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Fashion & Interior Design



Fabric Reference, 4/E
Mary Humphries, Institute of Textile Science

ISBN-10: 0131588222
ISBN-13: 9780131588226

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2009
Format: Paper; 384 pp
Published: 02/04/2008

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For introductory courses in Textiles, courses in Fashion Design/Production, Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Interior Design, and Costume Studies.

 

Fabric Reference is a guide for anyone who needs accessible information on today’s fabrics–how they behave and why. Designed as a companion book to the Fabric Glossary, this book presents a complete and up-to-date source of the highly technical basics of textile science, from fibers to finished fabrics. Specially prepared graphics, illustrations, comparison tables, and flow charts make the process of creating modern fabrics clear to both students and instructors. This edition features more on nanotechnology, industrial textiles and other smart textiles and covers practical applications such as care, assessment and ecology.  

 

Buy both together and save!  Fabric Glossary & Fabric Reference Package!

For introductory courses in Textiles, courses in Fashion Design/Production, Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Interior Design, and Costume Studies.

 

Fabric Reference is a guide for anyone who needs accessible information on today’s fabrics–how they behave and why. Designed as a companion book to the Fabric Glossary, this book presents a complete and up-to-date source of the highly technical basics of textile science, from fibers to finished fabrics. Specially prepared graphics, illustrations, comparison tables, and flow charts make the process of creating modern fabrics clear to both students and instructors. This edition features more on nanotechnology, industrial textiles and other smart textiles and covers practical applications such as care, assessment and ecology.  

 

Buy both together and save!  Fabric Glossary & Fabric Reference Package!

 

Hallmark Features

 

Covers all aspects of textile production and behavior—such as fibers; yarns; weaves and knits; tufted, twisted lace; felt; nonwoven; natural fabrics; finishing; dyeing; printing and other applied design.

  • Gives students valuable exposure to a wide variety of textiles, providing them with a broad base of knowledge and preparing them to work with any/all fabrics in a professional setting. 

Offers a concise, accessible format—that is rooted in textile science but avoids challenging technical language.  

  • Allows students to gain valuable knowledge of a complicated subject without undue frustration.

Covers fabric care and assessment—including care instructions, assessment guidelines, and discussions on commercial cleaning, textile testing, quality control, dyeing, and more.

  • Builds students' confidence in predicting basic colorfastness and performance of today's materials, allowing them to make the best selection of fabric for the project at hand. 

Devotes a section to fabrics and ecology—see Ch. 7.

  • Explores clothing as environment (keeping warm or cool, protection from UV rays); discusses textiles, pollution, and recycling and other 21st century developments.
  • Covers for students an often ignored perspective that is emerging as a top concern for textile professionals. 

Includes a wealth of illustrations—such as photographs, bar and flow charts, and, computer scans of actual fabrics (many unraveled or arranged to reveal structure).

  • Allows students to grasp the process of the manufacture of fabrics with good visual cues. 

Focuses on terminology—and defines key terms throughout the narrative and in quick-reference glossaries.

  • Gives students a working knowledge of the language of today's consumer marketplace. 

Offers a unique companion book, The Fabric Glossary —an accompanying dictionary/swatch book; a swatch set of the fabric files in the book is also available. These files represent major fabrics and clarify some 600 names and terms met in all stages of production. This new edition of Fabric Reference has tables showing links to these.

  • Offers students a valuable resource that can be used in their future careers and profession.

 

 

New! Streamlined coverage of trademark names–of fibers, yarns, and finishes.

  • Eliminates information that is no longer of use to students or instructors.

New! More on nanotechnology–and their application in finishes.

  • Details some of the emerging fabrics, their characteristics, and place in the market. 

New! More on industrial textiles–and these new constructions and techniques that are being applied to consumer goods.

  • Highlights an area of rapid growth–one that is useful for interiors and clothing and costume.

New! Increased coverage of smart textiles–such as “wearable electronic” clothing, with soft switches set in the materials to control radio, cellphone or even GPS.

  • Shows the developments and trends within the field.

Section 1: Introduction

Section 2: Textile Fibers

Section 3: Yarns–From Fiber to Fabric

Section 4: Fabric Constructions

Section 5: Finishing of Fabrics

Section 6: Care of Fabrics

Section 7: Textiles and Ecology

Section 8: Fabric Assessment

Section 9: Metric in Textiles Use

 

References and Resources

Appendix

    For introductory courses in Textiles, courses in Fashion Design/Production, Fashion Merchandising, Visual Merchandising, Interior Design, and Costume Studies.

    Fabric Reference presents a complete and up-to-date source of the highly technical basics of textile science, from fibers to finished fabrics. Specially prepared graphics, illustrations, comparison tables, and flow charts make the process of creating modern fabrics clear to both students and instructors. Key terms (including trademarks) are emphasized, and practical applications such as care, selection for various uses, comfort in cold or hot weather, safety from UV radiation, and conservation topics are all discussed more fully than in other texts. A unique companion fabric dictionary/swatchbook (Fabric Glossary) is available.

  • 0130985481Fabric Reference, 3/E
    Humphries
    © 2004 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 368 pages | Instock
    ISBN-10: 0130985481 | ISBN-13: 9780130985484
    Brief Description

Fabric Reference, fourth edition

Mary Humphries

 

Mary Humphries has nearly sixty years of experience in the textile field, working in industry, communications, and education. Her textbook provides up-to-date information on this fast-moving, highly technical field. Fabric Reference covers all of the elements that go into making a fabric, offering the most-current information in a condensed format, presented in clear language and well-illustrated.

 

Fabric Reference includes lists of  links to its companion dictionary and swatch book, Fabric Glossary. Review Questions and Investigations for each main section encourage and further the essential application of technical information as study progresses. A unique perspective on textile science is presented by leading the reader from the detailed technical discussion of fibers, yarns, fabric constructions, and finishes covered by all texts to a consistent focus on the actual fabrics. Fabric Referencewill continue to serve as a valuable reference–even after a course of study is completed–in almost any area of work involving fabrics.

 

Besides covering the basics of how fabrics behave and why, Fabric Reference provides extensive information on care, testing, SI units, and textiles and ecology.

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