Part Five : ‘ My Questions are answered!’

February 19, 2013March 1, 2013 ~ amnigonline ~ Leave a comment

Part Four was all about you going through the hassle of shopping in the malls, from the headache of the parking, to the being packed like sardines whether you are in the lift or in line for the fitting rooms to finally getting good quality finished garments.

We are sure, that you have held that thought of why should you shop online with us…Have questions? Now is the time for the answers. We hope that this will help and do you justice as you consider the many, many benefits of shopping online with http://www.amnig.com. *smiles*

Gave the following the many thoughts? : The fit and measurements? The delivery? Are there hidden costs? What is the fabrication, quality? How about the duration of when my parcel will arrive? How about the ‘operation hours? Is it safe? Is the customer care available?

Measurements, measurements, how shall we ‘measure’ the extend of this area..Do you wear a Small, or a Medium? Or do you feel that you’re ‘somewhere’ in the middle of the two measurements or sizes? Fret not, we have not only provided visuals for you to see, we have also have a ‘Size Guide’. We here in Amnig takes pride with providing this information for you customers who need to know what size suits you best.

Once you have opened up the Size Guide, you shall be able to view the ‘Garment Measurement’ chart. This is a estimated gauge- on how people with certain height will be able to shop.

We provide you measurements in Centimeters for the garments as well. We believe in providing as much information as we can, especially where size is concerned. There are a few key areas, where we need to take note when we purchase a garment, Chest, Across Shoulder and Back Length. If you would like or need to know additional measurements such as the Sleeve Length, Sleeve Opening, Neck Width , Neck Depth or Waist measurements, you are always welcomed to speak or write and email to our Customer Care line at: care@aglifestyle.com or call us at: 60.3 7728 7007

Information on how to contact the Customer care line is not hiding fishily at a corner. It seems like http://www.amnig.com takes pride in providing good customer care line too. That’s a good sign.

Maybe you could check with them regarding the quality by emailing.

They have responded rather quickly and they have taken a few pictures of the finishing for you to ensure that you’re not being cheated and they put quality of their garments at highest rankings. That part you’re not worried about no longer.

You finally confirmed the shorts which you have wanted to purchased, payment has been made, without you taking out any cash or waiting in line for the cashier. As everything is deducted from your Credit card or Debit card via PayPal. Fuss free and all in the comfort of your home!

Proceeding to next step — Proceeding to check-out

To make sure that all your payments are safe, we have and is registered with Geotrust.

If your residing in Malaysia or Singapore. You are privileged, as we Delivery your orders for FREE!

You can have a peace of mind now, not thinking about all the other earlier headaches, which you had to go through just to order ONE pair of good quality shorts.

Finally, I have received my parcel for the shorts from http://www.amnig.com! I’m so glad and happy that I have made that decision to shop at Amnig. All the headache of queuing up and meeting and smelling strangers will be gone. No more nightmares of shopping for me!.. *smiles*

Part Four : Why should you buy from www.amnig.com

February 19, 2013February 19, 2013 ~ amnigonline ~ Leave a comment

For you readers out there, Happy Chinese New Year greetings from Malaysia. if you have been joining us, you would know about the progress of the story about shopping in stores around town and in the city. It’s quite a hassle and headache.. in almost every way: mentally and physically.

After returning from your possible fruitless adventures of shopping during Chinese New Year, you plonk yourself in front of the computer to unwind this week. Your friend nudges you and shares a link on your timeline on a social network. ‘Shopping Online with www. amnig.com’. What is this? Shopping online? Amnig – what brand and where is this from?

As you open the link – you are quickly transferred into a different world of shopping. Welcome to the world of endless possibilities of shopping online, just in the comfort of your OWN chair, room and cosy home or even with your handphone- just as long you have Internet plug ins or WiFi you are guaranteed access to www.amnig.com!

Happy Chinese New Year 2013, New happenings

As you scroll around with a touch of your keyboard or mouse, you are able to browse through the different ranges of garments that Amnig has in store. Men and Women. Hoodies, long sleeve to slim fitted tees to long pants to shorts. There seems to be quite a variety of colours as well. Great for someone who is as fair or tan as you are. Along with that, it helps you to select better, whether it is : Active, Essential or Lifestyle.

You’re able to match all these wonderful array of colours together, or if you preferred something more subtle, amnig.com does cater neutral colours as well.

Men's Track Jacket — Men’s Track Jacket and Track Bottom – NEW ARRIVAL

Men's Track Suit — Ready and all geared up for a jog or a run in a park?

Women's Track Suits — ‘Yes, I’m ready for a workout in this gear!’

Men's Lifestyle Patch Hoodies in Alpine Green — Men’s Lifestyle Patch Hoodies in Alpine Green

Women's Lifestyle Kimono Short Sleeve in Adam Brown — Women’s Lifestyle Kimono Short Sleeve in Adam Brown

Colourful Tee for you to choose from — Colourful Dry-Fit Tee for you to choose from

Men's Shorts- great bright colours to choose from — Men’s Shorts- great bright colours to choose from

Many option of caps to choose from : to protect you from the scorching Sun

Hei! How about the prices? You ask. Your interest deepens and you scroll further into the website, you find that nothing is above RM130! This is really, really great for someone looking for a good deal!

'Who doesn't like a discount and sales?!' — ‘Who doesn’t like a discount and sales?!’ Amnig offers you JUST that!

You finally find the shorts on www.amnig.com. They look pretty similar to the ones you wanted to purchase earlier, but due to many factors in the shopping mall, you have decided passed. The colour you chose, was a fresh Rasberry Rose, seems rather unique and different from the mundane Black you always wear. ‘This seems too good to be true’ you think.

