It's obvious that Fabric is the main raw material for garment making. It's is more important due to two reasons.
- In a garment approximately 90% of total contains the fabric.
- From the total cost of a garment, approximately 60% goes for the fabric cost, that means the half of the turn over is spent
Thus, selecting a reliable fabric supplier, select the most appropriate fabrics and bringing them down are very critical.
When selecting a fabric for a design several factors should be considered.
- Appropriateness of the fabric in terms of drape, hand feel and construction.
- Fabric properties such as moisture absorbency, Thermal properties and tenacity
- Fabric sew-ability
- Fabric durability and serviceability such as laundry-ability etc
- Ability to pass the fabric tests. (ex : Shrinkage, color fastness etc)
