Apparel Industry Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

FASHION SYSTEM OPERATIONS

- by
- •
- Ethics, Fashion design, Globalization, Apparel Industry

The main purpose of this article is to compare Russian women’s costume of the pre-Petrine period and European Renaissance costume. The authors analyzed written sources on the subject, investigated shapes and constructions of historical... more

The article shows results in computer reconstruction of women's medieval cos-tume. The authors analyzed design features and patterns of historical garments. There-after, the authors developed the database of patterns and pattern drawing algorithm to enable automatic reconstruction and enhance the precision of patterns. In conclusion, the reconstruction of costume from the medieval painting was done, and high adequacy between the historical prototype and the 3D model has been proved.

- by Aleksei Moskvin and +1
- •
- Fashion design, History of Costume, Fashion History, Apparel Industry

The mass-customization trend as flexible production philosophy has been adopted by many industries as a reaction to the fast changing customer demand environment. In relation to that mixed-model production (MMP) is a possibility for increasing flexibility, especially in the assembly department. However, many apparel companies have failed in their transition from traditional manufacturing to new, flexible manufacturing, which makes it difficult for them to be selected as suppliers who are capable of MMP. In most of the studies that have been done before, the problem of supplier selection was based on productivity and cost as the main selection criteria. As an alternative solution this research presents a new group of criteria for supplier selection with respect to the goal of MMP. The methodology of com-bining the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) with the support of the commercial software package Expert Choice and cluster analysis (CA) is proposed in this study. The results obtain...

European Norm 13402-3 sets standards for clothes sizing designation. Depending on the kind of garment, between one to up to four anthropometric dimensions need to be considered in defining the clothing size system. According to the distribution of the anthropometric dimensions of a specific population, the quantity needed or proportion for the various clothes and garment size categories varies greatly. In order to develop a process that enables clothing distribution managers to foresee the relative proportion of each category size that is expected to be consumed, assuming a homogeneous appeal of the garments irrespective of their size, across the population, a set of considerations supported by mathematical calculations, need to be established. To this end, it must be noted that the combination of anthropometric dimensions, described by their Gaussian statistical parameters (mean and standard deviation) is mathematically feasible, as long as correlation factors between anthropometric dimensions are known for the population at hand (these may only be extracted from original data sets). The chapter proposes deploying correlation factors between anthropometric dimensions involved in the European clothes sizing standard, and presents a method for garments lot sizing for point of sale application, informed by the correlation factors, which may be retrieved from literature, and by the statistical parameters of the population (actual or inferred). The chapter demonstrates the approach presented for various clothing item types, including men shorts (sizing based on one anthropometric dimension) and women brassieres (sizing based on two anthropometric dimensions). The mathematical formulation presented and demonstrated in the chapter is systematized in examples solved by spreadsheet calculations and is intended to support the management of orders of garments by size at their point of sale considering the reduced cycle of fashion (about 3 months). The chapter also emphasizes that reporting of anthropometric data should consider not only the mean and standard deviation of individual dimensions as has been the common practice in the field of human factors and ergonomics, but should also be accompanied by correlation charts between the anthropometric dimensions, given reduced availability of this kind of data.

- by Denis A. Coelho
- •
- Supply Chain Management, Ergonomics, Anthropometrics, International Retailing

The weft straightener is an intricate product. But how to produce robust and durable products? Our hope is to produce weft straighteners, even though reasonable price, much reliable in many respects from the view point of customers. It is a product, not research. Photo-electric things, image processing cameras and other state-of-the-art technologies are accessible to everybody; however, the most important thing is who can simplify the system, minimize the cost and “Satisfy Customers!”

