processing times are otherwise alike it has been found that this procedure substantially mitigates colour variation between the three sections and provides consistent shrinkage properties between the sections the first section is mounted on the tentering machine in which a water repellent and oil repellent agent is applied as by drawing the first section through a bath preferably the agent is an aqueous liquor of pyridinium type water repellent and organic fluorinated water repellent an absorbency enhancing agent is applied to the second section when it is held in a stretched condition on the tentering machine the absorbency enhancing agent is preferably an aqueous liquor of paraffin and hydroxyethyl amine a soil release treatment is applied to the third section the soil release agent is preferably an aqueous liquor including an organic fluorinated polyacrylate in preferred embodiments other additives and auxiliaries such as dispersants thickeners ultraviolet light stabilizers and the like may be added to any of the three treatment compositions following the application of the treatment compositions the sections are conveyed on the tentering machine through a curing oven e g at a temperature of 150 deg c for 3 minutes the sections are then conveyed through a pre shrinking oven for pre shrinking e g at a temperature of 100 deg c for 10 minutes during cutting the left and right front portions 15 16 are cut from the first section the pair of sleeve portions 13 and the back portion 18 are cut from the second section and the collar portion and cuff portions 12 14 are cut from the third section the portions 12 18 may also be colour graded according to usual practice to ensure a very high standard of colour consistency before finish sewing to complete the garment as those.