Scenario · Knit construction
Jersey felt better in the showroom. Pique held the program on the floor.
Teaching scenario — not a published customer program. Composite situations for education; no customer is identified and no order is claimed.
The scenario
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Situation
A retail team chooses single jersey for a ‘softer’ uniform polo. The first season looks fine. By wash cycle fifty the collar rolls, the placket gaps, and store managers ask for the old pique back.
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Where it broke
Construction was treated as a marketing preference. The collar was assumed to follow the body fabric. GSM was matched to the previous pique without naming the knit structure.
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The correction
Name the construction — jersey, pique, rib — in the tech pack. Specify collar and cuff as their own knit. Compare constructions on published fields, not only on hand feel in a meeting room.
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Takeaway
Softness is not fitness for a wash-heavy uniform program.
Not a case study
For a documented manufacturing program with verified facts, see case studies. Scenarios exist to teach; case studies exist to evidence.
Use the linked guides and tools, then send one style for commercial FOB costing.