- by Anne Sulistijadewi
- •
- Textiles, Woven Textiles, Knitted Textiles, Smart Textile

Luxury goods are selling well and the growth of the industry has barely been slowed down by the Asian crisis (Les Echos, 04-30-1998, 09-25-1998; Le Figaro, 04-06-1998; Financial Times, 04-24-1999). As in many other growth markets, though, good results are coming together with a fair amount of turmoil. Many changes are redefining environmental conditions and new challenges are creating significant turbulence for players in the industry at a global level (Ecole de Paris, 1998; Woman’s Wear Daily, 02-10-1998; Liberation, 03-06/07-1999). Our question in this paper is whether, in the face of such global trends, luxury goods companies have reacted and attempted to adapt. We are interested by changes and evolutions with an impact on organizational structures but also by the potential redefinition of managerial roles and competencies. [First paragraph]

- by Michel GUTSATZ
- •
- Business, International Retailing, Retail Management, Fashion Merchandising
- by Thierry Maillet
- •
- Fashion Theory, Fashion History, International Retailing, Fashion (Business)

This Preliminary Global Value Chain (GVC) Analysis assesses
the Bangladesh Apparel Industry from a GVC perspective to
understand the emerging trends, dynamics, opportunities and
challenges affecting the industry’s growth and competitiveness.
The apparel sector plays a pivotal role in Bangladesh’s overall
economy for contributing over 80% share in exports, driving the
services sector, and creating many manufacturing jobs, mostly
for women. In the last four decades, Bangladesh has achieved
remarkable progress with its integration in apparel GVC, despite
several setbacks, including the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA)
phase-out in 2005 and the Rana Plaza factory collapse in
2013. It is argued that the abundance of cheap labor and other
advantages, including preferential agreements, helped the
industry in reaping its competitive advantage.
With almost all major global apparel brands and retailers
sourcing from Bangladesh, its share of global apparel exports is
growing in all categories of products. However, with the rise of
new and more efficient competitors and growing technological
developments, Bangladesh needs to review its apparel sector
strategies to upgrade its apparel industry further and increase
its share in the global apparel export market.
Several upgrading trajectories can be applied to advance the
industry and improve its resilience, including (i) addressing
critical skills gaps through training programs is required to
enhance workers’ productivity and managerial capacity of midlevel talents; (ii) the Bangladesh apparel industry can increase
competitiveness through reducing lead times, faster technology
adoption, and environmentally friendly production process;
and (iii) a communications and policy advocacy campaign is
required to attract more investment in the sector and show the
industry’s ability in meeting the increased demand from global
brands. These upgrading strategies will help the Bangladesh
apparel industry improve its competitiveness, attract highquality investment, increase value-add and employment
in the economy, and achieve environmentally sustainable
development.

- by GOLAM MORTAZA
- •
- Bangladesh, Global Value Chains, Apparel Industry

The 3D model presents a digital reconstruction of Design patent RU114142 “Casual dress”. The dress consists of a front, back, skirt with pleats, flat collar and pelerine, with a zip fastener and two in-seam pockets. The dress isdecoratet... more

- by Mariia Moskvina
- •
- CAD/CAM, Apparel Industry
- by Christine Callaghan
- •
- Textiles, Textile Dyeing, Indigo, Apparel

Indian Textile industry is playing an essential role in the world after China and it is contributing growth towards GDP, employment, exchange reserves, exports, total production etc. It investigates the investment decision factors, risk, and growth factors of CMIE registered Indian Textile companies from the state of Tamil Nadu. The study has used regression analysis to know which investment factor is highly impacting on the financial performance and which risk factors are highly impacting on the textile finance companies. Factor analysis used to explore the growth factors of textile companies and have identified four factors from pilot study using SPSS. The study finds management outlook is the highest impact factor on the performance of textile companies from the investment factors, it also find that the competitor risk is the highest impact among the risk factors of textile companies. Further the study suggests that the companies first emphasize on utilizing the resources efficiently to improve the performance through up-gradation of new technology, make changes in the textile policy by the local government, generate quality products with less cost, focusing on sustainability in order to boost the overall efficiency.

