Fashion Fibers

Fashion Fibers
Author: Annie Gullingsrud
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1501306642

Fashion Fibers: Designing for Sustainability provides a holistic overview of the environmental impacts of fibers at each stage of the product lifecycle and offers guidance on how make sustainble design decisions.

Fibershed

Fibershed
Author: Rebecca Burgess
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2019-11-19
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1603586636

The Cost of Our Clothes -- The Fibershed Movement -- Soil-to-Soil Clothing and the Carbon Cycle -- The False Solution of Synthetic Biology -- Implementing the Vision with Plant-Based Fibers -- Implementing the Vision with Animal Fibers and Mills -- Expanding the Fibershed Model -- A Future Based in Truth.

Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide

Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide
Author: Amanda Johnston
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2014-02-03
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1780675135

Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide is the only book specifically for fashion designers to explain the behaviour and properties of different fabrics. Fashion design is largely determined by how the fabrics work, move, feel and look. The most successful fashion designers are those who understand their materials, who match design skill with technical knowledge. This book bridges that gap by providing a mix of practical information and industry vocabulary, visually examining generic fabric types, discussing the characteristics of fabrics and showing how to exploit materials to push the boundaries of design. With stunning colour photographs that show how fashion designers, both past and present, have worked with fabrics, the book’s prime objective is to stimulate creative exploration of the relationship of fabrics to fashion.

Sustainable Fibres for Fashion and Textile Manufacturing

Sustainable Fibres for Fashion and Textile Manufacturing
Author: Rajkishore Nayak
Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2022-10-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128240539

Sustainable Fibres for Fashion and Textile Manufacturing presents the latest technical information about innovative natural and synthetic materials, helping the reader to understand sustainable fibres and raw materials for fashion and textile manufacturing. With a particular focus on apparel manufacturing, different applications of sustainable fibres are explored along with manufacturing techniques and details of the material properties. New research investigating nontraditional sources of textile fibres such as lotus, orange, milk, seaweed, corn, and mushroom are all presented, providing a uniquely comprehensive resource. Drawing on work by contributors from a variety of fields and roles in industry and academia, this book shares solutions and new perspectives on this interdisciplinary topic more widely in the hope of leading to research breakthroughs. - Shares a wealth of valuable data and results from research into sustainable cellulosic, lingo-cellulosic and protein fibres - Includes full technical descriptions of newly explored sustainable fibres, including chemical structures and structural properties - Presents a strong focus on improving sustainability of the industry through practical measures spanning disciplinary boundaries to address this complex issue

Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics

Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics
Author: Deborah E. Young
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-01-11
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1501328565

Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics is an all-in-one text and swatch book that focuses on the unique needs of students in fashion design, apparel merchandising, and product development.

The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion

The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion
Author: Mood Designer Fabrics
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 503
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 161312872X

“Designers, we’re going to Mood!” More than 10 years ago, Tim Gunn and Project Runway introduced millions of viewers to New York’s ultimate fabric mecca, Mood Fabrics. Now, the experts behind this fabric power- house bring their fabric and fashion know-how—plus their behind-the-scenes stories—to the sewing public. The Mood Guide to Fabric and Fashion is the ultimate guide for home-sewers, fashion students, aspiring designers, and Project Runway fans who want to learn everything they need to know to choose and use quality fabric. Drawing upon the expertise of the Mood staff, the book teaches readers the fundamentals—from where fabric is produced to the ins and outs of its construction—and features a fabric-by-fabric guide to cottons and other plant fibers, wools, silks, knits, and other specialty fabrics.

Sustainable Fibres for Fashion Industry

Sustainable Fibres for Fashion Industry
Author: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811005222

This book covers all sustainable fibres applicable in the fashion sector and discusses their importance in the context of sustainability. It is the first of its kind to address all the minute details pertaining to these fibres and to connect these fibres with the world of sustainable fashion. It stresses their importance in developing sustainable apparel, since fibres play a major role as the starting point in the life cycle of clothing.

Textiles and Fashion

Textiles and Fashion
Author: Rose Sinclair
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 895
Release: 2014-11-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0857095617

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 their properties. Part two provides a systematic review of the key processes involved first in converting fibres into yarns and then transforming yarns into fabrics. Part three discusses the range of range of finishing techniques for fabrics. The final part of the book looks specifically at the transformation of fabric into apparel, from design and manufacture to marketing. With contributions from leading experts in their fields, this major book provides the definitive one-volume guide to textile manufacture. - Provides comprehensive coverage of the types and properties of textile fibres to yarn and fabric manufacture, fabric finishing, apparel production and fashion - Focused on the needs of college and undergraduate students studying textiles or fashion courses - Each chapter ends with a summary to emphasise key points, a comprehensive self-review section, and project ideas are also provided

Identification of Textile Fibers

Identification of Textile Fibers
Author: M M Houck
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2009-01-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1845695658

The identification of fibers is important to the textile industry, forensic science, fashion designers and historians among others. Identifying fibers involves observing the physical and chemical properties of the fiber for which there are a wide diversity of instruments available. This book provides a comprehensive review of fiber structure, the diversity of instruments available to identify fibers and applicications for a range of industries.The first part of the book examines the main fibers, their structure and characteristics. Part two focuses on methods of fiber identification, ranging from microscopic to DNA analysis. Specific applications, including how textiles are identified in forensic investigations.Identification of textile fibers is an important text for forensic scientists, police and lawyers who may be involved with the use of textile fibers to provide evidence in criminal cases. It will also be relevant for textile designers, technologists and inspectors wishing to assess fiber quality and understand fiber damage. - Provides a comprehensive review of the main types of fibre together with their structure, characteristics and identification - Assesses methods of fibre identification from optical microscopy to DNA analysis as well as instruments available to identify fibres