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What waste in cutting costs
Short answer: Waste is the fabric left over between the pattern pieces. A typical layout wastes between ten and twent...
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How fabric is ordered in metres
Short answer: Fabric is bought in running metres of a set width, not by the number of garments. The use per garment i...
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Why colours are ordered long before the season
Short answer: Colour has to be ordered early because the yarn or fabric must be dyed, dried, checked and transported ...
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What minimum orders mean for the range
Short answer: A factory does not set up a machine for a few hundred metres of fabric. That is why there is a lower li...
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Why production takes months
Short answer: Production takes months because yarn must be spun, fabric knitted and dyed, samples approved and goods ...
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How a model is corrected between samples
Short answer: Corrections are written down as changes in millimetres at specific measurements. The factory adjusts th...
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What a sample garment is for
Short answer: A sample garment is the first version the factory sews from the drawing and the size chart. It is used ...
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Why a garment is sewn by several people
Short answer: Each operation needs its own machine and its own setting. It is faster and more consistent to let one p...
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How pieces are sewn together in sequence
Short answer: A garment is sewn in a fixed order, where each operation depends on the one before. Shoulders first, th...
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Why fabric direction matters in cutting
Short answer: A knitted fabric behaves differently lengthwise and crosswise. If a piece is cut in the wrong direction...
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What happens on the cutting table
Short answer: The fabric is rolled out in layers, allowed to rest, covered with the layout and cut through. The rest ...
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How a pattern becomes cut pieces
Short answer: The pattern pieces are laid out on a digital image of the fabric width, and the layout is optimised for...
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