NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY,
KANGRA
Apparel Quality Management
Assignment -1
Analyzing Care Labels Of A Garment
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
Miss Shipra Sharma Drishti
Snigdha Mahajan
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Acknowledgement
Any attempt at any level cannot be satisfactorily completed without the support of all those
who have directly or indirectly helped me in this assignment. We would like to express our
immense gratitude to Miss Shipra Sharma who provided us the opportunity to come up with
this assignment.
A special thanks to the all those who rendered their whole hearted support to all times for
the successful completion of this assignment.
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Label
Label is tag that present information about clothing and textile product for the purpose of
aiding the consumer in selection.
Label gives some information like
Fabric content
How the fabric is made?
How it will perform in use.
Country of origin.
Care instruction.
Care Labels of Garments
Caring for garments in a proper way is so important that some regulations have been enacted
requiring garment manufacturers to provide information about how to care for the garment.
This information or care symbol must be attached to the garment and must be readable upon
purchase. Such symbols are written on care labels, attached to clothing to indicate how a
particular item should best be cleaned.
A Laundry care symbol is a standardized symbol which indicates best cleaning procedures to be
used for that particular combination of fabric, thread, decoration and construction techniques
representing a method of washing, bleaching, drying, ironing or dry-cleaning process of a
garment.
Qualifications of Good Care Labels
At present various care labeling systems are followed worldwide. Whatever the system may be,
it should follow basic principles as below.
The care labels should not be visible from outside and should not be inconvenient to the
wearer
The symbols and letters on the labels shall be legible throughout the useful life of the
garment
All the symbols used in the care labeling system should be placed directly on the article
or on a label which shall be affixed in a permanent manner to the article.
Care labels should be made of a suitable material with resistance to the care treatment
indicated in the label at least equal to that of the article on which they are placed.
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Analyzing garment labels
GARMENT - HOODIE
Fig.1
Types of Garment Labels :
1. Brand label/Main label :
Main labels indicate a Brand name or Brand Logo of the company that sources
and sells clothes. Brand labels play a big role to customers as because
customers only know the brand and they
buy the brand.
Label shown in fig. 2.1 and 2.2 shows the
logo and the brand name i.e WOODLAND.
Label Placement-
It is placed at the lower left part of
the hoodie(front side).
The logo and brand name can be
seen both inside and outside of the
garment.
Fig.2.1
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Label Attachment-
It is stitched at the top edge
(both inside and outside
Fig 2.2
2.Size Label:
Size label defines a specific set of measurements of the
human body. Sizes labels may be printed only a later to
denote a specific size. Such as S for Small, M for Medium and
L for Large size garments.
The label in fig.3 contains :
1. Brand Name – Woodland
2. Product Series - Woodland Active
3. Size- M (Medium)
4. Brand Logo and the year of establishment( 1992)
5. The product is categorized as a premium quality
product.
Fig .3
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Label Placement –
Center back neckline
Label Attachment -
The label is inserted into the seam and the stitch is invisible.
3.Care Label:
This label includes wash care and ironing instruction. For details of wash care instructions
refer Garment wash care symbols. Care labels are attached at side seam. the purpose of care
labels is to warn wearers what not to do to during washing, drying and ironing to maintain
color, specifically printed designs, after wash shrinkage and color bleeding issues.
Fig. 4 : The care instructions
Label in fig.4 contains care instructions as follows:
Machine wash cold (with a symbol at bottom indicating the temperature as 30 degree
celcius)
The product should be washed with like colours.
The product should be washed inside out.
Do not bleach( the second symbol at the bottom)
Low tumble dry
Low iron( 110 degree celcius)
Do not iron on print and embroidery.
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Label Placement –
Inside of the garment and towards the left side (along the side seam).
Label Attachment -
Stitched along the left side seam( with overlock machine).
A care label may include few other information such as :
1. Fiber contents
2. Country of Origin: Name of the country that manufactured the particular product is also
written on care label. Like, Made in India, Made in Italy.
The Label in fig .5 contains:
Brand logo
SN # WR – 105 – Product code
Fabric composition –
1. Shell fabric – 100% cotton
2. Rib – 96% cotton
4% spandex
Country of origin – India
Label Placement –
Inside of the garment and towards the left
side (along the side seam).
Fig.5
Label Attachment -
Stitched along the left side seam( with overlock machine).
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