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  • BS 6476:1984

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    Guide to garment quality and relevant British Standards

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  29-02-1984

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Committees responsible
    Guide
    1. Scope
    2. Definitions
    3. Garment design and production stages
    3.1 General
    3.2 Pre-production
    3.3 Lay planning
    3.4 Laying-up, cutting and fusing
    3.5 Fully-fashioned knitwear production
    3.6 Make-up and under-pressing
    3.7 Final pressing
    3.8 Final examination
    3.9 Labelling
    3.10 Packaging
    Table
    1. Garment design and production stages

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    Lists those factors to be taken into account in the manufacture of a garment that will affect its quality. These factors are linked to garment production. At each stage in production there is identified a group of standards relevant to quality and fitness for purpose for the materials or processes being used.

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    This British Standard provides guidance on relevant British Standards and factors concerned with quality to be considered at the various stages in the design and manufacture of all types of garment.

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    Committee TCI/100
    Development Note Supersedes 83/35516 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, November 2012. (10/2012)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Current

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    BS 4560:1980 Specification for fabrics for linings in uniform clothing
    BS 5438:1976 Methods of test for flammability of vertically oriented textile fabrics and fabric assemblies subjected to a small igniting flame
    BS 3870-2:1983 Stitches and seams Classification and terminology of seam types
    BS 5703-3(1980) : LATEST
    BS 4891:1972 A guide to quality assurance
    BS 4679(1971) : LATEST PROTECTIVE SUITS FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND OTHER IN SIMILAR ARDUOUS ACTIVITIES
    BS 5426:1976 Specification for workwear
    BS 5781-1:1979 Measurement and calibration systems. Specification for system requirements
    BS 6249-1:1982 Materials and material assemblies used in clothing for protection against heat and flame Specification for flammability testing and performance
    BS 6000:1972 Guide to the use of BS 6001, sampling procedures and tables for inspection by attributes
    BS 2861:1984 Methods for presentation of a weave diagram and plans for drafting, denting and lifting
    BS 5701:1980 Guide to number-defective charts for quality control
    BS 3084:1981 Specification for slide fasteners
    BS 6308:1982 Specification for men\'s uniforms
    BS 2576(1977) : LATEST DETERMINATION OF BREAKING STRENGTH AND ELONGATION (STRIP METHOD) OF WOVEN FABRICS
    BS 3086:1972 Method for determination of recovery from creasing of textile fabrics by measuring the angle of recovery
    BS 4973-2:1973 Interlinings Nonwoven fusible interlinings
    BS 2471:1978 Methods of test for textiles. Woven fabrics Determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area
    BS 3320:1970 Method for the determination of seam slippage of woven fabrics
    BS 5066:1974 Method of test for the resistance of fabrics to an artificial shower
    BS 5742:1979 Specification for textile labels requiring to be washed and/or dry cleaned
    BS 4270:1974 Specification for woven elastic webbing with natural rubber for men\'s trunk tops
    BS 4973-1:1973 Interlinings Nonwoven sew-in interlinings
    BS 4407:1975 Methods of test. Quantitative analysis of fibre mixtures
    BS 3702(1982) : AMD 7004 METHOD OF TEST FOR DETERMINATION OF RESISTANCE OF TEXTILE FABRICS TO SURFACE WETTING (SPRAY TEST)
    BS 4973-4:1981 Interlinings. Specification for woven sew-in interlinings
    BS 2862:1984 Methods for determination of number of threads per unit length
    BS 3870-1:1982 Stitches and seams Classification and terminology of stitch types
    BS 5811:1979 Method of test for determination of the resistance to pilling of woven fabrics (pill testing box method)
    BS 5511:1977 Size designation of clothes - definitions and body measurement procedure
    BS 5807:1980 Method of test for determination of dimensional change of textiles in domestic washing and drying
    BS 4162:1983 Methods of test for buttons
    BS 4778(1979) : LATEST QUALITY VOCABULARY
    BS 4134:1983 Specification for ticket numbering of industrial sewing threads
    BS 3728:1982 Specification for size designation of children\'s and infants\' wear
    BS 2823(1982) : 1982 AMD 7006 METHODS OF TEST FOR RESISTANCE OF FABRICS TO PENETRATION BY WATER (HYDROSTATIC HEAD TEST)
    BS 2864:1984 Method for determination of twist in yarn removed from fabric
    BS 4961-1:1980 Methods for determination of dimensional stability of textiles to dry cleaning in tetrachloroethylene Machine method
    BS 5703-2:1980 Guide to data analysis and quality control using cusum techniques Decision rules and statistical tests for cusum charts and tabulations
    BS 5722:1984 Specification for flammability performance of fabrics and fabric assemblies used in sleepwear and dressing gowns
    BS 3666:1982 Specification for size designation of women\'s wear
    BS 6157:1981 Specification for industrial sewing threads made wholly or partly from synthetic fibres
    BS 6002:1979 Specification for sampling procedures and charts for inspection by variables for percent defective
    BS 4961-2:1980 Methods for determination of dimensional stability of textiles to dry cleaning in tetrachloroethylene. Laboratory method
    BS 1850:1970 Specification for elastic flat braids containing natural rubber with cotton, rayon or nylon
    BS 4973-3:1976 Interlinings Woven and knitted fusible interlinings
    BS 5703-4:1982 Guide to data analysis and quality control using cusum techniques Cusums for counted/attributes data
    BS 3546:2001 Coated fabrics for use in the manufacture of water penetration resistant clothing
    BS 3102:1959 Specification for brass eyelets and washers for general purposes
    BS 5441:1977 Methods of test for knitted fabrics
    BS 5703-1:1980 Guide to data analysis and quality control using cusum techniques Introduction to cusum charting
    BS 3866:1979 Specification for holes and shanks for buttons
    BS 5497(1979) : LATEST
    BS 4326:1968 Descriptions of woven textiles (excluding wool) for use in the finishing trade
    BS 1006(1978) : AMD 6043 METHODS OF TEST FOR COLOUR FASTNESS OF TEXTILES AND LEATHER
    BS 5690:1979 Method of test for determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics
    BS 1903:1981 Glossary of terms used by the clothing industry
    BS 3424:1973 Methods of test for coated fabrics
    BS 2865:1984 Methods for determination of linear density of yarn removed from fabric
    BS 6001(1972) : AMD 5054 SAMPLING PROCEDURES FOR INSPECTION BY ATTRIBUTES - SPECIFICATION FOR SAMPLING PLANS INDEXED BY ACCEPTABLE QUALITY LEVEL (AQL) FOR LOT - BY - LOT INSPECTION
    BS 6185:1982 Specification for size designation of men\'s wear
    BS 5919:1980 Specification for children\'s anoraks
    BS 2866:1984 Methods for determination of the mass of warp and weft per unit area of fabric
    BS 2863:1984 Method for determination of crimp of yarn in fabric
    BS 1625-6 & 4830(1972) : 1972 SPECIFICATIONS FOR WOVEN COTTON TAPES, LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY QUALITIES
    BS 4546:1970 Specification for knitted elastic fabric with natural rubber for trunk tops
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