35 Types of Popular Trims and Accessories for your Clothing [Images] (2024)

Can you think a day without clothing? Of course the answeris no. you can’t imagine the civilized world without clothing. Clothing playsan emergent role in your day to day life.

The base part of your clothing is fabric. To make and fabricate your full garment some auxiliarymaterials are needed like trims or trimmings and accessories. So you shouldknow about fabric, trims and accessories for better understanding.

Fabric is a typeof textile product which is made from yarn by interloping or by interlacement. Thereare mainly three types of fabrics. They are woven, knitted and non-woven.

Trimmings are thematerials which directly piece together with your clothing products. Trimmingshave both functional and aesthetic properties. So you can’t think of yourfabrication of your clothing without trimmings. Trimmings can be attached withgarments by sewing, gluing, pressing or heat setting. Sewing thread, zipper, button etc. are some examples of trimming.

Accessories arethe materials which are used to give a finishing touch to your clothingproducts. These are generally used to finish, decorate, pricing & packingthe clothing. Accessories don’t have the functional properties but have theaesthetic properties. Hanger, polybag, carton etc. are some examples ofaccessories.

From the definition, hope that you got the basicdifferential ideas about trims and accessories. But to clarify your confusiongo through the afterward differences.

1. Trimmings are readily attached with your clothingproducts but accessories are not readily attached with your clothing products.

Zipper is a slide fastener consisting of interlockingelements each attached to one of the opposing edges of two tapes and a movablepart called a ‘slider’ that spans the interlocking elements, which when movedin one direction causes the elements as one tape to interlock with the elementson the other tape and when moved in the opposite direction causes the elementsto disengage. There are mainly two types of zipper: concealed zipper andcontinuous zipper. Zipper plays an important role as a clothing accessory.

Lining is one type of fabric which is used inside thegarment. Lining may be woven or knitted fabric. Generally, smooth and lustrousfabrics are used as lining. Linings are joined by sewing with the main bodyfabric. Lining is mainly used to give comfort to wearer. If you talk aboutouterwear, then you can’t think about it without lining.

4. Interlining
Interlining is a textile material which is used between twolayers of fabric in garment. It is basically used between shell fabric and lining. Interliningis used as reinforcement in the garment. It also controls the shape of thegarment. It improves the clothing performance. So interlining is necessary forevery garment.

Snap button is a pair of interlocking discs made of metal orplastic, commonly used in place of buttons to fasten clothing. If you are ateen, then it would be your favorite way of closing skirts, shirts or pants byjust applying snap buttons instead of normal button. There are two types ofsnap buttons and they are pressing studs with two parts to sew as buttons andrivets studs in plastic or metal with three/four parts that are needed to beused with riveting tools.

Hasp and Slider is a metal fastening mechanism used on theshoulder strap to adjust length of the strap by the slider and attached by thehasp to a button fixed to the overall bib. Hasp and Slider is mostly found onbaby clothing products. Hasp and Slider give a cool looking to the baby clothingproducts.

8. Embroidery

The art or process of forming decorative designs with handor machine needle work is called embroidery. Embroidery is a very popular wayof fabric surface decoration to make beautiful pattern on the garment. It canbe done both manually or by machine method.

An applique is an ornamental needlework in which pieces offabric are attached onto another fabric to form patterns. There are three typesof applique application. They are by machine, hand and fusing. There are also differenttypes of applique like smooth edge applique, raw edge applique, decorationstitch applique, felt applique etc.

A small piece of plastic or similar material typicallyrounded and perforated for threading with others as a necklace or for sewingonto fabric. There are different types of beads you may choose for yourclothing like seed beads, cylinder beads, crystal beads, ceramic beads, glassbeads, wooden beads etc.

Glitter is an accumulation of tiny, colored, reflectiveparticles that comes in a variety of shapes, which reflect light at differentangles, causing the surface sparkle or shimmer. The most common applicationprocess of glitter on to the textile or garments or clothing products isglitter printing by adhesive.

It is an imitation stone of high luster made from glass, plateor gem quartz used in costume jewelry and to decorate cloths. If you pay yourattention to clothing or bags, you will find different types of rhinestoneslike flat back hot-fix rhinestones, glue on flat back rhinestones, sew onrhinestones etc. To decorate or to make a fashionable product for babies orwomen, rhinestone plays an important role as a trim.

Sequin is a small plate of shining metal or plastic used forornamentation, especially on garments. Sequins may come in different types ofcolors. They are also classified into four main types: metal, hologram, pearl& coated. Sequin is the most eye catching among all the trims.

Any close fitting surround and non-surround retractablecord, ribbon or tape of any textile or non-textile material with two looseends. Drawstrings are pulled together and used to adjust the size of thegarment opening. There are different types of drawstrings like knotteddrawstring, thick flat drawstrings, continuous loop drawstrings etc.

A piece of string or cord made from any material used forfastening or to adjust the size of the garment.

