Fashion & Interior Design

For one-term/semester, sophomore/junior-level introductory textiles courses.

Designed for an interactive, analytical approach to learning the basics of textile structures and textile performance, this text helps students understand—not just know—how the components of textiles—fiber, yarn, fabric, dye, and finish contribute to the performance of products for specific end uses.

• NEW - Revised end-use performance summaries—Discusses durability, appearance, and comfort in relation to textile fiber properties, yarns, fabric construction, finishes.

  • Enables students to analyze textiles in relation to potential end uses. Ex.___

• NEW - Updated Consumer Briefs—Boxed material that highlights a particular consumer product or products. Includes such diverse topics as how to select carpet, developments in manufacture of recycled polyester, washable silk apparel, and ink jet printing.

  • Provides students with real-world background in the apparel and textile industry. Ex.___

• NEW - Combined coverage of Textile Fibers and Their Properties with Chemical and Physical Concepts Related to Textiles.

  • Allows a closer integration of fiber properties with the chemical and physical concepts underlying them. Ex.___

• NEW - Earlier presentation of Case Studies.

  • Introduces students to this analytical approach before the end of the term. Ex.___

• NEW - A separate chapter on the preparation steps that fabrics undergo before being dyed and finished—Ch. 19.

  • Allows students to understand the complete cycle of dyeing fabrics. Ex.___

• NEW - Reorganized discussion of dyeing and finishing.

  • Better reflects current practices in the industry. Ex.___

• NEW - New advances in processing and products—E.g., the new manufactured cellulosic fiber, lyocell.

  • Informs students about current trends in the industry. Ex.___

• NEW - Textile testing—Ch. 26.

  • Introduces students to product performance issues. Ex.___

• An emphasis on the “why” behind fiber, yarn, and fabric characteristics.

  • Helps students understand and predict textile properties and performance. Ex.___

• Basic chemical and physical concepts—Presented at an elementary level for students without knowledge of chemistry or physics, and can be presented or omitted at the discretion of the instructor.

  • Provides students with some background for understanding fiber, yarn, and fabric properties, and dyeing and finishing. Ex.___

• “Putting It All Together…”—Unique case studies of examples of specific end uses. Examines particular textile products to point out how selection of fabric components—fiber, yarn structure, fabric construction, and/or finish—can affect or improve end use performance.

  • Encourages students to see beyond individual textile components, and how an end product is often more than the sum of its parts. Ex.___

• Consistently organized fiber chapters—With many of the topic headings being repeated in each chapter. Each chapter ends with a table summarizing some of the more important characteristics of the major fiber groups discussed in the chapter.

  • Facilitates comparisons between fibers. Ex.___

• Grouping of similar components and processes.

  • Enables students to make easy comparisons among products. Ex.___

• A summary of textile legislation.

  • Provides students with a handy reference to laws regulating selling, use, and care of textile products. Ex.___

• Historical development of textile—Sections on historical development of different aspects of textiles.

  • Helps students understand modern processes and the textiles of today. Ex.___

• Unique Figures/Tables.

  • Illustrates concepts presented and summarizes material. Ex.___

• Diagrams and photographs—Illustrate the concepts, processes, and machinery described in the text.

  • Of particular help to students who do not have access to field trips to textile manufacturing sites. Ex.___

• Chapter Summaries—Emphasizes key points of the chapter topic.

  • Provides students with a convenient review tool. Ex.___

• Chapter-end review questions.

  • Require students to summarize and apply the concepts presented in the text. Ex.___

• Recommended readings—At the end of each chapter. Includes both relatively elementary and highly technical material drawn from the most widely used periodicals in the field. Also includes an extensive bibliography, broken down under special subject headings.

  • Introduces students to the variety of resources in the field. Ex.___

• A glossary—With many terms drawn from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards.

  • Provides students with a quick reference to terminology used in the textile industry. Ex.___

• Revised end-use performance summaries—Discusses durability, appearance, and comfort in relation to textile fiber properties, yarns, fabric construction, finishes.

  • Enables students to analyze textiles in relation to potential end uses. Ex.___

• Updated Consumer Briefs—Boxed material that highlights a particular consumer product or products. Includes such diverse topics as how to select carpet, developments in manufacture of recycled polyester, washable silk apparel, and ink jet printing.

  • Provides students with real-world background in the apparel and textile industry. Ex.___

• Combined coverage of Textile Fibers and Their Properties with Chemical and Physical Concepts Related to Textiles.

