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APPAREL DICTIONARY


In this dictionary you will find the most popular terms used in the apparel industry today.

Click on the LETTER or SYMBOL below to view a detailed description of terms.

- # -
1x1 Rib/2x2 Rib Knit Trim
2-way Zipper
4-Needle Stitched
50/50

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

- B -
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

- C -
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
Colorfast
Colorfastness
Combed Cotton
Combed
Compacting
Compaction
Constructed
Cool Max
Cool Mesh
Cool Weave
Cord Locks
Cordura®
Corduroy
Core Vents
Cotton
Course
Cover
Cover Seaming/Cover Stitching
Cover Stitched Armhole Seam
Crepe
Crew Collar
Crocking
Crop Top
Cross Stitch Buttons
Cross Winds
Crown
Cuff
Cut

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

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









- F -
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

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

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

- I -
Interlock
Insulation
Intarsia

- J -
Jacquard
Jersey Knit
Johnny Collar

- K -
Kangaroo Pocket
Kasha Lining
Knapping
Knits
Knit Fabric
Kodel

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

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

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

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

- P -
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

- Q -
Quarter Turning
Quilted (Jacket)

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

- S -
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, cotton
Shepra
Shirt-Tail Bottom
Shoulder To Shoulder Taping
Shrinkage
Shrinkage Rate
Side Vents
Silicone Washed
Single Knit
Single Needle
Singles
Sitka
Slash Pockets
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

- T -
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

- U -
Un-constructed/Unstructured
Underarm Grommets
Under Layer
Under Visor
Unstructured
Urethane Coated

- V -
V-Notch
V-Patch
Velcro®
Vents
Vents, Front & Back
Visor (Peak)

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

- X -

- Y -
Yarn
Yarn Dyeing
Yarn Dye Jacquard
Yarn Size
Yoke

- Z -