Apparel Quality - A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products - Bundle Book + Studio Access Card (Paperback)

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. 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. A key aspect of the book is the focus on both U.S. 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 simulate real-world garment analysis and material testing ~ Industry Scenario boxes present case studies highlight real world situations such as the Lululemon recall and the environmental impact of apparel manufacturing ~ Provides an illustrated guide to ASTM stitch and seam types Teaching Resources ~ Instructor's Guide with Test Bank ~ PowerPoint presentations for each chapter

General

Imprint:	Fairchild Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
Authors:	Janace E. Bubonia
Dimensions:	221 x 288 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Cloth over boards • Other printed item
ISBN-13:	978-1-5013-9533-8
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Fashion design Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Manufacturing industries > Textile industries
LSN:	1-5013-9533-5
Barcode:	9781501395338

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