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, usedespecially for tying laces and decorative ribbons. There may be different typesof bow knots like skinny bow knots, thin bow knots, normal bow knots, butterflybow knots, diamond bow knots etc. There are also different types of bow likesimple fabric bow, stacked ribbon bow, winged bow, easy buckle bow, ribbon bowetc.

An ornamental border of threads left loose with no knots orsingle assembly point. Fringe is typically constructed with yarn or thread andis integrated into trim tape or embroidery artwork. You may find differenttypes of fringes in shops readily to be attached but you may also make it byyourself. Loop fringe, brush fringe, bullion fringe, self-fabric fringe, tasselfringe, layered fringe, knit fringe etc. are different types of fringe.

Pom pom is an ornamental ball or tuft used on clothing, capsor costumes. You may find pom pom in many colors, varieties and sizes which aremade from different types of materials like cotton, wool, thread, glitters etc.

Tassel is an ornamentation consisting of gathered yarn orthread which includes a solid, bulky knot or assembly point connecting to acord.

Labels don’t play functional role but give basic ideas aboutthe garment products to customers like size, fibre composition, brand name, care instructions etc. There aredifferent types of garment labels like brand label, size label, care label etc.

Patch is a kind of trim made from fabric, leather or othermaterials which is attached on to the garment by sewing or heat transfer. Theidea of patches on cloth was a very unique, famous and attractive idea thatlasted for a long time and till now patches bear some unique meaning of differentbrands. Patches are generally used on jeans and tops items. Custom embroideredpatch, printed patch, PVC patch, woven patch, leather patch are some examplesof patch.

Hook and Loop fastener is a trim made of two thin plasticstrip sheets one covered with tiny flexible hook and another with loops, whichcling together when pressed together and can be separated when pulled out. Hookand loop fastener is a such kind of trim that you will get fun when pressedtogether or pulling out. It also saves our valuable times. You can finddifferent types of hook and loop fasteners in the market like woven, knitted,non-woven or high-tech hooks (HTH).

Eyelet or Grommet is a two part piece of hardware made from metal or other material that are pressed together to hold or reinforce thepre-punched hole in a garment. It allows draw cords to go through. It is anecessary trim for hoodie items.

Hook and eye closure is an absolute and simple method offastening clothing parts together. Different sizes of hook and eye from verysmall to large are available. It is mainly used where there is less stress. Innon-woven pants hook and loop is the main fastener.

Padding is a thin soft material which is used insideclothing products. It is generally used in jackets, bras or other outer-wears. Itis generally made of synthetic fibre like polyester.

Elastic was a great invention for the clothing industry. Elasticmakes the garments more comfortable to the wearers. Elastic is a necessary trimfor undergarments. It is made of rubber or elastic cores that are wrapped inpolyester, nylon or cotton fibre and then knitted, woven or braided. There aredifferent types of elastic like braided elastic, knitted elastic, wovenelastic, lingerie elastic etc.

Lace is a sensual fabric made from yarn or thread in anarbitrary web like pattern by manually or by machine. Originally silver, gold,silk or linen threads were used but now a day cotton thread is mostly used. Syntheticfibre lace is also available.

Twill tape is a woven fabric trim which construction is likeherring bone twill. Twill tape can be made from both natural fibres like cotton, linenetc. and synthetic fibres like polyester. Twill tape is used in sewing seams togive reinforcement.

Double knit or rib fabric is the second family of knitstructures. Two sets of needles are used to make this rib structure. Rib fabrichas similar looking in face and back side. It is a heavier fabric. Rib fabricis mostly used as a fabric trim. It is used in making collar, cuffs etc.

A strip of flexible leather or textile material which isworn around the waist and secured with a fastening mechanism like buckle istermed as belt. There are different types of belts like buckle belt, suspenderbelt, metal belt, hip belt, yoke belt etc. Belt is an important accessory to afashion sensible person.

Clothing hanger is also an important tool to keep theproducts wrinkle free and to get easy access. It is designed as a humanshoulder to facilitate the hanging of your favorite coats, jackets, shirts orsweaters. Different types of hangers like wood hanger, wire hanger, plastichanger, collapsible hanger etc. are available in the market.

Safety pin is like as a regular pin which includes a lightspring mechanism and a hook. The hook ties and unties the pin and also coversthe end of the pin to protect the user from the sharp point. Safety pins aregenerally used to bind the pieces of fabric or clothing together. Stainlesssteel, nickel plated steel, brass etc. pins are available in the market.

Scotch tape is a colorless or colored adhesive tape made ofsynthetic substance that is sold in rolls. It is used to pack and carton theclothing products.

A plastic bag is also known as polybag is a type of cellmade of thin and flexible plastic film. Textile or garment items are kept bywrapping with polybags to keep the items intact and dust or moisture free. Polybagplays an important role in the textile and clothing industry. Different typesof polybags are available in the market like polybag with flap, polybag withbutton, self-sealing polybag, zip lock polybag, plain polybag etc.

Carton can be defined as a container or box generally madeof paper board. It is the main tool of packaging the clothing products when toexport.

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