I hope the 100 full-color, professionally
shot description will enhance your studying of apparel design, production and
evaluation concepts. You will probably find many
creative uses for these descriptions that will help you
evaluate ready-to-wear components and quality.
Complete List of 100 Descriptions
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labels
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result of thread shrinkage
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shading within garment
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fading from light at shoulders
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fading and shrinkage/before and after laundering
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pilling/zipper hump
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garment twisting after laundering
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garments cut in opposite directions from napped fabric
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300-class lockstitch
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400-class chainstitch
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bottom cover stitch/faded label
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500-class overedge stitch
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safety and mock safety stitches
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600-class cover stitch/flat seam
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unbalanced stitch tension
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seam pucker/seam crack
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seam slippage/seam grin
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wide versus narrow hem and seam allowances
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control stitching/hanger strap
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enclosed seam that needs pressing and control stitching
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French seam/mock French seam
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welt seam/slot seam (tuck variation)
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flat-felled seam/mock flat-felled seam
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smooth versus narrow and puckered flat-felled seams
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bound seam
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mitered binding
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single-needle tailoring/pocket reinforcement stitching
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stayed seams
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order of hem and facing construction
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blindstitched hems
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smooth versus roped shirttail hems
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rolled hems
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clean finish/booked seam
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overedging
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shell edge hem/scalloped edge hem/lettuce edge hem
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pinking/raw, unfinished edge
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too-narrow facing
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bias facing/shaped facing/enclosed seam
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Hong Kong finish/swing tack
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bands applied "in the round" and flat
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mitered band
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true band/mock band
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horizontal plackets with and without pleat
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faced placket/in-seam placket
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continuous bound plackets with and without tack
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tailored plackets with and without gauntlet button/
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two buttons per buttonhole on cuff
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gusset in sleeve
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ease/slight gathers/full gathers
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types of elastic
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applied elastic at edges
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elastic attached within the body of garment
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elastic casings at edges
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full-fashioned marks
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garments with and without interfacing
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blistered fusible interfacing/strike through
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pad stitching/taped roll line/shoulder pad/chest piece
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partially lined jacket/breast pocket in garment & lining
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underlining
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boning/horsehair braid
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removable collar stays
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curtained waistband/wide seam allowances/French fly
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collar exposes neckline/box pleat/locker loop
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bluff-edge collar
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bias-cut under collar/two-piece bias-cut under collar
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sleeve set in "in the round"
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sleeve set in flat
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French cuff/monogramming
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flap/flap on single welt pocket/double welt pocket
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upturned flap pockets/single welt pocket
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chain weight in hem/round weight at draped neckline
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lingerie strap keeper
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types of ribbon
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types of braid
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types of lace
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types of miscellaneous trim
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bleeding piping
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deep versus shallow pleats/bar tacks/rivets/belt loops
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double layer versus single layer ruffles
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appliqués
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machine embroidery versus machine embroidered appliqués
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quilting/trapunto
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smocking/shirring
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hemstitching/cutwork/fagoting
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chevron/unmatched plaid
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poor use of patterned fabric
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pieces cut on bias to avoid matching plaid
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types of buttons
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garment gaping at bust line
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eyed button/shank button
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interfaced collar button/pilling
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reinforcement button
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densely stitched versus sparsely stitched buttonholes
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types of buttonholes
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buttonhole without interfacing
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types of miscellaneous closures
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continuous element zipper/separate element zipper
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slot zipper/lapped zipper/fly front zipper
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invisible zipper/exposed zipper
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types of snaps
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types of hooks and eyes
