1.8 The Requirements of Textile and Fashion Design and Development Flashcards
What do product developers do in commercial companies?
- Deliver new textile and fashion designs to consumers
- Critically analyse designs to address needs and improve designs
- Analyse competitors ranges
- Analyse sales figures
- Update best selling designs
Why do product developers use information about the latest trends?
- Use next seasons predicted fashion colours
- Use fabric, trims and components that are going to be on trend
- Incorporate predicted styling details
What gives product developers useful information?
- Closely studying and disassembling a product
- Consumer reviews and feedback
What can the critical analysis of a product involve?
- Considering the products intended use and target market
- Being objective and factual
- Analysing ergonomics
- Production process
- Suitability of fabrics
- Considering use of components
What is a design specification?
Sets out the criteria for the design of a product, it clearly communicates instructions to the designer and the product development team
What do specification critera include?
- Function - Materials
- Aesthetics - Environment
- Customer - Safety
- Size - Timescale
- Cost
Why are the product specification and manufacturing specification used?
As a contract to ensure accurate product information is communicated form the product development team to the clients factory
What do these specifications include?
- Working drawings
- Details of fabrics, components
- Details of decorative techniques
- Agreed tolerances and seam allowance
- Clear description of production stage
- Quality control check instructions
What else do these specifications include?
- Equipment list
- Lay plan
- Costing
- Labelling and packaging information
What is a gold seal standard?
A sample product taken from the production line and held by the client, it is used along with the specification to check the quality of subsequent products
How is a product fit for purpose?
A product should look right, work as intended, performnwell in use and be within budget
How is accuracy achieved?
- Precisely following information in product and manufacturing specs
- Applying planned quality checks to test samples
- Using computer integrated manufacture where possible
What should materials be?
Suited to a new products purpose and function but they should also have aesthetic interest and appeal
How can this be achieved?
- Using fabrics with different textures, construction methods and weights
- Manipulating the fabric
- Trims do add pattern, colour, texture
- Beads or sequins to add sparkle
- Using components
- Using interfacing and wadding
What are aesthetics?
How a product looks, and includes shape, form, symmetry, size, proportion, colour and texture
