PROFESSIONAL JERSEY COURSE FOR THE FASHION INDUSTRY
We deliver our one-day professional jersey course, face to face, at your office, or additionally live online. It is specifically designed for the fashion industry: Buyers, Product Developers, Designers and also Garment Technologists, who want to gain a better understanding of the jersey product development process.
Attendees will gain a knowledge of jersey fabrics and treatments/finishes that are used in bulk production. After that, common jersey fabric structures are explained. We will then do a fabric identification activity.
Next, commercial treatments of jersey fabrics are covered, including methods of printing and embroidery, followed by another identification activity. We will discuss fabric and garment finishing. After, methods of garment construction and trim application will be explained, with examples.
As a result, attendees will leave with an in-depth professional knowledge of the fashion jersey industry and a better understanding of how to develop a quality product. Furthermore they will also be able to solve problems and communicate with suppliers more confidently, enabling them to increase margin, in addition to still offering value to the customer.
THE JERSEY COURSE COVERS:
- Fibre and yarn properties.
- Spinning processes and yarn counts.
- Methods of dyeing and finishing for jersey.
- Knitting characteristics.
- Machines used to produce jersey fabric, explained.
- Common jersey fabric structures discussed with identification activity.
- Print & embellishment methods covered, with identification activity.
- Garment construction and trim application, with examples.
- Problems that can arise on jersey.that