Apparel Dictionary

In this dictionary you will find the most popular terms used in the apparel industry today. Click on any of the header links below for a definition of the terms.

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1x1 Rib Knit 2x2 Rib Knit 2-Way Zipper 4-Needle Stitched 50/50 Blend

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Abrasion Resistance Acrylic Air Jet Spinning All Weather Micro Fiber Allen Solly Placket Anti-Pill Antron Nylon Argyle

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Baby Pique
Back Pleats
Back Yoke
Backing Yarn
Banded
Banded Self Collar
Bartacked
Basket Weave
Baseball Shirt
Berber
Binder
Binding
Bird's Eye
Bi-Swing Back
Blanket Stitch
Bleach Wash
Blend
Blends
Boatneck
Bonded Fleece
Bound Side Seam
Box Pleat
Brim
Broadcloth
Brushed Cotton
Brushed Napping
Brushing
Buckram Backing
Burguntal Cloth
Butterfly Collar
Buttons
- Dyed-To-Match Buttons
- Etched Tone Buttons
- Horn Tone Buttons
- Iridescent Buttons
- Mother of Pearl Buttons
- Pearlized Buttons
- Pewter Buttons
- Wood Tone Buttons
Button Through Sleeve Placket
Byron Collar

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Canvas
Cami Strap
Cap Button
Cap Sleeve
Carding
Carded Cotton
Cargo Pockets
Casual Micro-Fiber
Cavalry Twill
Center Line/Center Crease
Chambray
Chamios Twill
Chevron
Cire Nylon
Clean Finished Placket
Clean Finished Self-Shell
Clean Finished Vents
Closures
Coating
Collaret
Color Blocking
Colorfastness
Combed Cotton
Compacting
Constructed
Cool Max
Cool Mesh
Cool Weave
Cord Locks
Cordura®
Corduroy
Core Vents
Cotton
Course
Cove
Cover Seaming/Cover Stitching
Cover Stitched Armhole Seam
Crepe
Crew Collar
Crocking
Crop Top
Cross Stitch Buttons
Cross Winds
Crown
Cuff
Cut

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Delrin Zipper Denier Denim Digitizing Dobby Double Knit Double Needle Hem Double Needle Stitched Double Sided Fleece Drapability Drop-Tail Hem Duck Cloth Dry-Fiber DryPoint™ Dyeing

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EcoSpun Elasticity End On End Engineered Enzyme Wash Epaulet Extended Tail Eyelets

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Face Face Yarn Fastness Feeder Stripe Fiber-Reactive Dyes Filament Finish Finishing Flannel Fleece Football Jersey Four Needle Stitching Front Panel Full Cut Full-Fashioned Fully Taped Neck Seam

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Garment Dyed Garment Washed Glen Plaid Graded Collar Greige (Gray) Goods Grommet Gussett

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Hand Heather Henley Herringbone High Crew High Profile Hyvent Micro Faille Weave Hollofil Hound's-Tooth

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Interlock Insulation Intarsia

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Jacquard Jersey Knit Johnny Collar

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Kangaroo Pocket Kasha Lining Knapping Knits Knit Fabric Kodel

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Lamborder Lamination Lap Shirt Lisle (Yarn) Locker Loop Locker Patch Low Profile Lyocell Lycra

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MCR (Champion Bras) Man Made Fibers Marled Yarn Matte Taslan Medium Weight Melange Melton Wool Mercerization Mesh Micro-Fleece Micro-Fiber Micro-Cord Micro-Stripe Mid Profile Mock Turtleneck Mullens

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Nail Head Design Nap Nappa Neck Tape Needle-Up Pique Neoprene Non-Woven Fibers Nylon Oxford Weave Nylon Zipper NuBlend™

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Omni Dry™ Open End Spinning Open End Yarn Optical Brightener Ounces Per Square Yard Overdyed Oxford Oxford Weave

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Patch Pocket
Peach Wash Finish
PFD
Pig Split Leather
Pigment Dye
Piece Dyed
Pile Fabric
Pill
Pill Free®
Pilling
Pima Cotton
Pin Point Pique™
Pinwale
Pique
Pique Knit
Placket
- Allen Solley Placket
- French Placket
- Inset/Set-In Placket
- "J" Placket
- Reinforced Placket (X-Box)
- Reverse Placket
Placket Shirt
Plain Weave
Plied Yarn
Ply
Pointelle
Poly-Filled
Polyester
Polyester Thread Construction
Polynostic
Popcorn Pique
Poplin
Print Pro™
Printed Fabric
Private Label
Pullover
PVC

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Quarter Turning Quilted (Jacket)

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Raglan Raglan Sleeves Rapid Dry Reactive Dyes Reactive Printed Fabric Recovery Resign Rib Knit Ring Spun Ringer Ripstop Running Stitch

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Saddle Shoulder
Safety Stitched
Sailcloth
Sand Wash
Scoop Neck
Scouring
Sculpted Hem
Seamless Collar
Seam Sealing
Self Collar
Self Fabric Collar
Self Trim
Serge Stitch
Set-in Sleeves
Set-on Placket
Sheeting
Shepra
Shirt-Tail Bottom
Shoulder-To-Shoulder Taping
Shrinkage
Shrinkage Rate
Side Vents
Silicone Washed
Single Knit
Single Needle Stitched
Singles
Sitka
Slash Pockets
Soft Shell
Space Dye
Spandex Fiber
Sport Fleece
Sportex
Spun Yarn
Stand-Up Collar/Mandarin
Staple
Staple Fibers
Stone Washed
Storm Flap
Structured
Sueded Cotton
Sueded Nylon
Supplex
Sweatband
Sweep

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Tactel® Taffeta Tape Taped Neck Taped Seams Taping Taslan Teflon Coating Talkeetna Teklon Tencel® Terra-Tek™ Terrain Cloth Terry Velour Texturing Three End Fleece Tie In Yarn Tie Dye Tipped Collar Toddler Sizes Tone-on-Tone Top Stitching Tricot Lining Tubular Collar Tubular Garments Tubular Knit Tuck-In Tails Tuck Stitch Twill Twill Tape Placket Lining

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Unconstructed Underarm Grommets Under Layer Under Visor Unstructured Urethane Coated

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V-Notch V-Patch Velcro® Vents Visor (Peak)

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Waffle Wales Warp Washer Nylon Water Repellent Waterproof Weathered Twill Weight Welt Welt-Knit Welted Sleeve Cuffs Wicking Windproof Woven

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Yarn Yarn Dyeing Yarn Dye Jacquard Yarn Size Yoke

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