- by MARIMUTHU KN
- •
- Finance, Decision Making, Economic Growth, Performance Management

Mass customization could be considered as a new trend in the apparel industry. Not only, the fashion industry has limitations of the short life cycle and low predictability market but its supply chain also faces many obstacles to achieve this customization with a high level of customer satisfaction and more flexibility at low cost. The present study aims to address the factors affecting the performance of supply chain. That’s why a survey and individual interviews have held with apparel supply chain professionals in order to focus on these factors and construct the relationship among them through simulation and modeling using a system dynamic approach. The results have revealed that the product variety, lead time, return policy and quality levels affected dramatically the supply chain profit under mass customization. Moreover, some potential areas have been suggested for further studies in order to enhance the supply chain profitability whenever mass customization system is applied ...

- by Marwa Issa
- •
- Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Mass Customization, Apparel Industry

Today, entire world became a global network, treated as a global economy that drives organizations to be competitive. Thus, Organizations tend to be more concern on innovations and establish an innovative culture to be unique and gain competitive advantage. In this process, Training and Development acts a critical role that accelerates employees thinking ability and their behavior. This study investigated the impact of training and development on innovation capability of employees. The study context was an Apparel organization in Sri Lanka. The primary purpose of this study to fill the literature gap while giving stimuli to Sri Lankan organizations towards to be innovative. To measure effectiveness of training and development, researcher used the model developed by Wise and Ezell (2003) and innovation capability was measured by the model developed by Dadfar et al. (2013). Findings of the study reveals that organizational effective training and development positively affects to boost...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to produce an upper garment model for three-dimensional (3D) pattern making. This model will take into account ease allowance and silhouette, and will be used to propose a size-changing method. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used two real garment bodices with a surface suitable for pattern development. The garments were fitted to a designated dummy body and scanned. Using the scanned data, the authors made those upper garment basic models suitable for 3D pattern making. Using one model, the authors produced two bodice patterns, one with the original seam lines and the other with seam lines that differed from the original ones, and then compared them with the original jacket bodice. To construct garment models that were different in size from the basic model, the authors calculated multiplication factors of cross-sectional dimensions (in the front, back and lateral directions) between the basic garment and the actual garment shape wor...

- by Masayuki Takatera
- •
- Engineering, Textiles, Apparel Marketing, Textile Engineering

ALTAGAMMA ACCENTURE, INDEX OF THE SOCIAL LUXURY PANORAMA 2020

- by Gabriel Rico
- •
- International Trade, Jewellery (Craft Knowledge), Textile Technology, Smart Textiles

Main aim is to create a method of virtual reconstruction of historical clothes. We applied 2D CAD, Clo3D, and CG tools to find the relationship between outline shape of skirt, properties and construction of garments and textile materials. We used contemporary fabrics which are similar to historical prototypes by changing physical and mechanical properties. New method includes 3D-to-2D flattening; finding the air gaps in "avatar-skirt" system; choosing textile materials and number of underskirt garments; generating of digital replica. The adequacy of historical prototypes to its virtual replica is full due to CAD, new developed modules, and data base.

- by Aleksei Moskvin and +1
- •
- History of Dress, History of Textiles, Dress and the Body, History of clothing and fashion
- by Pawan Kumar Chugan
- •
- Marketing, Visual perception, Apparel Marketing, Merchandising

The article presents the results of experimental computer modeling of various silhouette shapes of women's dresses to determine the possibilities of using the UV-unwrap technology in generating pattern blocks of historical clothing. By using an example of six dresses, a scheme and sequence of application of 3DSMax software commands for modifying the contours of the UV-maps to coincide with the contours of the dress details was developed. The scheme converts the UV-maps of women's clothing into a pattern block. The results are of significant importance for studying historical clothing through its 3D scans from the standpoint of engineering, digital exhibitions and analytical reconstruction.

- by Mariia Moskvina and +1
- •
- History of Dress, Digitisation, Garments Manufacturing, Apparel Industry

Fashion hacking is a practice where fashion is reverse engineered and tuned to make users "fashion-able", using social media to expand transversal tactics in order to reprogram and shapeshift fashion codes. Other traits address the shamanistic rituality of fashion and how participatory practices can expand the realm of fashion beyond the catwalk and ready-to- wear paradigm. Can technologies express the mythical beauty of fashion?

