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The garment quality inspection process plays an extremely important role. Because once a product is launched onto the market, it must be as perfect and beautiful as possible. Conducting garment product inspections in accordance with a proper process also directly impacts a company’s reputation and brand image. Through these products, customers can also evaluate the professionalism and class of each garment manufacturer. In this article, let’s explore this topic in more detail together.
The Most Accurate Garment Quality Inspection Process
In practice, the garment quality inspection process following proper regulations will go through the following basic steps.
1. Checking Fabric Material and Color of the Garment
As you may already know, each type of fabric has its own advantages and disadvantages. For example, natural fibers such as cotton, wool, and silk have good moisture absorption and high durability — but they wrinkle more easily than synthetic fibers. Therefore, when using them for daily wear garments, you should avoid selecting products made from 100% natural fibers. Instead, choose garments made from blended fabric compositions.
Identifying the fabric material of a garment you like is not too difficult. For example, if you want to know whether a backpack, shirt, or pair of pants is made from cotton fabric, simply scrunch a corner of the item lightly with your hand, hold it tightly for a few seconds, then release.
If the fabric becomes heavily creased like crumpled paper after being released, this indicates poor-quality fabric — and consequently, a low-quality garment. This also means the product has gone through processing to create its shape, and it will almost certainly deteriorate quickly after just a few washes.
In addition to fabric material, you also need to pay attention to the color of the garment. To be sure it matches exactly the color you ordered from the manufacturer, place the color sample right next to the finished garment and compare them side by side. This is the only way to confirm whether the garment produced matches the color you originally selected.
2. Checking the Design
When carrying out the garment quality inspection process, you need to compare the original design template with the manufactured product to verify whether it matches the design accurately.
There are many different styles and designs on the market today, which makes it almost inevitable for errors to occur during the production process — leading to items being manufactured differently from the design template. Therefore, you must inspect carefully, and if any discrepancies from the original design are discovered, they must be reported back to the production workshop for re-sewing, or an appropriate solution must be found.
Garment Quality Inspection Process — Checking Individual Details
The next step in the garment quality inspection process is a thorough check of all the individual details of the product. Specifically:
Checking the Seam Edges of the Garment
Did you know that the finishing of seam edges also directly affects the quality assessment of a product? In practice, products such as trousers and skirts require the folded hem at the edge to be approximately 4 cm. For shirts and blouses, however, the standard is 2 cm — and only when this standard is met can the durability and quality of the product be properly guaranteed.
Stitching Quality
The stitching is one of the most fundamental factors that helps you determine to a significant extent whether a garment meets quality standards. This factor plays a key role in ensuring the product’s durability.
To check, simply find the joints where two pieces of fabric meet, then grip both sides of the seam and pull gently. Doing this will help you determine whether the garment has been processed with care. For products that are carefully finished, the seams will be straight, with no visible thread — or only very minimal thread showing. On the other hand, for low-quality garments, you will see distorted seam lines, making the product look unattractive and aesthetically poor.
In addition, you also need to pay attention to the underarm areas and the intersections of seams. These are the spots most prone to holes and fraying. If your product happens to have these defects, it will be very prone to tearing — and may even cause embarrassing situations in public. That is why you need to thoroughly inspect all the seams to make sure your product meets the required stitching standards.
Button Placement
You may not know it, but low-quality garment manufacturers often pay very little attention to this detail. As a result, this area is prone to errors — especially on shirts. The way to check the quality at this point in the garment inspection process is to examine the buttonhole positions. For a high-quality product, the buttonhole area is typically sewn with two firm, secure stitch edges on either side — with no fraying or excess thread in the middle.
Checking Zipper Quality
For products such as backpacks, handbags, and clothing that feature zippers, you need to check the areas where the zipper pull is held in place within the two fabric edges. A properly integrated zipper design indicates greater durability, and a smooth zipper mechanism ensures longer-lasting use.
In practice, determining whether the zipper is of good quality is also equivalent to knowing whether the garment product has a perfect overall finish.
Checking the Quality of Stretch Fabric
If the garment is made from stretch fabric, you must check whether the fabric’s elasticity is good. The inspection method is very simple — just stretch a portion of the fabric with your hand and then release it. If the product is made from high-quality material, the shape will be retained after being stretched. If it is not, the fabric will remain stretched and lose its aesthetic appearance.
Based on this, you can observe that products which return to their original shape after being pulled and stretched are considered high-quality products.
Checking the Logo and Slogan on the Garment
For garment products such as gift backpacks, promotional items, and company uniforms, you need to pay close attention to details such as the logo and slogan sewn or printed on the finished product. Even the smallest error can significantly detract from the product’s appearance.
To inspect this detail, simply compare the logo and slogan as produced by the manufacturer against the original template — and verify whether the colors match what you originally ordered. Compare very carefully, as any discrepancy will have a significant impact on brand promotion and the message you intend to communicate to your customers.