on June 30th,
Chinese national standards committee approved to issue GB/T 31888-2015 "School
Uniforms for Primary and Middle School Students" which was the first GB on
students uniforms and began to be implemented since publishing.
In order to
settle the problem of school uniform quality safety, this committee absorbs a
great amount of researching achievements, breaks woven & knitted garments limitation
and finally establish this standard which is quite for the benefit of
adolescents healthy growth. It shows complete regulation and builds safety defending
line for school uniforms safety and quality.
It greatly improves
requirements on school uniforms safety and quality and never classify uniforms
into different grades any longer as that before. There will be only one same
grade.
In terms of safety, the content of formaldehyde,
PH value and aromatic amine dyes in school uniforms should be conforms to the
GB 18401-2010 “National textile product basic safety technical specification” B
requirements; flammability, accessories sharpness, apparel ropes belts and
metal residue should be conformed to GB 31701-2015 “Infants and children textile
products safety technical specification”.
The standard
also regulates the general requirements should be equal to that of the first grade
apparels, especially those quality features customers concern a lot such as
color fastness, shrinkage rate, pilling and snagging, different color shades, fabric
surface defects and wrong symmetric parts, etc. Some even have higher standards
and part of them should be superior.
In order to ensure
its comfort, the committee specially adds the regulation that cotton fiber
content should be more that 35% particularly when the part directly contacts
skin, besides, considering the comfort, there should be not any labels sewn in
the collar.
Therefore to
produce comfortable and qualified school uniforms, the apparel testing equipment is definitely a necessity for uniform manufacturing.
