AMM360A Textile Testing Result Presentation By Ho Yi Chiu (Chloe) Winter 2012

Garment Selected for Textile Testing  Harajuku Mini for Target Collection  Girl’s Plaid Sleeveless Ruffle Dress

Fabric A Brushed Cotton 100% Cotton Fabric B Cotton Homespun 100% Cotton

Important Test Results Test #Text NameFabric AFabric B 1 Laundering, Colorfastness to ✔ 3.5 Tensile Strength ✔ 4.5 Tear Strength ✔ 5 Dimensional Stability ✔ 12 Abrasion Resistance (Taber) ✔ 5/50/5

Test #1 Laundering, Colorfastness to Fiber Type Fabric A Rating Fabric B Rating Wool (Worsted) 5 5 Spun Polyacrylic (Orlon 75) 5 5 Spun Polyester (Dacron 54) 5 5 Spun Polyamide (Nylon 6, 6) 5 4 Bleached Cotton 5 2 Filament Acetate 5 5 **Results were rated using the AATCC Gray Scale for Evaluating Staining From the scale of 1 (high color transfer) to 5 (no color color transfer)

Test #3.5 Tensile Strength Fabric AFabric B 8” x 3”3” x 8”8” x 3”3” x 8” Yarn being tested WarpFillingWarpFilling Break Load (lbf) Elongation (inch) Elongation (%) 24.49%27.87%14.81%20.29%

Test #4.5 Tearing Strength Tearing Strength Fabric AFabric B 4” x 2” Dry87 lbs.60.5 lbs. 4” x 2” Wet> 100 lbs.72 lbs. 2” x 4” Dry81 lbs.48 lbs. 2” x 4” Wet73 lbs.45 lbs. **CPP/AMM Test Method 4.5 was used instead of CPP/AMM Test Method 4 because I was unable to obtain digital read-out result for Fabric A (4” x 2” Dry)

Test #5 Dimensional Stability **The best performance resulted from Cool Wash / Cool Rinse / Line Dry Fabric AFabric B WarpFillingWarpFilling Hot wash/Cool rinse/Hot dry- 7.3%- 1.3%- 8.3%- 2.6% Hot wash/Cool rinse/Cool dry- 9.1%- 2.1%- 8.9%- 3.1% Warm wash/Cool rinse/Hot dry- 5.2%0%- 7.1%- 0.8% Warm wash/Cool rinse/Cool dry- 6.3%- 1.0%- 7.3%- 1.6% Cool wash/Cool rinse/Hot dry- 5.5%- 1.6%- 8.9%- 1.6% Cool wash/Cool rinse/Line dry- 3.7%- 0.8%- 6.3%- 0.8%

Test #12 Abrasion Resistance (Taber) Fabric AFabric B # of rev. Weight before test Weight after test % weight loss # of rev. Weight before test Weight after test % weight loss 1: Thread Breakage oz oz 3.13% oz oz 1.16% 2: 100 Revolution / Rupture oz oz 2.62% oz oz 1.18% 3: Rupture oz oz 4.81%////

Conclusion…  Based on the observed test results, Fabric A performed better than Fabric B. Therefore, Fabric A is recommended for the specified garment.