{"id":1374,"date":"2011-07-07T09:41:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T13:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2020-01-21T18:50:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T22:50:00","slug":"exceptions-to-the-fiber-disclosure-requirements-by-the-federal-trade-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/2011\/07\/07\/exceptions-to-the-fiber-disclosure-requirements-by-the-federal-trade-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Exceptions to the fiber disclosure requirements by the Federal Trade Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some parts of a garment can be exempt from the fiber content disclosure. These include:<\/p>\n<p>1) \u00a0Thread that hold the garment together<\/p>\n<p>2) \u00a0Trims and findings, such as elastic (only if it doesn\u2019t exceed 20 percent of the surface area), \u00a0waist or wrist bands, rick-rack, tape, belting, binding, gussets, drawstrings, gores, welts, collars, cuffs<\/p>\n<p>3) Lining (unless used for warmth)<\/p>\n<p>4) \u00a0Small ornamentation and decorative trim applied by embroidery, overlay, appliqu\u00e9, or attachment, and \u00a0only if the decoration doesn\u2019t exceed 15 percent of the surface area of the item.<\/p>\n<p>If decorations or ornamentation exceed 15 percent of the surface area of the product and are made of a different fiber from the base fabric, the fiber of the decoration must be disclosed on the label as \u201cexclusive of decoration or ornamentation\u201d. For example, if you have a 100% silk top decorated with trim appliqu\u00e9 and embroidery that covers 10% of the blouse, the label most say:<\/p>\n<p>100% Silk<br \/>\nExclusive of Decoration (or Ornamentation)<\/p>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>All Silk<br \/>\nExclusive of Decoration (or Ornamentation)<\/p>\n<p>Or<\/p>\n<p>Body &#8211; 100% Silk<br \/>\nDecoration (or Ornamentation) &#8211; 100% Polyester<\/p>\n<p>If you produce a silk blouse with decorative polyester trim appliqu\u00e9 and embroidery that covers 20 percent of the shirt. The label must disclose the content of both the garment and the trim, the label most say,<\/p>\n<p>Body &#8211; 100% Cotton<br \/>\nDecoration (or Ornamentation) &#8211; 100% Silk<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, if the decorative trim or ornaments exceeds 15 percent of the surface area of the product or five percent of the fiber weight of the fabric, its fiber content has to be disclosed. If it is less the label has to state \u201cexclusive of decoration\u201d or \u201cexclusive of ornamentation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Svetlana Zakharina teaches\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/3063.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SXF 201: Advanced Style, Plan, and Merchandise- From Concept to Production<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitnyc.edu\/3063.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SXF 240: The Complete Guide to Global Sourcing<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: \u00a0Labeling Requirements under the Textile and Wool\u00a0Acts,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/\">www.ftc.gov<\/a>.<strong><\/strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some parts of a garment can be exempt from the fiber content disclosure. These include: 1) \u00a0Thread that hold the garment together 2) \u00a0Trims and findings, such as elastic (only if it doesn\u2019t exceed 20 percent of the surface area), \u00a0waist or wrist bands, rick-rack, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":267,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"post-templates\/post-middle-column.php","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8577],"tags":[8581,8572,38568],"class_list":["post-1374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-small-business","tag-global-business","tag-retail","tag-small-business"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1v7EM-ma","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/267"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.fitnyc.edu\/hottopicsinsider\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}