Red Copper's “New National Standard” for Children's Clothing: Providing Double Guarantees for Safety and Quality
Wan Han Textile & Clothing Weekly，December 26, 2024 Beijing.

As the weather gets colder, down jackets remain a popular choice of winter clothing due to their excellent warmth-retaining properties. However, the recent emergence of quality issues regarding children's down jackets has caused many parents to become more cautious in their choices. In order to ensure that children can feel warm in the cold winter while avoiding potential safety hazards, parents are mulling over the criteria for selecting children's down jackets.

As we all know, in April 2022, China's new national standard for down apparel - GB/T14272-2021 “down apparel” was officially implemented. The new national standard has higher requirements in terms of down content, which makes the warmth of down apparel better guaranteed. In this context, Red Copper children's clothing has become a trusted choice for parents with its internal quality standards higher than the new national standard.

Specifically, Red Copper children's clothing in the enterprise internal control quality indicators and the new national standard there are some differences, especially in the down apparel testing on the addition of liquid color fastness testing, simulation of consumer hand washing of the color of the laundry, just to ensure the stability of the color of the clothing.

At the same time, Red Copper children's clothing attaches importance to the overall quality of the product details, even if it is the part of the ingredients are also strictly controlled, for example, for the ingredient ribbing, Red Copper children's clothing will carry out the test of the degree of pilling, which in the new national standard does not require. And in the standard of pilling requirements, Red Copper children's clothing enterprise internal control standards are more stringent than the national standard. This means that Red Copper's children's clothing can better maintain the smoothness of the fabric and reduce the occurrence of pilling in the process of long-term wear and use, thus prolonging the aesthetics and service life of the product and providing children with a higher quality wearing experience.

More importantly, Red Copper's quality control strategy runs through the entire production process. For example, in the procurement process, the quality control link is especially critical, which is the first barrier to ensure product quality. In accordance with GB 31701 - 2015 “Technical Code for Safety of Textile Products for Infants and Children”, Red Copper has implemented a strict inspection process for all purchased batches of fabrics, covering key indicators such as raw material composition, color fastness, formaldehyde content, pH value, etc. In addition, for key filler materials, the quality control strategy is carried out throughout the production process. In addition, for the key filling materials, Red Copper Children's Clothing will also check the cleanliness of down, residual fat rate, odor, down content and anti-down drilling and other indicators. Only when all test items meet the standard, the fabric can enter the production stage of development samples.

When it comes to sample development, designers follow strict specifications, especially for babies, toddlers and children under the age of 7, where no form of cording is allowed in the neck and head area. For children over 7 years of age, the length of the cords must not exceed 140mm at the maximum unfolded size of the garment to avoid safety risks such as strangulation or scratches. The technical team utilizes tested fabrics to create samples, and ensures that the fit is appropriate and the workmanship is fine, such as dense and neat seams and no skipping or leaking of threads. In addition, mechanical safety testing of the fabrics is indispensable to ensure that there are no sharp edges or corners, especially the tensile strength of the textile attachments to prevent small parts from falling off and being accidentally eaten by children.

In the large shipment of fabrics produced, Red Copper Children's Clothing will once again conduct a thorough quality check to prevent any potential problems in the production process. Once the garments are completed, the quality inspection before warehousing is a crucial part of the process. Quality inspectors check each garment in detail according to strict standards, including appearance, size, stitching sturdiness, and fitting specifications for accessories.

At the same time, the filler is inspected according to the prescribed sampling ratio to re-verify the filler and down content of the down to ensure the warmth and hygiene standard of the down apparel. Only garments that have passed a comprehensive quality check can be put into storage, ensuring that the quality of each Red Copper children's winter down jacket meets high standards.

Red Copper's in-house testing laboratory is a powerful tool to ensure that product quality exceeds industry standards. Through this measure, Red Copper Children's Clothing is able to conduct rigorous quality screening of products before they leave the factory, thus ensuring that each product meets or exceeds the established quality requirements.

As you can see, Red Copper Children's Clothing has set internal control standards that are much stricter than the national standards, and is committed to providing higher quality children's clothing products. This strict quality requirement not only reflects Red Copper's commitment to product safety and quality, but also creates a healthier growing environment for children.

Therefore, the meticulous implementation of children's clothing safety standards, Red Copper Children's Clothing covers a comprehensive quality control of products from start to finish, is to ensure the safety and quality of each product, for the children's daily wear to provide a solid safety guarantee.

Source: Textile & Apparel Weekly December 26, 2024 By: Wan Han Editor: HT0601