10 tips for Apparel Measurement

10 tips for Apparel Measurement

What is the Apparel Measurement?

Apparel Measurement:

Accurate apparel measurement is a part of its quality and very important for apparel production. Correct measurements of apparels can also contribute towards saving production time and reducing production cost. Therefore, well known apparels manufacturing industry has an apparels measurement department. Here I will give you some guidelines about the apparel measurements, which may help you to understand how to measure an apparel.

Apparel Measurement

How to Measure an apparel:

We now advise the following guidelines on the best ways to handle an apparel before and while measuring, which are as following:

  1. The work top should be a clean, flat, waist-high table and be able to accommodate the full length and width of the apparel. The operator should be standing while measuring. All measurements checking should be using a standard tape measure. Checking tape measure periodically against a steel ruler to determine and confirm its accuracy is first step.
  2. Before measuring, You should lay out the apparel flat on the table, free of tension. And you should smooth out all wrinkles and creases. But if it is using a crinkle type fabric, do not smooth out the creases.
  3. Measuring Apparels with all fastenings completely closed, unless otherwise stated.
  4. Apparel measurement of length:

  • If binding is with it is to be included in the measurement.
  • If sew-on neck rib is with it is not to be included. Taking the measurement from the seam.
  1. The high point shoulder(also called shoulder neck point), is the high point of the shoulder at the natural fold, where the shoulder meets the neckline. However, it is not necessarily at the shoulder seam, and the shoulder seams should not be forced to sit at the high point shoulder when taking a measurement from this point, as some of apparels with shoulder seem moving forward.
  2. When measuring bias cut apparels, hold the apparel from both shoulders (for tops and dresses) or waist (for skirts and trousers). Before measuring, smooth the apparel in an X along the grain lines to stabilize the apparel.
  3. When measuring, please do not stretch the fabric. Unless the method of measure description specifies to stretch or extend the fabric eg. a maximum neck stretch measurement.
  4. We should take measurements as half or flat measurements unless otherwise indicated in the method of measure description.
  5. We should measure padded or filled apparels with the fill compressed as much as possible. Pressing out the air before taking each point of measure.
  6. For apparels where the back panel is larger than the front panel or vice versa, ensure to roll side seams to the front (or back) evenly at each side.

Bear in mind these tips you will know the apparel measurement as a technical representative does.

Apparel Measurement

 

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