Problems associated with the production of well-fitting garments for females the case of Sunyani municipality of Brong Ahafo region of Ghana

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