Garment Accessories:
For
making a garment without fabric various types of materials or items are
also used. Accessories are one of them important material to
manufacture a garment. But maximum people don’t identify which are
accessories. They think trimmings and accessories are same. We can
define trimmings as; the materials which are attached with garments by
sewing are called trimmings. Actually accessories are those which are
not attached with the body of garment with sewing. They are used for
finishing and packing purposes. Accessories are also used for decorative
purposes. It is also essential for marketing garments.
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| Fig: Different type of garment accessories |
Different type of garment accessories:
Different type of garment accessories used in the apparel industries are given below with alphabetically:
- Arrow sticker
- Barcode
- Back board,
- Both side tape,
- Brass pin,
- Buckle,
- Butterfly,
- Carton sticker,
- Carton,
- Collar stand,
- Collar stay/Collar bone,
- Draw cord/ String,
- Folding up pins
- Gum Tape,
- Hand tag,
- Hanger,
- Neck board,
- P.P belt,
- Patch,
- Photo in lay,
- Plastic clip.
- Pocket flasher,
- Poly bag,
- Price ticket/price sticker,
- Safety pin,
- Safety sticker,
- Scotch tape
- Size strip,
- Tag pin,
- Tissue paper,
Important Accessories are denoted below:
Barcode: A barcode is an optical machine readable representation of data relating to the object to which it is attached.
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| Fig: Barcode tag in garments |
Carton:
Carton is very essential accessory in apparel industry. It is used in
packing garments. Carton box is made by using ply board. Number of ply
indicates the quality of a carton.
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| Fig: Carton box |
Collar Stay: Collar
stay is one of the most important accessories which is used in shirt
collar. Normally collar stay is used in collar points of a shirt. It is
also known as collar bone.
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| Fig: Collar
stay |
Draw string: Draw cord or draw string is a long rope-type item with stopper to tighten a part of the garment.
Hang tag:
It shows the brand name, style no and other information of that
garment. It is regarded as finishing accessories. It is hang with
garment by plastic staple or string.
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| Fig: Hangtag |
Hanger: Hanger is used for hanging the garments. It is important for hang shirt, coat and also different kinds of garments.
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| Fig: Hanger |
Pocket Flasher: Pocket flasher is normally used in trouser’s pocket.
Poly bag: Poly bag is an important accessory for packing a garment. Without poly bag packing is not complete.
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| Fig: Poly bag |
Price Tag:
Price tag/ticket also known as UPC (Unit price code) ticket in the
apparel industry. It is paper-made tag which normally mentions price and
bar code. Barcode sticker may be attached separately on it.
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| Fig: Price tag |
Tag pin: Tag
pin is an important accessory. It is essential for completing a
garment. It is used by the help of handgun. Handing the hangtag and
price tag, tag pin used.
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| Fig: Various tag pin |