- by Otto von Busch
- •
- Fashion design, Fashion Theory, Dress Studies, Comparative Esotericism

ABSTRACT Risk and Reputation in the Fashion and Luxury Sectors

The global Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on global garment supply chains, and the situation will get far worse before it gets better. As clothing outlets have been shut by lockdowns in developed market economies, sinking demand for apparel, brands and retailers have moved quickly to cancel or postpone production orders – refusing, in many cases, to pay for clothing their supplier factories have already produced. !e result has been the partial or complete shutdown of thousands of factories in producing countries. As a result, millions of factory workers have been sent home, o#en without legally-mandated pay or severance.

Mass customization could be considered as a new trend in the apparel industry. Not only, the fashion industry has limitations of the short life cycle and low predictability market but its supply chain also faces many obstacles to achieve this customization with a high level of customer satisfaction and more flexibility at low cost. The present study aims to address the factors affecting the performance of supply chain. That's why a survey and individual interviews have held with apparel supply chain professionals in order to focus on these factors and construct the relationship among them through simulation and modeling using a system dynamic approach. The results have revealed that the product variety, lead time, return policy and quality levels affected dramatically the supply chain profit under mass customization. Moreover, some potential areas have been suggested for further studies in order to enhance the supply chain profitability whenever mass customization system is applied within the apparel industry.

- by Marwa Issa
- •
- Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain, Mass Customization, Apparel Industry

The 3D model presents a digital reconstruction of Design patent RU114141 “Skirt” . A full circle skirt with an elastic waistband, with a zip fastener and two welt pockets, made of ten types of materials. The 3D model is created in Clo3D... more

- by Mariia Moskvina
- •
- Dress Studies, Apparel Industry
- by Aleksei Moskvin and +1
- •
- Fashion design, Apparel Product Design & Development, Apparel Industry, Pattern Drafting

The case study presented here offers a lens through which to study Chinese brand development in the global marketplace, and sheds light on the ways in which brands and culture circulate and construct each other in global brand culture. Furthermore, we use these insights to argue for the development of Chinese brand culture into a strategic brand resource. This is not a simple matter of drawing upon a shared set of characteristics in all cases; rather Chinese brand culture reveals itself as a subtle and complex resource with a diversity of applications, impacts, and impressions.

- by Jonathan Schroeder
- •
- Brand Management, Consumer Culture Theory, International Retailing, Branding

https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJCST-12-2017-0192
Purpose
Virtual design of contemporary and historical clothes is a very intensive and developing area of science that can be considered as a bridge between costume heritage and modern way of its presentation by means of CAD. The purpose of this paper is to apply 2D and 3D existing CAD for virtual reconstruction of the very specific kind of women’s clothes such as a side-saddle riding habit (RH) used in 1875–1915.
Design/methodology/approach
The construction of RH was adapted to the aesthetic rules of the mentioned time, ergonomic posture of a woman sitting on a horse, surface of the horse’s body which the woman is sitting on. For the new method, the huge databases were obtained after analyzing the historical pattern manuals and features of pattern blocks used, possible postures of riding, construction of RH and converting it into virtual system “avatar – RH.” To reconstruct the side-saddle RH in virtual reality, the images dated 1887 and authentic pattern blocks were used. Special attention has been given to the topology of contacting areas existing between the sitting woman and “shaped” riding skirt and to the method of presenting it by means of special points combination.
Findings
The authors have developed a new method of virtual reconstruction of an RH that is based on automatic consideration of all joining elements such as “shaped” riding skirt, avatar and its ergonomic posture. The new approach allows reconstruction of the clothes in virtual reality in three ways: by using the real skirts, the historical pattern blocks or pictures.
Originality/value
The results obtained allow increased possibilities of virtual reconstruction and include in the list new objects of engineering achievements of the nineteenth century such as the side-saddle RH. This study should help researchers and practical specialists to recreate and save the historical treasure in a digital way.

