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Strike-off

Meaning in fashion & textiles, with examples

/ˈstraɪk ɒf/nounCommon term

In fashion & textiles, strike-off means: A short test print of a design on the actual production fabric, sent to the buyer to approve colours, scale and quality before bulk printing.

In Turkish: baskı onay numunesi, baskı denemesi, strike-off

How it is used

Strike-offs are to prints what lab dips are to solid colours. Buyers check colour matching, the size of the motifs, sharpness and the repeat. Each colourway usually needs its own strike-off, and comments are written directly on the sample.

Example sentences

  1. The strike-off is approved, but the pink should be a little softer in bulk.

  2. We're still waiting for strike-offs for the two new colourways.

Common collocations

  • approve a strike-off
  • strike-off comments
  • send strike-offs
  • second strike-off
  • lab dipA small piece of fabric or yarn dyed in the laboratory to match a target colour, sent to the buyer for approval before bulk dyeing.
  • printA design applied to the surface of fabric with ink or dye, such as flowers, logos or stripes, rather than woven or knitted into it.
  • repeatThe smallest unit of a print or woven design that is repeated across the fabric, and the distance after which the design starts again.
  • screen printingA printing method that pushes ink through a fine mesh screen onto fabric, using a separate screen for each colour in the design.

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