How to Approve Fabric Color From the Buyer?

How to Approve Fabric Color From the Buyer?

Fabric color approval is one of the important tasks garments merchandising. It should be done by the garment merchandiser after receiving a garment export order. To approve fabrics color from the buyer, some procedures have to follow. Those procedures have discussed in this article.

Lab Dip Approval Copy from the buyer

Lab Dip Approval Copy from the buyer

Fabric Color Approval Method Followed in Apparel Industry:

In the garments industry, fabrics color can be approved by the buyer by following some procedures, those are pointed out below:

  1. Color suggested by the buyer,
  2. Lab dip should be done for the buyer’s selected color,
  3. Lab dip sent to the buyer for color approval.

All the above three processes have discussed in the following:

1. Color suggested by the buyer:

At the beginning of a garment export order, garment buyers send a garment specification sheet to the garment merchandiser which contains all the necessary information about the order. Fabric color is also mentioned in that specification sheet as Pantone number or Pantone code.

2. Lab dip should be done for the buyer’s selected color:

It is the second stage for the fabrics color approval procedure. After receiving the garments specification sheet, the first duty of a garment merchandiser is to send the buyer’s selected color (Pantone code) to the fabric dyeing and washing factory for completing lab dip. After completing the lab dip, the fabric dyeing and washing factory submit the required color lab dip to the garment merchandiser by grading A, B, C. it should be noted here that, three copy lab dip submission forms have to ready for each Pantone number. One for the factory, one for the garment merchandiser and another one is for the buyer.

Lab Dip Rejected Copy from the buyer

Lab Dip Rejected Copy from the buyer

3. Lab dip sent to the buyer for color approval:

It’s the final stage for the fabrics color approval procedure. Here, the garment merchandiser sends all the required color lab dip to the buyer for approval. After checking all the lab dips, Garment buyers confirm the definite grade of color for their fabric and inform the garment merchandiser.

Lab Dip Test Copy for the factory

Lab Dip Test Copy for the factory

In this way, fabric color is approved by the buyer for the garments production.

Speech from the writer:

If you read this article attentively then you can easily answer the below questions in the interview:

  1. How to grant fabrics color from the buyer?
  2. How to approve lab dip from the buyer?
  3. Fabric color approval method followed in the readymade garments industry.
  4. Show a lab dip approval method.
  5. Mention all the procedures for lap dip approval.
  6. Mention fabrics color approval procedure.

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