Fabric for Fashion A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Fibres

Fabric for Fashion A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Fibres

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129 Fabric for Fashion A Comprehensive Guide to Natural Fibres

Số trang: 208 trang

Ngôn ngữ: English

Content:

Introduction

Fibers to fabrics

Introducing color

Wool

Luxury animal fibers

Silk

Linen

Cotton

Sustainable plant fibers

Fabric and the fashion industry

Resources

Glossary

Index

Credits and acknowledgments

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Introduction

Fashion design and textile knowledge are often taught as separate disciplines, and knowledge of the raw materials and processes that make up a fabric are not usually integrated into fashion studies.

A confident understanding of fabrics, and the fibers they are composed of, is fundamental to the design process, allowing one to make informed choices rather than arbitrary decisions based upon surface appeal.
This book is intended as an easily navigable fabric lexicon that explores the relationship between fashion and textiles and encourages an awareness of fibers and fabrics in a broader fashion context. It is designed to inform the reader of the endless possibilities that fabrics offer to the design process. It is not intended as an exhaustive technical manual, but rather as a tool to inform, inspire, and encourage the creative use of fabrics. The content of the book is intended to support an essential knowledge base, which is fundamental to developing a range of fashion products.

Focusing on the natural, and naturally derived fiber sources, each section considers the origins of a specific natural fiber, its history, provenance, and the processing journey to finished fabric. Additionally, it explores the socioeconomic factors that may have influenced the importance of a specific fiber, in order to create an awareness of how one’s choice of material may impact upon ecological, sustainable, and ethical issues.

Each section provides an extensive database of terminology, to encourage informed and effective communication with industry professionals. This is underpinned with information about processes generic to all fibers regardless of origin. The importance of color is explored within a separate section, and the final chapter contextualizes the interrelationship of all the components that make up the fashion industry.

“The bond between fashion and textiles is one of mutual dependency and reciprocal influence; a shared destiny based upon our need for clothing.”

Fashion and Textiles: An Overview

Colin Gale and Jasbir Kaur (Berg Publishers, 2004)

Our relationship with fibers and fabrics is intimate and all-encompassing; we are surrounded by, sleep in, and are clothed by them. Historically textiles have been valued not only for their practical and aesthetic properties, but also as incredibly powerful cultural indicators. Textiles display the artistry and ingenuity of a civilization, the most precious examples of which even help to denote status within society. In contemporary life an ever-more sophisticated and growing range of fabrics expresses the complex language of fashion.

The textile industry may be simplistically viewed as the supplier of the raw materials for the fashion industry, whereas in reality the two industries are inextricably linked. Developments in the textile industry invariably impact upon the fashion industry, and vice versa. Fabrics are also incredibly powerful as a strong visual indicator of a brand, often defining aspects of a brand identity.

The fashion designer’s relationship with fabric is at the heart of the creative process. The right choice of fabric is fundamental to good design and is instrumental to its success. The better the understanding of the material, the more effective is the symbiosis between the design and fabric.

“The future of fashion lies in fabrics. Everything comes from fabrics.”

Donna Karan