Garment assembly is fundamental to the creation of designs. This guide provides fashion students and designers with the knowledge of the techniques and components essential to the assembly of sewn products. Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry develops your understanding of which stitch and seam types to select for particular fabrics and garments. As well as the knowledge to construct a range of basic techniques to assemble entire garments using the correct components. It can be difficult to master the skills of garment assembly by reading alone: a visual demonstration of online videos, showing the steps of garment assembly for the following: Sewing darts Sewing front edge fastenings Inserting zip fastenings Attaching waistbands Assembling and attaching simple and complex pockets Sleeve opening construction Assembling and attaching cuffs Assembling and attaching collars Guide to Basic Garment Assembly for the Fashion Industry explains the essentials so you can turn your design ideas into reality

In its second printing just 18 months after its introduction, this highly readable text describes sequentially the processes fundamental to industrial garment production. Facts about industry size, ownership, & trends are followed by characteristics, information, & selection of fabric & the many additional components such as thread, fasteners, & interlinings. The functions of designer, pattern maker, & pattern grader; specification sheets, basic blocks, & standards of fit are the content of the product development chapter, followed by casting marker making, fabric spreading & cutting techniques, seams & stitches & additional sewing machine information & problems. Garment assembly practices, operations bulletins, & quality standards complete the content. The industry's unique language - hot number, busted seam, safety stitched, pieced crotch, 807, & much more - is set apart along the margins, a format which makes for easy reference. Suppliers & customers of the industry, proteges just entering it, trainees in apparel-related areas, & anyone who buys, sells, or wear clothes will benefit from this book. So well received by professionals, lay people, & educators, it has been adopted as the textbook for apparel & fashion classes in both the U. S. & Canada, & has been made required reading for new employees by a number of executives in apparel & supplier companies.

Highlighting the skills and considerations needed to manage products, Virginia Grose introduces key processes such as product development, the supply chain and branding to help you quickly get to grips with the business side of fashion. Examining traditional and newer roles within the industry, discussing the roles of buyers, retailers and merchandisers interviews and case studies give insight into the realities of this competitive industry. This second edition has all new case studies, interviews and projects as well as coverage of sustainable practice, the use of social media, the circular economy and slow fashion. There's also more on digital storytelling, online and offline retailing and elements of retail entertainment for customers plus the impact of fast fashion throughout the industry.

"The ESSENTIAL strategy guide for dominating the t-shirt design business." Jeffrey Kalmikoff, former CCO of Threadless.com What if the most prolific and influential people in the modern t-shirt design scene got together and discussed everything they wish they knew when they started? That's exactly what we have here. Thread's Not Dead is the essential strategy guide to the t-shirt design business. Written by successful graphic designer and diy entrepreneur Jeff Finley of the creative agency Go Media. Learn the secrets and strategies employed by the industry's most successful indie apparel designers and brands. Whether you want to design merchandise for your favorite bands and indie clothing companies or start your own fashion brand, this book has it all. Its goal is to help you dominate the apparel industry. Key topics include design, freelancing, band merchandise, personal branding, marketing, sales, printing & production, retail, business strategy, and e-commerce. Featuring contributions from the people behind Threadless, Emptees, DesignByHümans, Big Cartel, I Am The Trend, Go Media, Jakprints, Glamour Kills, Paint the Stars, Cure Apparel, Fright-Rags, and more!