Fashion and Textiles: An Overview

by: Colin Gale, Jasbir Kaur 
Book Description:

Textiles and fashion share a close and complicated relationship. They have, however, traditionally been considered separately. This is surprising given that fashion is dependent, and to some extent shaped by the type of raw materials (textiles) that are available. This essential book provides the first comprehensive overview of this symbiotic relationship. In Fashion and Textiles: An Overview Gale and Kaur analyze fashion and textile's cultural, industrial and social relationships, as well as how the two fields compete with and influence one another. Highlighting cultural differences and similarities between the two industry sectors, this book includes varying professional perspectives, information about key roles and jobs, and practical considerations relating to economics, design, manufacture and retail. A key text for a wide range of courses on fashion and textiles, it is vital reading for anyone hoping to pursue a career in either field.

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Pak-China Economic and Trade Relations

by Dr. Noor Ahmed Memon

China and Pakistan are close and friendly neighbors. Pakistan has treated China as its most important economic partners. Rapid economic development in China and consequent inter-regional activity has caused increased demand for raw materials, exchange of parts, components, intermediate products and development of cross country production works and processes. Consistent growth in economic relations amplifies the strength off their relationship.

Cotton and man-made fibre consumption by textile industry of Pakistan

by Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emeritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan.

Cotton and man-made fibres consumption ratio is an important indicator of the production pattern of the spinning sectors. This ratio is about 55:45% in the world textile industry. The production pattern of the spinning sector of Pakistan’s textile industry is heavily tilted towards the production of coarse categories of yarns with an overall average count of 20.90 Ne - Just above the limit of 20 Ne for coarse categories. Consequently, it relies heavily on cotton consumption.

The Science of Color

Technical Textiles

The Science of Color, Second Edition

Book Description:

This second edition of The Science of Color focuses on the principles and observations that are foundations of modern color science. Written for a general scientific audience, the book broadly covers essential topics in the interdisciplinary field of color, drawing from physics, physiology and psychology. The jacket of the original edition of the book described it as "the definitive book on color, for scientists, artists, manufacturers and students." This edition also aims for a broad audience.

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Clothes Color & Personality Type

Whatever color we pick up to wear, in some way or other is indicative of our personality. Clothes color and personality type are two terms that tell a lot about each other. Color and clothes styling says a lot about your individuality. It is interesting to know about the philosophy of colors. You must have noticed reserved people often choose to attire in sober shades, which do not flash their personality. On the contrary bold men can be often seen wearing dark bright shades that highlight their presence in the crowd.

Clothes Color & Personality Type

Whatever color we pick up to wear, in some way or other is indicative of our personality. Clothes color and personality type are two terms that tell a lot about each other. Color and clothes styling says a lot about your individuality. It is interesting to know about the philosophy of colors. You must have noticed reserved people often choose to attire in sober shades, which do not flash their personality. On the contrary bold men can be often seen wearing dark bright shades that highlight their presence in the crowd.

Clothes Color & Personality Type

Impact of contamination on yarn and fabric quality

y R.Senthil Kumar.

Contamination has vital role in deciding the quality of cotton apart from essential properties such as length, strength, fineness. Contamination of raw cotton can take place at every step i.e. from the farm picking to the ginning stage. Contamination, even if it is a single foreign fibre, can lead to the downgrading of yarn, fabric or garments or even the total rejection of an entire batch and can cause irreparable harm to the relationship between growers, ginners, merchants, spinner and textile and clothing mills. An International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) reported that claims due to contamination amounted to between 1.4 – 3.2% of total sales of 100% cotton and cotton blended yarns. The main aim of this paper is to give a perspective about the contaminants and its types, causes, effects, statistics of contaminants, preventive measures to eliminate contaminants and contamination cleaning methods.

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion Edition 1.

Book description:
From diapers to Dior, saris to serapes, the world of clothing is nearly as vast and as ancient as the human race. Tracing the stylistic and functional threads that unite clothing across time and cul-tures -- as well as delving into the divergent styles and significance of apparel -- this A to Z encyclopedia is the essential resource for exploring the relationship between culture and couture. 

