Fashion & Interior Design

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.

• NEW - Updated and revised—Includes the most recent advances in biotechnology, nano-technology, “smart” textiles, and other leading-edge work.

  • Keeps students abreast of the latest developments in the field of textile manufacturing.

• NEW - Updated worldwide production figures.

  • Gives students information necessary in our global economy.

• NEW - Enhanced coverage of interior design fabrics and materials.

  • Keeps students' interest by covering this emerging and important field.

• NEW - Added pedagogy—Includes review questions, investigations, chapter divisions, and tables of links to Fabric Glossary.

  • Enables instructors to fully flesh out their course material.

• All aspects of textile production and behavior—Covers fibers thoroughly: 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.

• Concise, accessible information—Rooted in textile science but in as nontechnical language as possible.

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

• Wealth of illustrations—Including photographs, bar and flow charts, and, especially in Fabric Glossary, 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.

• Focus on terminology—Defines key terms throughout the narrative and in quick-reference glossaries.

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

• Extensive fabric care and assessment coverage—Includes 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.

• Consideration of fabrics and ecology—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.

• Unique Fabric Glossary —Available as 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 for their future careers as professionals.

• Updated and revised—Includes the most recent advances in biotechnology, nano-technology, “smart” textiles, and other leading-edge work.

  • Keeps students abreast of the latest developments in the field of textile manufacturing.

• Updated worldwide production figures.

  • Gives students information necessary in our global economy.

• Enhanced coverage of interior design fabrics and materials.

  • Keeps students' interest by covering this emerging and important field.

• Added pedagogy—Includes review questions, investigations, chapter divisions, and tables of links to Fabric Glossary.

  • Enables instructors to fully flesh out their course material.

1. Introduction.


2. Textile Fibers.


3. Yarns—From Fiber to Fabric.


4. Fabric Constructions.


5. Finishing of Fabrics.


6. Care of Fabrics.


7. Textiles and Ecology.


8. Fabric Assessment.


9. Metric in Textiles.

Textiles (Fashion)
Apparel Manufacturing (Fashion)

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.  

 

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