability.
What is the Warp, or Lengthwise Grain?
__________ is a critical aspect in clothing design, as it determines how well a garment conforms to the three-dimensional shape of the human body.
What is Fit?
Before the mid‑1800s, this was how most clothing was produced for individuals.
What was handmade, or custom-made clothing?
The ____________ establishes standards for flammability, particularly in clothing and children's sleepwear, to prevent incidents related to highly flammable materials.
What is the Flammable Fabrics Act?
These quality features refer to how well the garment functions, including durability, utility, and comfort.
What are Performance Features?
Studying these gives insight into problems with fit, quality, or styling that led shoppers to send items back.
What are Customer Returns?
_________ refers to any direction of fabric that deviates from the traditional grains, that runs at a 45-degree angle to both the lengthwise and crosswise grains.
What is Bias?
__________ sizing is primarily determined by specific body measurements, including chest circumference, waist size, and inseam length.
What is Menswear?
This war increased demand for military uniforms and helped establish ready‑made clothing standards.
What was the Civil War?
_____ in 5 consumers struggle with understanding care symbols, impacting garment longevity.
Customers often use this economic factor as a cue for quality, even though it doesn’t always equal better quality.
What is price?
Surveys, focus groups, and trend forecasting are tools for this process that identifies consumer preferences and gaps.
What is Market Research?
__________ are essential for shaping garments, allowing flat fabric to conform to the body's curves.
What are Darts?
Childrenswear sizes are primarily based on _______, ______, and _______, making it essential for parents to consult size charts
What are Age, Height, and Weight?
The apparel industry is primarily divided into two main sectors: ________ and ________.
What are Textiles and Apparel?
The______________ mandates that all textile products must clearly disclose their fiber content, manufacturer identification number, and country of origin on labels.
What is the Textile Fiber Product Identification Act (TFPIA)?
_________ is the fundamental building block of any fabric and plays a crucial role in determining the texture, strength, and overall quality of the garment.
What is Fiber?
This step in the apparel production cycle involves reviewing sales data from the previous season, in order to help understand customer preferences and market demand.
What is Step 2 - the Previous Season's Sales Analysis?
___________ is a structured fold of fabric that is stitched in place, adding texture and design to garments.
What is a Tuck?
There are ______ elements of fit, focusing on the overall balance, ease, comfort, and overall fit of the garment.
What is 5?