The set includes a comprehensive general index in the last volume, a timeline, and a topical outline. From the secondary school student writing a paper on dress among Native Americans to the university student interested in the underpinnings of clothing design, this set represents a unique and valuable source. ?
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Fashionable Technology: The Intersection of Design, Fashion, Science, and Technology

Book Description: 

The interplay of electronic textiles and wearable technology, wearables for short, and fashion, design and science is a highly promising and topical subject. Offered here is a compact survey of the theory involved and an explanation of the role technology plays in a fabric or article of clothing. The practical application is explained in detail and numerous illustrations serve as clarification. Over 50 well-known designers, research institutes, companies and artists, among them Philips, Burton, MIT Media Lab, XS Labs, New York University, Hussein Chalayan, Cute Circuit or International Fashion Machines are introduced by means of their latest, often still unpublished, project, and a survey of their work to date. Given for the first time is a list of all the relevant information on research institutes, materials, publications etc. A must for all those wishing to know everything about fashionable technology.

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The Fashion Business: Theory, Practice, Image

Book Description: 
It is commonly known that fashion is big business, yet given its global significance, little has been written on the phenomenon of the fashion system. Instead, books have tended to focus on dress history, although recently the discipline has taken a more theoretical turn, with a spate of books appearing that analyze the underlying forces motivating fashion. This pioneering book unites theory and practice to provide an integrated series of snapshots taken from different perspectives of the fashion business in the second half of the twentieth century. 

Featuring contributions by leading experts in three main areas of important debate within the industry - the theory and culture of fashion; design and industry; and image and marketing - the book will be an essential reference for students, practitioners and theoreticians. It addresses such key issues as: the relationship between culture and clothing; the intersection of fashion and modernity; the origins of glamour; the role of creativity and the power of design; the chain store challenge; the age of the thinking designer; retail concepts; and minimalism in fashion. It is certain to be required reading on fashion courses and in related disciplines, including media, cultural and consumption studies.

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Patterns and Palette Sourcebook: A Complete Guide to Choosing the Perfect Color and Pattern in Design

Book Description:

This hardworking reference book is an invaluable tool for art directors, designers, and students working in the fashion, product, and graphic design fields, as well as anyone in the business of visual communication.

The Pattern and Palette Sourcebook is a desktop library of colors and patterns that addresses the professionalÆs real-world needs in working with harmonies and contrasts. Divided into six unique style sections, the book provides readers with 15 appropriate colors for each section, which are then incorporated into 25 different patterns shown in six or eight color variations each. This enables readers to see the dramatic effect colors have in design and helps them better understand how to use color effectively. The book also demonstrates ways of creating designs that are distinctly unique from one another yet hold together in a group. This book is a must have for designers of all disciplines and experience levels.

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Figure Drawing for Fashion Design (Fashion & Textiles)

Book Description:
FIGURE DRAWING FOR FASHION DESIGN offers a concise, topic by topic guide to acquiring and perfecting these skills, concentrating on the female form. The coverage provided means that this book is ideal both for those who want to apply themselves professionally to fashion design, and for all enthusiasts of drawing the human body. Fashion plates are the primary means of visualizing ideas and concepts in costume and fashion design. To give an accurate impression of what is in a designer’s mind it is vital to have complete mastery of the rules of figure drawing. Here, realism and anatomical precision are the chief values, whereas for costume and fashion, stylization and exaggeration are ways of adding individuality and verve to a plate, and of focusing attention on specific elements.
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Chemistry & Technology of Fabric Preparation & Finishing

It is an excellent book on textile chemistry.

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Importance of sequestering agent in textile processing

by Dr. S.M.Imtiazuddin, M. Sohail Tiki, and Azeema Kanwal, AVM Chemical Industries.

Background of sequestering agent

The present invention relates to a novel composition of matter having utility in the sequestering or complexing of metal ions particularly calcium and / or magnesium ions. More particularly, the present invention is unique combination of water – soluble aminopolyacetate demonstrating improved chelating properties.

