Effect of Sewing Process and Enzyme Treatment on the Sewing Thread of Denim Garments

The Denim market has been able to clinch the pinnacle of demand and commendation as the mostpopular dress material in the past three decades for all ages. From special wear to regular wear, denimhas barged into the acceptance of kids, women, and men. But today’s fashion era prefers denim jeansbased on their attractive shades & styles, designs, and various types of wash appeals, rather than onlytheir robustness. Today’s fashion-conscious consumer requires diversified wash-down treatments suchas de-sizing, enzymatic washings with or without stones, decolorization, neutralization, brightening,and finishing as per the market and trend requirements. Being unaware of the impact of all the downtreatments on denim, consumer acceptance is based only on the aesthetically pleasing outlook of thedenim. Thus, this research paper deals with in-depth insight into the effect of sewing and enzymetreatments on the sewing threads present as an integral part of denim wear for the evaluation of theresidual properties with the use of lockstitch and chain stitches. The work has been able to elucidatethat chain stitches and acid enzymes are detrimental to the tensile properties of the unraveled sewingthreads