Apparel Quality: A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products - Bundle Book + Studio Access Card

by Janace E. Bubonia

Overview

This user-friendly guide to evaluating apparel quality to ensure quality products that meet customer expectations highlights the roles of product designers, manufacturers, merchandisers, testing laboratories, and retailers from product inception through the sale of goods. In Apparel Quality: A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products, Bubonia provides an overview of apparel production, emphasizing quality characteristics and cues, consumer influences and motivations impacting purchasing decisions. Also covered is the relationship between apparel manufacturing and production processes, cost, price point, and quality level of an apparel product. The text is highly illustrated to provide students with the tools needed to evaluate and critique quality elements in apparel and textile products skillfully. The roles of industry professional are discussed throughout the book to show application to various positions within the field.

New in this Edition:
· Incorporation of new fabric technology including E-Textiles (electronically integrated textiles), sew bots, and automation
· Includes international common size equivalents to accompany U.S. size classifications by sex, height, and age
· New material on sustainability considerations for raw materials, design development, and apparel production
· Covers new legislation and regulations

STUDIO Features:
· Watch Videos of factories and testing facilities to gain real world knowledge of how apparel quality is assessed
· Test yourself with Self-Assessment Quizzes on key concepts
· Review Flashcards to enhance your comprehension of key terms

Instructor’s Resources:
· PowerPoint slides provided for each chapter
· A Text Bank offering exams for each chapter
· From the first edition lab manual, a collection of Lab and In-class Activities to help with hands on learning and overall comprehension
· Sample Syllabus to show how to use this text in your course
· Project Sheets and Guidelines for further learning

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781501359620
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/09/2021
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Product dimensions:	8.61(w) x 11.01(h) x 0.79(d)

About the Author

Janace E. Bubonia, PhD, is a Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Fine Arts at Texas Christian University. She currently teaches courses in digital design, product development, and trend forecasting and has taught fashion illustration, fashion show production, promotion, and textile testing among others. She is a member of the International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA), the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC), ASTM International, and Textbook and Academic Authors Association (TAA).

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. Overview of Apparel Quality and the Consumer
2. Integrating Quality into the Development of Apparel Products
3. Raw Materials Selection and Performance
4. Garment Construction Details
5. Apparel Sizing and Fit Strategies
6. ASTM and ISO Stitch Classifications
7. ASTM and ISO Seam Classifications
8. Sourcing, Assembly, and Mass Production of Sewn Products
9. Labeling Regulations and Guidelines for Manufactured Apparel
10. Safety Regulations and Guidelines for Wearing Apparel
11. Measuring Product Quality through Testing
12. Raw Materials and Sewn Products Testing
13. Quality Assurance Along the Supply Chain

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