Reference Books of Textile Technologies - Spinning

A good book about spinning.
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Nonwoven Fabrics: Raw Materials, Manufacture, Applications, Characteristics, Testing Processes

This book provides comprehensive information about nonwovens, from the raw material fibres via the manufacturing processes to finishing and to the ready-made product. Nonwoven characteristics and the fields of application are discussed in detail as well as the processes available to test the raw materials, the intermediate and the final products.
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Handbook of Nonwovens

Book Description:
With its distinguished editor and array if international contributors, the Handbook of Nonwovens offers a comprehensive review of the latest advances in this area and how they can be applied to particular products. The book reviews the development of the industry and the different classes of nonwoven material. It then discusses methods of manufacture such as dry-laid, wet-laid, and polymer-laid web foundation. Other techniques analyzed include mechanical, thermal, and chemical bonding as well as chemical and mechanical finishing systems. The book concludes with an assessment of the characterization, testing, and modelling of nonwoven materials.
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Handbook of Technical Textiles

Book Description: 

While various books address the technical textile industry, most are vague or narrow in scope, addressing only a specific process, fabric structure, or area of application. Although the development of technical and industrial applications for textiles goes back many years, more recent milestones have marked the emergence of technical textiles, as we know them today. Very largely, these have centered upon new materials, processes, and applications.
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Electronic Textiles and its applications

by Hafsa Riaz,BSc(NCTE) ,MSc (UET)National Textile University, Faisalabad.

Due fast development in textile and clothing industry, the traditional ideas about clothes will be radically changed, as new area of textile products called Smart clothes are gaining importance. The intelligent textiles and smart clothing industry is focused on enhancing the functional properties of textiles. Smart materials can be defined as those, which react to external environment or stimuli. God has gifted all living creatures to react /response to external environment.

Textile - Reference Book for Weaving

A good book about weaving.
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Textile Mathematics VIII

A book about calculations in weaving.
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Reference Books of Textile Technologies - Finishing

This is marvelous book on the topic of finishing.
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Chemistry & Technology of Fabric Preparation & Finishing

A good book about textile chemistry.
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Handbook of Weaving

This is the most useful book on the subject of weaving
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Enzymes: A revaluation in textile processing

by Muhammad Ayaz Shaikh, Assistant Professor, College of Textile Engineering, SFDAC.

Abstract

The use of enzymes in the textile chemical processing is rapidly gaining globally recognition because of their non-toxic and eco-friendly characteristics with the increasingly important requirement for textile manufacturers to reduce pollution in textile production. Enzymes sources, activity, specificity, reaction, mechanism and thermodynamics, function of textile processing with enzymes, major enzymatic applications in textile wet processing and promising areas of enzyme applications in textile processing are discussed. The aim is to provide the textile technologist with an understanding of enzymes and their use with textile materials.

Sustainable measures of color communication

by DyStar Ecology solutions
Specifying  desired color for a textile article represents one of the greatest challenges for the global supply chain. As a result, most major retailers and brands have implemented color management systems to respond to these challenges.

Indigo and sulphur rope dyeing in Denim

by Dr. S.M.Imtiazuddin, M. Sohail Tiki, AVM Chemical Industries.

The indigo dye Rope dyeing is the latest dyeing technology in Denim. Rope dyeing is considered a superior dyeing technology, where the dyeing uniformity is achieved better than other Indigo dyeing technologies like slasher dyeing.

The applications of nonwovens in technical textiles

by Muhammad Kamran Iqbal.

The textile industry is one of the largest consumer supported industries which has played a vital role in worldwide economy. The use of fibers, yarns and fabrics for applications other than clothing and furnishing (conventional textile) is not a new phenomenon.

The technical textile defined by the Textile Institute1 is ‘textile materials and products manufactured primarily for their technical and performance properties rather than their aesthetic or decorative characteristics’.

Gerber Technology announces acquisition of Yunique Solutions

Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc. world leader in automated CAD/CAM and PLM solutions for the apparel and flexible materials industry, recently announced the strategic acquisition of Yunique Solutions, Inc., developer of the fashion industry’s top-ranked PLM solution. This acquisition will ensure that Gerber provides an innovative end-to-end solution with user productivity and enterprise connectivity at its core.