Rasberry Rose colour shorts at www.amnig.com — Rasberry Rose colour shorts at http://www.amnig.com. ‘ Yes, that’s the one I bought =)’

Before you clicked ‘confirm order’ you must have thought about…..

Hold that thought! As we are more than happy to elaborate further in the next entry.

Stay tuned and share with us your feedback about our website : http://www.amnig.com and get excited for the next post: Part Five : My Questions are answered

Zip up or Zip down

February 18, 2013April 26, 2013 ~ amnigonline ~ Leave a comment

Zippppppppp UP!

No we are not asking you to be silent. Today, let’s read about..(no price for guessing!) Zippers.

Zipper have come a long way since the 17^th century. Its all started from a man, who had first created the sewing machine, Elias Howe. In 1851 he was granted a patent for an “Automatic, Continuous Clothing Closure”. A man that self experimented and loved machinery Whitcomb L. Judson have invented the very first zipper. He had experimented and 1^st patented this idea of ‘clasp locker’ on 1893. Only in the year 1905 did this zipper were started to find its way into pants and tops, but they were not considered practical. Due to that, zippers were not widely used.

Fast forwarding 8 years from 1905, Gideon Sundback, Whitcomb’s employee patented ‘Hookless Fasteners’ and with further experimentation, Separable Fasteners were made on 1917. After much remodeling of the 1^st clasp locker, the fasteners became more reliable and the very first customers were from the USD Army. As this zippers were applied on gear and clothing of the troops of World War I.

Whitcomb L. Judson with his ‘clasp locker’ machine

B.F Goodrich Company had decided to place Gideon’s fastener on rubber boots for a start. It was from there too, that the name has been converted to ‘zipper’. It was more than 20 more years to influence and introduce the benefits of a zipper to the fashion industry as people were more inclined with buttons and clasp.

Early zippers on boots — Earlier zipper 1930’s

By 1930’s, the campaign of zippers have finally found its break, as zippers were finally being feature in children’s clothing. Campaigns praised the use of zippers as it indirectly promoted young children to dress in self help clothing. French fashion designers in 1937 began to rave about the zipper on Men’s trousers too, and the buttons were secondary choices. The invention and discovery of the use of zipper was name ‘Newest Tailoring Idea for Men’.

Pretty soon, zippers were sewn onto everything and everywhere. Zippers are no longer used just for jackets, but also travel luggage’s, pencil cases, Women’s dresses and skirts, shoes and countless of other day to day things. We too have begun to add zippers as a fine detailing for pockets, opening and inventions of zipper materials became wider. As modern times, zippers are made invisible to the eyes and zipper are created in all variety of length, colours, quality and width.

The fabric or the more commonly used name is Stringer comes in many varieties. It is the ‘cloth’ of fabric that you usually see on the zipper. The choice is chosen by the designer, seamstress and even the customer chooses for their clothing if their outfits are custom made or bulk. The fabrics can come in Polyester, Cotton, Vinyl tapes and Nylon mono- filament; usually colours that are chosen are matching with the body material and shade.

Types of Zippers — Different types of zippers

Apart from the fabric used for the zip, the true characteristic of a zipper is the…teeth!

The variety of materials used for the teeth are equally as unique as the fabric used. Original zipper teeth are made from steel and some stainless steel. However as technology has bloomed, the teeth on the zipper has gone through a revolution. Some are made from Plastic moulds- which are softer in build and it helps to prevent pinches or pain if skin or fingers are accidentally caught in zip.

Nylon coil could also be used to be the zipper teeth. The coils are either finer or thicker depending on the mould used too. For the sturdy and hard-core usage, factories will recommend to use Metal or Anti Brass / Stainless steel zippers. Metal ones are usually used for denims, jackets, outdoor bags and even shoes (as they are able to withstand all wear and tear and weather temperature).

Front zipper at jacket — Nylon mono- filament zipper for Women’s Lifestyle Quilted Jacket

Inner view — The inner view is made from Polyester

See how neat the finishing of this inner view of the zipper is

Teeth of zipper upclose — Check out the grooves of the teeth of this zipper

Wonder how does it look like when you zip up your zips? The below is the mechanism of how the zipper works, as it enter zipper slider / puller brings the two slides together.

See this animated image that the two sides are joined together through zipper sliders

For something so small, you will be surprise that there are many components to a zipper. Each area plays an important role and you would be amazed each of it has its individual name. See the below for your extra known knowledge and facts.

The components of a zipper are:

Top tape extension – This extension is allowance for the seamstress before they sew.
Top Stop – This is particularly useful, so that the Pull Tab or the puller will not be pulled more than it should while the wearer is sewing.
Slider – Helps to bring the left and the right together while the zips are being pulled up or downwards.
Pull Tab- is also called as Puller, this will help assist wearer as they are fastening their zips.
Tape – This tape helps to joins or separates the elements when the zipper is opened or closed.
Chain Width – The width of teeth is determined from here. Some are really wide, some are narrow. Depending on the mould.
Bottom Stop – To prevent the Pull Tab from sliding downwards or its called a stopper
Bottom Tape Extension – This extension is allowance to fold and hide the ‘tail’ for
Single Tape Width – This width is a standard measurement, as the tape is not to irritate the skin of the wearer.
Insertion Pin Boll – This Pin Boll helps to be fitted into the zipper ending when zipped up.
Retainer Box – Inserting this will help to prevent the tape from fraying as well.

Though there are many mechanism and components to a zipper, its a true wonder how an invention has helped human race so much. From being able to keep your skin and body warm, to sealing your items safe a pouch or bag to attaching 2 items together.

Zippers are still the future of clothing whether it is applied on Men or Women’s clothing. Here in Amnig we will help you as much as possible to keep your items as safe as possible with zippers on pockets, zippers to zip you up warm during cool days.