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Textiles and fashion : exploring printed textiles, knitwear, embroidery, menswear and womenswear / Jenny Udale.

By: Udale, Jenny Material type: Text

TextPublisher: London : Fairchild Books, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2014]Edition: Second editionDescription: 200 pages : illustrations (mostly color) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9782940496006 (paperback)Subject(s): Textile fabrics | Textile design | Fashion design | DESIGN / FashionDDC classification: 677 LOC classification: TT507 | .U1 2014Other classification: DES005000

Contents:

The Textile Sample -- Interview: Duncan Cheetham -- Projects: Designing a textile through research -- Fibres -- Interview: Manel Torres -- Projects: Finishing techniques -- Fabric Construction -- Interview: Tina Lutz -- Projects: Design development -- Surface Treatments -- Interview: James Stone -- Projects: Reinventing a classic -- Colour and Trends -- Interview: Philippa Wagner -- Projects: Trends -- Textiles Used in Fashion Design -- Interview: Anne Sofie Masden -- Projects: Deconstruction - reconstruction -- Glossary -- Useful resources.

Scope and content: "Textiles and Fashion explores the integration of textile design with fashion. It begins with a brief history of textiles, showing the links with technical innovation and social developments. It then focuses on the processes of textile design, including the ethical and sustainable issues around textiles today. The book also provides practical information on fibre production, dyeing and finishing techniques. Various surface treatments are explored, as well as the way in which colour and trend influences fashion and textiles. Through case studies and interviews, fashion and textile designers discuss their production processes and how they use textiles in their work. New to the second edition are exercises to help students to explore and further their knowledge of textiles and fashion"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
ATU Book	SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING LIBRARY - ACCRA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY General Stacks	TT507 .U1 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c1	Available		0000011029
ATU Book	SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCE & ENGINEERING LIBRARY - ACCRA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY General Stacks	TT507 .U1 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c2	Available		0000011028

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Includes bibliographical references (page 193) and index.

"Textiles and Fashion explores the integration of textile design with fashion. It begins with a brief history of textiles, showing the links with technical innovation and social developments. It then focuses on the processes of textile design, including the ethical and sustainable issues around textiles today. The book also provides practical information on fibre production, dyeing and finishing techniques. Various surface treatments are explored, as well as the way in which colour and trend influences fashion and textiles. Through case studies and interviews, fashion and textile designers discuss their production processes and how they use textiles in their work. New to the second edition are exercises to help students to explore and further their knowledge of textiles and fashion"-- Provided by publisher.

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