Comparison of Seam Strength between Dyed and Un-Dyed Gabardine Apparels: A Research on Lapped & Superimposed Seam

Kaniz Farhana¹, Md. Syduzzaman^2*, Dilruba Yeasmin³

¹Department of Apparel Engineering, Faculty of Fashion Design & Apparel Engineering, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
²Department of Textile Engineering Management, Faculty of Textile Management & Business Studies, Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
³Central Capacity Planning, Next Sourcing Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

DOI: 10.4236/jtst.2015.12008                

Abstract

Today is the golden age of fashion. Fashion garments and apparels have been used everywhere to cope with the fashion era. These fashion garments and apparels are made of the fabrics of various structures and components through various processes. Among them gabardine is one of the most remarkable type of fabric and apparel dyeing is the latest process used for fashion apparel. From this research, the seam strength variations between dyed and un-dyed gabardine apparels after conceding the garment dyeing process can be known. It is a comparative research work which will deliver very effective knowledge about various types of seam, seam strength and seam performance. For comparative study, many dummy apparels body have been produced as samples which are dyed in Hams washing and dyeing limited. After that all samples have tested in Thermax woven dyeing laboratory. Since Bangladesh is a very potential fashion market and the fashion garments are being manufactured more and more. Hence the fashion trend is rapidly going to garments dyeing from conventional fabric/yarn dyeing processes. Gradually garments dyeing order are increasing higher to higher.

Keywords

Seam, Seam Strength, Gabardine Apparel, Dyed Apparel, Un-Dyed Apparel, Apparel Dyeing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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