#qualiity

In the last year River Island had noticed that the quality of finishings wasn’t quite measuring up to their competitors such as Reiss and Oasis. As a result they actioned a load of comp shops where staff from our Home Production Department went out into the shops to see how other brands were finishing their products.

From these comp shops River Island set a whole new standard for our factories to follow. This included double turn pic hems so both sides of the garment was finished beautifully. Setting the zips back on skirt zips, this was due to noticing the zip sitting on the hip would be under a lot of strain from movement and often break. Setting the zip back enhances its strength and as a whole reduced skirt returns due to faulty zips massively. Another finishing technique put into place is binding all textured garments seams, for example sequin patterns get itchy on the wearer so binding all the seams would make a more comfortable and wearable garment and in turn too reducing returns. Stitch count was also noticed as our factories had started using large stitches that would more easily come loose and not have the premium aesthetic River Island is looking for. Now stitch count standards are 12 stitches per inch on average depending on the behaviour of the cloth and style of the garment. 

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