Care labelling of clothing

Garment Manufacturing Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 427-446

  Nayak, R ^a   Padhye, R ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care label; Care label systems; Care regulations; Clothing care; GINETEX; Symbols

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

APPAREL PRODUCTS; CARE REGULATIONS; CLOTHING CARE; CONSUMER COMPLAINTS; DEFORMATION AND DAMAGES; GINETEX; LABELLING SYSTEMS; PRODUCT SELECTION;

LABELS;

EID: 85050505852     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-78242-232-7.00017-5     Document Type: Chapter

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