Apparel Quality: A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1609015126 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bubonia provides an overview of apparel production, with emphasis on quality characteristics and cues, consumer influences and motivations impacting purchasing decisions, and the relationship of apparel manufacturing and production processes, cost, price point and the quality level of an apparel product. To receive free access to the STUDIO content with new copies of this book, please refer to the book + STUDIO access card bundle ISBN 9781501395338. A key aspect of the book is the focus on both U.S. This user-friendly guide to evaluating apparel quality presents the roles of product designers, manufacturers, merchandisers, testing laboratories, and retailers from product inception through the sale of goods, to ensure quality products that meet customer expectations. STUDIO Instant Access can also be purchased or rented separately on BloomsburyFashionCentral.. and International standards and regulations required for apparel analysis, performance, labeling requirements and safety regulations. The text is highly illustrated with images of stitch and seam types plus photos of their uses in actual garments, providing students with the tools needed to skillfully evaluate and critique quality elements in apparel and textile products.Key Features Supplementary Apparel Quality Lab Manual (sold separately) includes hands-on lab activities and projects that simul
She is the author of Apparel Production Terms and Processes, 2nd Edition (Fairchild Books, 2011).. She has taught classes in design and product development, fashion illustration, fashion show production, promotion, and textile testing among others. Bubonia is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Design, Merchandising and Textiles at Texas Christian University, USA. Janace E
the disappearing american quality standard Oscar Pulido a good aid for those who know how to use it.
“It will help students and professors of fashion design understand how apparel quality is addressed throughout the process from design concept through production and how students think and build quality into their projects at every stage of development relative to price point. The author is clearly an expert in the field. ” Maureen Cohen, Johnson & Wales University, US. Austin State University, US“The international perspective is the best aspect of the book. There is a wealth of information in this book, all simply presented, using descriptions, examples and analysis. The more hands-on experiences that they can obtain, the better reinforce