Fabric is as important as garment accessories in the garment industry. Fabric is the primary ingredient in making garments but a garment is made not only from garment fabric but also from various accessory items. Materials other than clothing fabric are known as clothing accessories.
Types of Garment Accessories:
A variety of accessories are used in garments, some garment parts such as buttons, zippers, interlining etc. while others are used for product decoration and enhancement such as sequins, embroidery etc.
Garment accessories are generally classified into three types:
- Garment Accessories / Basic Accessories
- Decorative accessories
- Accessories Finishing Garments
Accessories / Basic accessories :
- Thread
- Zipper
- Interlining
4. Buttons For example: snap buttons, plastic buttons ,. Metal buttons.
5. Labels: main labels, size labels, wash care labels
6. Motif: leather, plastic, batch metal
- Pocketing fabric
- Lining material
- Velcro
- Elastic
- Cord
- Ribbon
- Toggles
- Rivet
- Collar sister.
Decorative accessories :
- Elastic tape
- Buttonhole tape
- Piping
- Meyer’s ribbon
- Sewing tape
- Welded tape
- Ribbon tape
- Velvet ribbon
- Bias binding
- Stamped tape
- Tafita ribbon
- Gallon
- Fringes
- Cord
- Tassels
- Rosettes
- Southche
- Pompons
Finance accessories :
Hang tag
- Price tag
- Plastic / poly bag
4. Tissue paper
- Carton
- Scotch tape
- PP belt
- Tag PIN
- Plastic clip
- Sticker
- Butterflies
- Collar insert
- Rear board
- Nexus Inserts
Garment accessories are mainly used to enhance the beauty of clothing.