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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sinclair, Rose (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Publishing Limited in association with the Textile Institute, [2015]
Colección:Woodhead publishing in textiles ; no. 126.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.