Gerber Technology announces acquisition of Yunique Solutions

Gerber Technology, a business unit of Gerber Scientific, Inc. world leader in automated CAD/CAM and PLM solutions for the apparel and flexible materials industry, recently announced the strategic acquisition of Yunique Solutions, Inc., developer of the fashion industry’s top-ranked PLM solution. This acquisition will ensure that Gerber provides an innovative end-to-end solution with user productivity and enterprise connectivity at its core.

Skill requirements for textile and fashion designers

by Dr. H. R. Sheikh, Professor Emeritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan

The lifestyle of men and women, especially the young generation, has changed all over the world. Consequently, the design requirements of textile products have also changed. Apparel manufacturers demand fabrics with special characteristics so that comfortable, garments with adequate holding power and shape retention properties can be produced for the modern consumers. Such fabrics can be produced by selecting the right type of raw-materials, constructional parameters and manufacturing techniques.

Establishing the effect of machine parameters on polyester-Lycra air covered knitted fabric

by C. Prakash, Lecturer, Dept. Fashion Technology,
Sona  College of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Demand for woven and knitted textiles with elastic properties for shape retention and comfort has been constantly rising for the last few years. This is mainly due to the shift in consumer preference for durability to comfort.

New approach to theoretical study of some of the parameters in the knitting process and their influence over the knit fabric stitch density

by Dr A. Charalambus, Associate Professor,Technical University Sofia, Bulgaria

In the following, relations are being proved by using an exclusively simple geometrical model. In addition to this, series of graphics are being made which allow fast, simple and effective analysis of the relations between some of the parameters of the knitting process and those of the ready knit fabric. The introduced quantity “relative geometrical prolongation of the thread length in the stitch” plays a significant role in the study.

Optimization of Draw Frame Roller Settings using Fibre Length Information from Premier aQura TM

by V.Srinivasan , and C. Dhandayuthapani

Abstract: The Premier aQuraTM Raw material and Process Management system provides several parameters on Neps and fibre length which can be used by the spinners for optimizing the yarn quality.This paper provides informative guidelines for utilisation of the length information from aQuraTM. The paper deals with the optimization of the roller settings in draw frames using the aQuraTM length distribution.

Impact of Long Ring Spinning Frames on Yarn Cost

by Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emiritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan
During the spinning of fibres into yarn cost is incurred at each processing stage. In general, the processes involved are preparation of homogeneous mixing, blowing, carding, doubling and drafting, preparation of roving and spinning. The ring cops produced on ring spinning or compact spinning machines are rewound to produce cone or cheese by using winding machines.

Impact of Long Ring Spinning Frames on Yarn Cost

by Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emiritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan
During the spinning of fibres into yarn cost is incurred at each processing stage. In general, the processes involved are preparation of homogeneous mixing, blowing, carding, doubling and drafting, preparation of roving and spinning. The ring cops produced on ring spinning or compact spinning machines are rewound to produce cone or cheese by using winding machines.

Application of the vacuum yarn conditioning machine in the Textile Industry

Linen Fabric Formation

by S. M. Qutab Textile Consultant.
Traditionally linen has been used in the production of either relatively simple woven fabrics such as sheeting, towel, camric, sheers, drills and ducks or highly complex fabrics such as damasks. Industrial use includes filter cloth and canvas.

Over the past few decades, the trend in weaving sector has been toward greater versatility and scope in design. This has been in tune with the greater use of linen in apparel market that is more fashion oriented than the traditional market. Flax yarns are available in a wide range of counts and characteristics, depending on the nature of flax used and processing arrangements employed. It is important that the weaver chooses the appropriate yarn for each specific fabric type.

Calculation of charges for commission weaving

by Dr. H.R.Sheikh, professor, Emeritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan.
Commission Weaving is occasionally undertaken by independent weaving mills equipped with modern shuttle less looms for clients who supply their own yarn and specify fabric constructions. The charges are usually calculated per pick and quoted accordingly. The method of calculation is based on the installed capacity, operating speeds, fabric constructions, conversion cost etc. and is explained as follows:

Pakistan weaving sector including denim holds the highest potential for growth and investment

by Dr. Noor Ahmed Memon

Pakistan's denim fabric exports rocketed in the last years, due to a series of advantages including a falling currency, cotton fiber and yarn availability, modern equipment and strong incentives from the government.

