Apparel Design

Submit to: Sir Kaiser Submit by: Nabeel Ahmed Mehar Ansar

Product Management

Level 1: Silent Design

Level 4: Strategic Design

Changing role of industrial design

Level 3: Design led innovation

Level 2: Superficial Styling

SIZE & FITTING STANDARDS

Infants
- Sizing tends to refer to babies from newborn to pre-crawling/walking. - Includes Sizes Newborn, 3, 6, 12, 18, 24 months.

- Refers to babies who are actively crawling and walking. - Includes sizes 1T, 2T, 3T, 4T

Boys And Girls

Girls - Preschool and elementary school age females. - Includes Sizes 4, 5, 6, 6X, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 - Also S M L

Boys - Preschool and elementary school age males. - Includes Sizes 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 - Also S M L

Young Juniors or Preteen

- Includes

Sizes 7, 9, 11, 13

Misses or Missy

- Mature females over 5'4" - Includes Sizes 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20 - Also S M L

Young Men's

Includes Sizes 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34

Men's And Women's

-Mature Males. Sizes of Men's apparel are also based on dimensional measurements of specific body parts. These include the neck, arm length, chest waist and leg. - Includes Sizes 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52 - Also S M L XL XXL

Large or Plus Sizes

- Includes sizes 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24 - Also XL XXL 1X 2X 3X

Pattern (sewing)
Pattern making

Pattern grading
Patterns for home sewing

Preadoption Design Development

Creating Design

Fabric Decisions

Costing

Post Adoption Style Development

Perfaction of styling n fit

It depends on the quality expectations of the target customers and the standard of the firms

Post Adoption Style Specification And Detailed Costing.

Size n Fit Specifications
Identify critical mesurement for each size These specifications are based on final fit measurements and dimention changes in grading

Identify fiber, fabric style, name or number, color num or shade lot . Material performance expectations are commonly verified through laboratory testing

Structural Style Specification

Include technical drawing of the style, garments components n trims Special sewing and finishing specifications Its relate to sweing operations garment finishing process,pressing and packaging This include stich and seam types

Advanced product quality planning

Main content of APQP

APQP focuses on: Up-front quality planning Determining if customers are satisfied by evaluating the output and supporting continual improvement

 APQP consists of five phases:

Plan and Define Program Product Design and Development Verification Process Design and Development Verification Product and Process Validation Launch, Feedback, Assessment & Corrective Action

 There are five major activities:

Planning Product Design and Development Process Design and Development Product and Process Validation Production

 The APQP process has five major elements: Understanding the needs of the customer Proactive feedback and corrective action Designing within the process capabilities Verification and validation Design reviews

Apparel Design and Technology

Apparel designer CAD systems manager Fashion illustrator Patternmaker

PRODUCT DETAILS Name: CAD Fashion Design Software

Software: 700MB hard disc space You will Application download or CD receive: Fashion Design Template

Minimum requirements: Windows 2000 and later. Pentium 3 or AMD 6 & above 1G min. Ram memory Suitable: All levels Includes: Telestia Creator software license Cost: 1000 euro, 600 euro (student price*)

Apparel Design System

Electronic Sketching System

Allow designer to create garments on the computer screen . These software programs enable designers to trace n sketch with a stylus pen n scan sketches.

Production Tolarance

.Tolerances allowed in cutting n sewing Fabric distortion during spreading sewing n . pressing .Inaccurate cutting n sewing . Shrinkage from heat, steam n fusing . Notches incorrectly placed