Textiles and fashion : materials, design and technology /
This major textbook is designed for students studying textiles and fashion at higher and undergraduate level, as well as those needing a comprehensive and authoritative overview of textile materials and processes. The first part of the book reviews the main types of natural and synthetic fibres and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK :
Woodhead Publishing Limited in association with the Textile Institute,
[2015]
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| Series: | Woodhead publishing in textiles ;
no. 126. |
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
Table of Contents:
- Understanding textile fibres and their properties : what is a textile fibre?
- Natural textile fibres : vegetable fibres
- Natural textile fibres : animal and silk fibres
- Synthetic textile fibers : regenerated cellulose fibers
- Synthetic textile fibres : polyamide, polyester and aramid fibres
- Synthetic textile fibres : polyolefin, elastomeric and acrylic fibres
- Synthetic textile fibres : non-polymer fibres
- Conversion of fibre to yarn : an overview
- Fibre to yarn : staple-yarn spinning
- Fibre to yarn : filament yarn spinning
- Yarn to fabric : weaving
- Yarn to fabric : knitting
- Fibre to fabric : nonwoven fabrics
- Yarn to fabric : specialist fabric structures
- Yarn to fabric : intelligent textiles
- Fabric finishing : joining fabrics using stitched seams
- Joining fabrics : fastenings
- Fabric finishing : pretreatment/textile wet processing
- Fabric finishing : dyeing and colouring
- Fabric finishing : printing textiles
- Applications of textile products
- Sustainable textile production
- Material culture : social change, culture, fashion and textiles in Europe
- Fashion and culture : global culture and fashion
- Fashion and the fashion industry
- Visual design techniques for fashion
- Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) of apparel and other textile products
- Adding functionality to garments
- Improving the comfort of garments
- The marketing of fashion
- The care of apparel products.