Textile industry has the largest potential for boosting exports from Pakistan. At present this sector contributes more than 60% share in the export of country. Apart from its basic contribution of clothing the nation and at the same time earning largest foreign exchange through exportable items, the textile industry holds the key to the growth and expansion of the country's cotton economy, which continues to be the main cash crop.

Chemistry of optical brighteners and uses in textile industries

by Mr. Anwer Tiki, Afreen Amin and Azeema Kanwal, AVM Chemical Industries.

Introduction

Optical brighteners (sometimes called optical bleaches or fluorescent whitening agents) are fluorescent white dyes that absorb ultraviolet region (340 – 370 nm), light of electromagnetic region emit back visible blue light region (420 – 470 nm).

Application of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) in the spinning mill

by R.Senthil Kumar, Senior Lecturer, Department of Textile Technology,
Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore-06, India

Introduction

In today’s highly competitive market, cost effectiveness of an enterprise is plays vital role in manufacturing process. Textile industry is the second largest industry in the world next to agriculture. The effective utilization of manpower and resources in the manufacturing sector leads to low manufacturing cost, which is necessary for survival in present scenario. Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) is also a cost reduction tool used in industry particularly in spinning mills, where  maintenance activities  are key to the smooth running of the textile mill. The main aim of this paper is to give broad outlook and practical hints about the TPM in a spinning mill.

Medical Textiles: A case study and its prospects in Pakistan

Muhammad Kamran Iqbal, Senior Research Assistant at Textile Research and Innovation Centre (TRIC), Textile Institute of Pakistan delivered a lecture on case study conducted on the prospects of medical textiles in Pakistan. The excerpts of the presentation are as follows. HRS.

All textiles and nonwoven products used in the operative and post-operative tasks in and around the patient by medical practitioners are termed as Medical Textiles. Research work on Medical Textiles is being carried out at the TRIC and its objectives are medical research and conducting survey of hospitals to evaluate demand and supply scenarios with the aim of providing insight into the specific medical, surgical and health care materials.

Innovations in intelligent apparel and technical textiles

by Dr. Noor Ahmed Memon. Technical textiles are the high performance fabrics specially manufactured for various industrial specialized individual applications. The market trends for traditional textiles are heavily inclined towards countries with cheap labor. In such an environment, technical textiles give an opportunity to the companies in the industrialized countries to survive the competition and to achieve sustainable growth due to their specialized skills, materials, processes and equipments. US and EU continue to be major manufacturers and consumers of technical textiles, the Asian countries like China and India have recently emerged as production centers of technical textiles. Russia is also an important market where the consumption of technical textiles is growing at a fast speed. Turkey's technical textiles market has also started to develop in the recent years. The total global sale of technical textiles is expected to touch US$139 billion by 2012. Asia is fast emerging as the chief producer and to some degree consumer of technical textiles. This paper highlights and demonstrates the technical and their future contribution to the development of economics of newly developing countries, such as China, South East Asia, and North Africa etc. A special focus is placed on the innovations in intelligent apparel and technical textiles now span the whole market. Technical textiles are high performance textiles that require special functionality. The market of technical textiles is significant and expanding as the products are being put to an ever-increasing number of end uses in various industries such as agriculture, clothing, construction, health care, transportation, packaging, sports, environmental protection, protective wear and many more although technical textiles have attracted considerable attention, the use of fibers, yarns and fabrics for applications other than clothing and furnishing is not new phenomenon.

Technical Textiles: Current global trends and prospects in Pakistan

The excerpts of the presentation by Dr. Tahir Shah from University of Bolton, UK are given here for the interest of our readers. This report is compiled and edited by Dr. H.R. Sheikh, Professor Emeritus, Textile Institute of Pakistan.

Dr. Tahir Shah from Institute for Materials Research and Innovation (IMRI) University of Bolton, UK emphasized  importance of Technical Textiles in Pakistan and said that it is an opportunity for diversification of the production pattern into new areas of textile manufacturing. End-uses of these materials depend on the functional and not on the aesthetic properties.

Textiles: An introduction

A textile is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn.Yarn is produced by spinning raw wool fibres, linen, cotton, or other material on a spinning wheel to produce long strands.Textiles are formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting,knotting, or pressing fibres together (felt).