- by Aleksei Moskvin and +2
- •
- Fashion design, Fashion History, History of clothing and fashion, History of Fashion

Дутчак О. А. Відтворення робочої сили на українських швейних фабриках у глобальних ланцюгах постачання. – Рукопис.
Дисертація на здобуття наукового ступеня кандидата соціологічних наук за спеціальністю 22.00.03 – соціальні структури та соціальні відносини. – Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка, Міністерство освіти і науки України, Київ, 2019.
У дисертації розроблено теоретико-методологічний підхід до дослідження відтворення робочої сили. За результатами дослідження розроблено концептуальну схему вивчення умов, джерел та структурних чинників відтворення робочої сили в глобальних ланцюгах постачання, здійснено її емпіричну апробацію на основі аналізу відтворення робочої сили на українських швейних фабриках у глобальних ланцюгах постачання. Оцінка умов відтворення робочої сили проведена шляхом експлікації матеріальних та темпоральних ресурсів для відтворення. Ці ресурси працівники і працівниці можуть отримувати з ринкових джерел, державних джерел, соціальних мереж та шляхом самовиробництва продукції. Умови відтворення робочої сили та здатність працівників і працівниць змінювати ці умови залежать від таких структурних чинників, як особливості функціонування глобальних ланцюгів постачання, економічна динаміка на макрорівні, стан ринку праці, державна політика у сфері трудових відносин і соціального забезпечення та рівень контролю за її імплементацією, характеристики профспілок. Дослідження дає змогу верифікувати евристичний потенціал теорій відтворення робочої сили, режимів контролю праці та концепції робітничої впливовості в перемовинах, а також запропонувати удосконалення до них.
Ключові слова: відтворення робочої сили, глобальні ланцюги постачання, робітнича впливовість у перемовинах, режими контролю праці, соціально-економічна політика, ринок праці, профспілки.

- by Faisol Chowdhury
- •
- Engineering, Deterrence, Occupational Health & Safety, Rational Choice

The fashion world is constantly seeking and latching onto new materials. The adoption of eco-friendly products has become a fashion statement. Among many eco friendly products bamboo is the fastest growing tree on the earth. Bamboo, a renewable resource grown widely throughout Asia, serves as medium for manufacturing numerous utility and decorative article. The present day scenario shows that the people are more conscious about environment and also personal health. People are deeply attracted towards eco friendly fabric process because it minimizes the waste and hazardous by-product. Bamboo fabric is considered as an eco fabric because of its softness, drapability and as it is grown without using pesticides. Due to the high functional properties it can be used for medical, military, industrial, domestic, apparel and household furnishing. This paper presents an overview on properties, ecological benefits and characteristic of bamboo fiber.

- by Radha Kashyap
- •
- Sustainable Development, Apparel Industry

In recent competitive and globalized market scenario it’s better to control cost and other constraints in the manufacturing industries to execute operations and processes fluently with rousted approach to meet target market demands and to fulfill customer requirements due to this perspective in rolling with technological advancement is obvious and plays its significant role to meet planned objectives and helps manufacturing firms to compete and be selected one abroad.

- by zinabu girma
- •
- Apparel Industry

The apparel industry of Bangladesh running with continuous improvement .As a part of sewing quality assurance i worked on traffic light system . Generally i found few articles from a small number of working group in this apparel industry . And it was really impressive for me to get the result at the sewing end table with desired quality level . I shall suggest the readers or researchers to make experiment not only on apparel but also Home Textile quality control .

This work wants to analyze the impact of communication on Brand Equity, by comparing a gendered and an ungendered type of advertising relative to a brand of children apparel. The idea of this work comes from the acknowledgement that, to the current situation, there is little research on the pro/cons of the usage of a type of communication alternative to the traditional one and free of gender stereotypes, and on its objective consequences on brand dimensions. The study was conducted using a posttest-only control group design: participants were randomly assigned to two groups, control and intervention, and were presented with two different stimuli (a gendered and a gender-neutral one). Convenience sampling has been adopted for this research and an online closeended response questionnaire was used for data gathering. A total of 152 responses were ultimately used in the study. The study challenges the argument that gender stereotypes are efficient tools to be used in communication to elicit a positive response and generate clearer brand associations in the viewer. The results showed how a gender-neutral type of communication has an overall positive effect on Brand Equity dimension, and how this result varies according to the age range of respondents, showing a substantial gap between Gen Z and elderly generations.

