Trims & notes
• #5 moulded zip 56 cm, one-way
• Woven pull tab 3 cm
• 3 mm filled piping cord, contrast (~400 cm)
• 1x1 rib (cuffs and hem)
• Knit fusible (collar outer)
• Mesh pocketing
• Woven main label
• Care/content label
• Mark the pile direction on every panel and state it on the spec: pile running DOWN the body. Velour cut with panels in opposing directions reads as two different colours under shop lighting, and this is the single most common velour failure — it will pass a fabric inspection and fail the finished garment.
• No topstitching anywhere on the body. Topstitching crushes the pile permanently and leaves a shiny track. The piping is doing the job topstitching normally does, which is why it is in the spec.
• Sample this with the pant, in the same fabric lot. Velour dyes to lot and a jacket and pant from two lots will not match — which is the only thing a customer checks on a set.
• Velour sheds badly on the cutting table. Ask the factory to confirm they will clean down between colours, or the chrome grey will come back with black fibres in the pile.
• Specify the rib as 1x1, not 2x2. A 2x2 rib against a 300 GSM velour body is heavier than the garment and drags the hem down.