Abstract:
This study sought to bring out the specific problems in the production of well-fitted
garments and critically examine the causes of those problems in the fashion industry
in order to alleviate customer’s dissatisfaction and designer’s frustration in garment
production in the Sunyani Municipality. The study employed a descriptive research
approach making use of interviews and a survey as data gathering tools. It was
established that the most predominant fitting problems associated with the production
of well-fitted garments for females in the Sunyani Municipality are: seam puckering,
oversized fit of garment; untrimmed threads, skipped or missing stitches; and seam
opening. Again, after critical examination, the causes of the problems were identified
as: Lack of proper basic preparations before taking measurement, poor knowledge
about the various methods of obtaining measurements; patterns wrongly produced,
body measurements taken wrongly; poor knowledge about the various figure types. In
light of this, the study recommended that garment producers must establish and
enforce quality control measures in their organisations
Description:
A Dissertation Submitted to the Department of FASHION DESIGN AND
TEXTILES EDUCATION, Faculty of VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, School of
research and Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in Partial
Fulfilment of the Requirements for the award of Master of Technology
Education (Fashion and Textiles) Degree