- by Matteo Coggiola
- •
- Gender Studies, Communication, Advertising, Brand equity

This project assesses the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the partial withdrawal of the European Union’s Everything but Arms trade arrangement on employment in Cambodia’s garment sector. These trade-related shocks or disruptions are analyzed in the political context of Cambodia’s authoritarian shift, as the country has no functioning political opposition and independent trade unions ability to promote workers’ rights has been compromised. As for the economic context, the report looks at Cambodia’s foothold in the global garment industry, which remains as an assembly platform of low-value added apparel. The research addresses this de-facto market specialization and the implications when considering changes in power dynamics between global buyers and manufacturers who are consolidating and transnationalizing their production networks.

- by Dennis Arnold
- •
- Industrial And Labor Relations, Trade unionism, Cambodia, European Foreign Policy
- by Jerónimo Montero Bressán
- •
- Economic Geography, Sweatshops, Apparel Industry, Garment Industry

This analysis highlight that female consumers have adopted masculine values as a result of societal development towards equality between the genders, which is reflected in the current female fashion trends. Furthermore, the postmodern female consumers seek independence and uniqueness, which can be obtained through the unisex clothes, because it allows the wearer to individualize the clothes and, thus, communicate one’s personal identity. Additionally, male fashion consumers have developed along with the diminishing gender roles. Thus, it has become socially accepted for men to take an interest in their appearance, which has allowed the Metro sexual man to emerge. This has created a new male consumer who strives towards differentiation and authenticity.

More than 100+ questions here for face any kind of Merchandising Job Interview.

- by Rayhanul Islam
- •
- Merchandising, Industrial Engineering, Textile Technology, Fashion Merchandising

Abstract: The blending of small percentages of organic cotton has been a successful way for apparel manufacturers to introduce organic cotton into their supply chain. However, little is known on how consumers perceive small percentage blended organic cotton apparel products. The purpose of this study was twofold. One goal was to identify the groups of consumers who might be interested in buying blended organic cotton clothes and find out what kind of labeling they preferred.

- by Gwendolyn Hustvedt
- •
- Organic agriculture, Environmental Sustainability, Apparel Industry, Fashion

Küreselleşmeyle birlikte yaşanan değişimler, günümüzde işletmelerin ekonomik olduğu kadar, aynı zamanda
sosyal birer misyonlarının da bulunduğu gerçeğini ortaya koymuştur. Kâr eden ve sürekliliğini sağlayan bir
işletmeden toplum artık sosyal faydalar beklemekte, sahip olunanların ise geliştirilmesini istemektedir . Yükselen
rekabet ortamında ürün kalitesi, fiyat ve hizmet kalitesi gibi faktörlerin yanında kurum imajı da farklılığı getiren
unsur ön plana çıkmaktadır. Güçlü ve uzun vadeli bir kurum imajı yaratılması sosyal sorumluluk anlayışına
sahip bir işletme olunduğunu topluma göstermekten geçmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı İzmir ilinde ikamet eden
tüketicilerin gözünden sosyal sorumluluk projelerinin önemini incelemek ve aynı zamanda bir hazır giyim
markası olan LCW firmasının bu alanda yürütmekte olduğu projelerin nasıl değerlendirildiğini anlamaktır.

- by Nishadha Senadheera
- •
- Textiles, Project Report, Apparel Industry
- by vasant kothari
- •
- Textiles, Brands, Strategic Sourcing, Apparel Industry

It is a document that has been prepared, approved, and published by a recognized standards organization, and contains rules, requirements, or procedures for an orderly approach to a specific activity. It may include product design... more

- by GOPALAKRISHNAN DURAISAMY
- •
- Apparel Industry