  • Allows a closer integration of fiber properties with the chemical and physical concepts underlying them. Ex.___

• Earlier presentation of Case Studies.

  • Introduces students to this analytical approach before the end of the term. Ex.___

• A separate chapter on the preparation steps that fabrics undergo before being dyed and finished—Ch. 19.

  • Allows students to understand the complete cycle of dyeing fabrics. Ex.___

• Reorganized discussion of dyeing and finishing.

  • Better reflects current practices in the industry. Ex.___

• New advances in processing and products—E.g., the new manufactured cellulosic fiber, lyocell.

  • Informs students about current trends in the industry. Ex.___

• Textile testing—Ch. 26.

  • Introduces students to product performance issues. Ex.___

 1. Introduction.


 2. Textile Fibers and Their Properties.


 3. Natural Cellulosic Fibers.


 4. Protein Fibers.


 5. Introduction to Manufactured Fibers.


 6. Manufactured Cellulosic Fibers.


 7. Nylon and Aramid Fibers.


 8. Polyester Fibers.


 9. Acrylic and Modacrylic Fibers.


10. Olefin Fibers.


11. Elastomeric Fibers.


12. High Performance and Specialty Fibers.


13. Making Fibers into Yarns.


14. Woven Fabrics.


15. The Weaves.


16. Knitted Fabrics.


17. Other Fabric Construction Methods.


18. Multicomponent Fabrics.


19. Preparation of Fabrics for Dyeing and Finishing.


20. Adding Color to Textiles.


21. Textile Printing and Design.


22. Finishes That Affect Appearance.


23. Finishes That Affect Performance.


24. The Care of Textile Products.


25. Textiles and the Environment, Health, and Safety.


26. Textile Product Performance.


Appendix A. Bibliography.


Appendix B. Glossary.


Appendix C. Summary of Regulatory Legislation Applied to Textiles.


Index.

Textiles (Fashion)

For one-term/semester, sophomore/junior-level introductory textiles courses.

 

This text helps students understand how the components of textiles–fiber, yarn, fabric, dye, and finish–contribute to the performance of products for specific end uses. With a focus on the why behind the material, it encourages students to understand and predict textile properties and performance. This edition emphasizes the global environment and offers separate chapters in fiber properties; fabrics and structures; and nonwoven fabrics. Finishes are now separated into two chapters (physical/mechanical finishes and chemical finishes) and Take a Closer look sections bring an in-depth perspective to select chapter topics.

• Understanding Textiles, 7/E
  Tortora, Collier & Tortora
  © 2009 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 600 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131187708 | ISBN-13: 9780131187702
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The text seeks to provide basic information on the structure, processing, and properties of textiles. The approach of the book, as signaled in the title, Understanding Textiles, Sixth Edition, is to understand how the components of textiles—fiber, yarn, fabric, dye, and finish—contribute to the performance of products for specific end uses. Rather than being predominantly descriptive in our approach, we emphasize the "why" behind fiber, yarn, and fabric characteristics to help students understand and predict textile properties and performance. The text is most suitable for an interactive, analytical approach to learning the basics of textiles structures and textile performance.

In this revision of our book, we further emphasize how the properties of the different components of a textile fabric affect the performance of the final product. As a textile is built from fiber, then yarn, then fabric, so the text strives to build an understanding of how each contributes to product performance. The concept of "putting it all together" encourages students to think of a textile fabric in terms of the sum of its parts, rather than of the separate components. Two features in the book help to accomplish this. First, properties of fibers, yarns, and fabrics are summarized under the headings of "Durability," "Appearance," and "Comfort." The summaries discuss the effects of fabric components on these areas of performance that are important in the selection of textile fabrics. A second feature is the presentation of case studies of specific end use textile products. The case studies describe what properties are important for a specific textile end use and detail the considerations in selecting the appropriate fiber, yarn structure, fabric construction, and/or finish for that end use. Students are encouraged to analyze other end use products in a similar fashion.

The revised text also features updated material on production, processing, and use of textiles. New fibers, such as lyocell and a number of high performance fibers, are presented. Advances in processing, dyeing, and finishing are also described. To provide emphasis for these or to pique student interest in a particular area, Consumer Briefs (boxed material that highlights a particular consumer product or products) are included in selected chapters.

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• Understanding Textiles, 6/E
  Collier & Tortora | ©2001 | Prentice Hall | Cloth; 576 pages
  
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