Different Types of Trimmings and Accessories in Apparel Industry

Trimmings and Accessories

Various Types of Trimmings and Accessories in the Garment Industry

Trimmings and Accessories in Apparel Industry:

Apparel manufacturing is the only goal of other textile manufacturing processes. To make garments and shipping them up-to-the buyer, trimmings, and accessories have great importance in garments manufacturing. There are different types of trimmings and accessories which are used in garments manufacturing are mentioned in the following.

Types of Trimmings and Accessories in the Clothing Sector:

What are Trimmings?

The materials which are attached to the body of garments by sewing are termed as trimmings. One point should be noted in the case of trimmings, all the trimmings are used for functional purposes.

Different Types of Trimmings
Different Types of Trimmings

Another one non-technical explanation is that trimmings are the ultimate materials that are attached to the garments while using by the end-user.

Different types of trimmings items are mentioned in the following:

  1. Sewing Thread,
  2. Button,
  3. Rivet,
  4. Stopper,
  5. Interlining,
  6. Lining,
  7. Metal Badge,
  8. Elastic,
  9. Zipper,
  10. Shoulder Pad,
  11. All types of Labels such as main label, care label, size label, etc.
  12. Hook and Loop,
  13. Twill Tape,
  14. Velcro Tape
  15. Lace.

What is Accessories?

The materials which are not attached to the body of clothing by sewing, only used for garments finishing and packing (decorative purposes) are termed as accessories. The main difference between trimming and accessories is, trimmings are used for functional purposes, and accessories are used for decorative purposes.

Garment accessories
Garment accessories

Another one non-technical explanation about accessories is that Accessories are the ultimate materials that are not attached to the garments while using by the end-user.

Different types of accessories items are mentioned below:

  1. Collar stand,
  2. Carton,
  3. Carton sticker,
  4. Safety sticker,
  5. Hanger,
  6. Drawcord/ String,
  7. Backboard,
  8. Neck board,
  9. Collar stays,
  10. Butterfly,
  11. Patch,
  12. Gum Tape,
  13. Price ticket,
  14. Polybag,
  15. Safety Pin,
  16. Tag pin,
  17. Brass Pin,
  18. Buckle,
  19. P.P belt,
  20. Tissue paper,
  21. Size strip,
  22. Pocket flasher,
  23. Hand tag,
  24. Photo inlay,
  25. Both Side Tape,
  26. Plastic Clip.

8 thoughts on “Different Types of Trimmings and Accessories in Apparel Industry

  1. Hello everyone, it’s my first visit at this site, and piece of writing is in fact fruitful
    designed for me, keep up posting these types of articles or reviews.

  2. Hi …we are one of the hand made hand loom tassels and trimmings manufacturer from Kerala India…good article…we are making special fashion trimmings and amblishments.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *