What's Interfacing?

Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid.

Interfacings can be used to:

• stiffen or add body to fabric, such as the interfacing used in shirt collars
• strengthen a certain area of the fabric, for instance where buttonholes will be sewn
• keep fabrics from stretching out of shape, particularly knit fabrics

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• interfacing NOUN
  1. a moderately stiff material, especially buckram, typically used between two layers of fabric in collars and facings.
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  noun1. a woven or non woven material used between the facing and outer fabric of a garment, as in the collar and lapels of a jacket, to add body and give support.

• Interfacing is a textile used on the unseen or "wrong" side of fabrics to make an area of a garment more rigid. Interfacings can be used to: stiffen or add body to ...

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an extra layer of material or an adhesive stiffener that is applied to the facing of a garment to add support.

Interface Categories

 – External Interfaces

– Occur between Contractor & Client and their external org /entities.

– Outside of the Contractor’s responsibility (If specified by Client).

– Cross scope boundaries of two or more Delivery Teams and/or

 Development Systems, (Ex. PL contractors for Export Lines, etc.)

 PS : For Client and their sub-contractors these are internal interfaces.

– Internal Interfaces

– Occur within work areas of Contractor’s responsibility.

– Allow flow of information, identify Recipient and Responder.

– Occur between the disciplines, e.g., Engineering, Construction,

Quality, Procurement, Project Services, Commissioning, etc.

PS : This includes Project Controls, Document Controls and any of

Contractor’s suppliers / vendors.

Note : Looking from Contractor’s & Client’s view point and vice versa.

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Interfacing is an additional layer applied to the inside of garments, in certain areas only, to add firmness, shape, structure, and support to areas such as collars, cuffs, waistbands and pockets; and to stabilise areas such as shoulder seams or necklines, which might otherwise hang limply.

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