CTE 3763 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 1 Read to wear Pre A Porter 2 Vertical Integration Manufacturer owned operated factories 3 4 Private Label Store Brand 5 Brand Label Proprietary Independent business hired to provide production services KNOW GLOBAL TRADE TERMS Quota regulate qualities that can be traded limits quality and quantity of NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement elimination of tariffs and quotas Import goods being brought in from another country Export goods being traded out to another country Trade De cit imports exports Embargo stops trade altogether prohibition of importing Tariff impose taxed on imported goods imported groups U S Mexico and Canada included for free trade EU European Union TFPIA Federal law requiring that all apparel sold in the United States have a label manufacturer and country of origin Trademark word or symbol to identify and distinguish a manufacturer registered with the U S patent office federal law Copyright The exclusive right granted to the author of an original work including the right to authorize or ban the publication distribution and adaptation of that work Trade Dress Must indicate or be distinctive towards your business or product Patent The company inventor s idea symbol trademark etc is protected by the government Counterfeit Fakes or copies of currently popular brands accompanies by the illegal trademark Knockoff Copy or a near copy of a good deign under a different brand name CMT Cut Make Trim A contractor that completes all aspects of production to Design Fabric Materials Purchasing Patternmaking Cutting manufacture the garment Subcontractor Completes a portion of a garment that requires special skills equipment Jobber An independent contractor hired by a manufacturer to outsource the production of entire garments or partially complete component parts Full Package Supplier An independent contractor capable of completing all aspects of Assembly Packaging Licensing the process by which a manufacturer pays a fee to an individual or a company for the privilege of affixing the manufactures logo to the products FOB Free on board the contractor is responsible owns until the goods are loaded onto a transporting vehicle Landed Cost total production costs plus shipping costs and duty charges Distribution Tolerances the differences between the allowable minimum and maximum of a speci cation or standard Open Specs General fast fashion open to leeway Closed Spec No opening detailed exact Seconds Irregulars products that do not t within the tolerances designated in the speci cation COSTING PRICING PROFIT Know the difference between the 3 phases of costing Precosting Precosting is a preliminary estimate of what it is going to cost to produce a garment is the style even going to process Production Costing We are going into production detailed accurate and is costing that enable us to predict what we are going to pay at cost for this garment Detailed not an estimate sketch of the garment front and back and sometimes a garment sample Phase Actual Cost There are always unpredicted factors cost variances Example Cotton prices may go up and then our cost would go up MERCHANDISING Know the de nitions difference between Business Plan Who are you and what you do Aims objective and strategy for the future structure for a process Strategic Plan How do you make money How are you going to be successful at making money business direction and nancial goals need to have a vision and mission Brand Portfolio Key brand components and resources that are used to explain communicate and help you live your brand This includes the brand promise brand rationale brand attributes sub brands brand attribute matrix and elevator speech how they spend their time and money what activities they pursue and their attitudes and opinions about the world they live in Lifestyle Brand is driving apparel decisions Lifestyle Refers to how people live FIBER YARN FABRIC Physical features of Fabric Fiber Yarn Fabric Structure Color and Applied Design Functional performance of Fabric Dimensional Stability Appearance Retention Care Strength KNOW UNDERSTAND Elongation Elasticity Progressive Shrinkage Tolerances Appearance Retention Dimensional Stability Wicking Effects of Hand Chart Drapability exibility pliable limp uid to rm stiff crisp Compressibility soft to hard Extensibility or ease of stretching stretchy to nonstretchy Resilience springy alive to limp Density compact to loose open Surface contour texture rough coarse to smooth Surface friction texture harsh to slippery Thermal character cool to warm STANDARDS SIZE SPECIFICATIONS Know the difference between Size Fit Size Based on body measurements of a person group System that suggests to consumers the suitability of a garment for their body dimensions Fit Based on body measurements of a person group Standards General guidelines that re ect the quality level and quality characteristics that are important to a rm s target customer How a corporation sets guidelines and expectations for product Speci cations Specs are roadmap that specify in detail regarding the garment states how a garment is going to be produced constructed and in order to meet the company s standards includes styling materials dimensions production details nishing instructions Vanity Sizing Cut larger with smaller numbers labeled wanting to wear small label sizes Size Migrations When women t into a range of 3 sizes 5 Elements of Fit grain ease balance set line Concept of Fit related to fashion image of the product changes the age of the Grading you are creating a size run of varying dimensions and sizes taking a consumer the use or function of the product medium and adjusting to nd measures for it to be a small or large MATCHING Ease the amount of difference between body measurements and the garment Fit based on body measurements Rise Measurement from crotch level to the top of waistband Sizing based on garment measurements Stitch Classes image description usage 100 Simple chain stitches single thread sew buttons on Top is stitch and back is chain cheapest and removable Used for labels because cheap 200 Hand stitches done by machine but looks like hand if its not top and not on bottom single thread going up and down 300 Lockstitch upper and bottom threat interlocked with a bobbin thread Don t see interlocking Used on woven garments Least amount of thread not expensive attest stitch comfortable tightest and most secure stitch More seam puckering garment shrinks but
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