Good books to read on sourcing, manufacturing, and/or product development in the apparel industry?

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The main thing to understand is how the design and production processes are unique

Design: beyond the actual look and feel, pattern making and grading for each size are key steps

Production: patterns are cut into many layers of fabric (i.e., one cut/stroke to make many shirts), and then there’s sewing, and finally finishing (e.g., buttons, special washes, etc)

Also, planning is an important function because the number of SKUs/sizes fragments demand, and lead times are extremely long due to the need to source textile far in advance, then manufacture overseas, then ship via container ship

There are some good books on amazon if you search apparel production and pattern making

That said, all of this will change once custom made-to-measure scamming and production technology (e.g., 3D body scanners, automated pattern cutting) advances enough to become affordable

Happy to try and answer specific questions

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