Garments Accessories | Trimmings | List of Garment Accessories used in industry

In Apparel manufacturing a different section is related with making a garments,  We know that fabric is the basic materials for apparel manufacturing. Fabric may be woven or knitted. After cutting fabric is convert into garments. Mainly dyed or printed finished fabrics are cut for apparel manufacturing. Different designed fabrics are made in garments to fulfill the buyer requirements.

A garment is made from the apparel fabric with various accessory items. Fabric is the basic material in garment manufacturing. Except fabric of garment, the other materials are known as garment accessories. These have to be chosen in such a way that they complement the outer fabric both aesthetically, in terms of decoration, and practically, in terms of ensuring that the garment performs as expected in its intended end use. Various kinks of accessories are used on garments. 

Garments Trimmings: Those accessories which are used in sewing section are called trimmings.

Garments Accessories: In apparel manufacturing, accessories are the second important materials after fabric. Except fabric, the other materials which are used to make apparel are called accessories. Different types of accessories use in apparel manufacturing.

Types of Accessories:

 Accessories are categorized as sewing accessories and finishing accessories. 

>> Sewing accessories are those which are use in sewing section. 

>> Finishing accessories are those which use in finishing section after sewing. 

Normally garment accessories can be classified in three ways:

• Garment accessories/Basic accessories
• Decorative accessories
• Finishing accessories 

Garment accessories/Basic accessories:

1. Thread
2. Zipper
3. Interlining
4. Button for example: Snap button, Plastic button, .Metal button.
5. Label: Main label , Size Label, Wash care label
6. Motif: Leather, Plastic, batchMetal
7. Pocketing fabric
8. Lining
9. Velcro
10. Elastic
11. Cord
12. Ribbon
13. Toggles
14. Rivet
15. Collar bone.

Some pictures of Accessories is given below-