TXMI 9.22

Ch. 5 Primary and Secondary Levels



Fashion Textiles:

Fiber: A fiber, hairlike strand

  • Neutral, (e.g cotton)

  • Regenerated (e.g rayon)

  • Synthetic (e.g Polyester)

Yarn: fibers are spun or twisted into three threads

Fabric: yarns are knittted, woven or bonded into fabric


Natural Fibers:

Most common:

  • Cotton

  • Wool

  • Silk

  • Flax

Lesson common: ramie and hemp



Top producers of cotton- China, India, and U.S


Why is woool scrsthy— the fibers,and scales it has (It is hair, the fibers interlock on the scales and dont wasnt to become loose)

Polyester can be anything, since it is made in lab


Silk worms was the first to tried be cultivated in ga

Flax is yarn, but is actually linen and changes once

what fiber is linen made from? flax*

absorbs moisuter and cooling but wrinkly



Natrual fibers to yarns


hARVESTING AND GRINNING

opening and cleaning

carding and combining

drawing and roving

winding and packaging

cotton, first industry to employ women? (?)

GA was one of the last states to abolish child labor



Leather and fur:

Are natural but are not fibers

(fibers are very thin hairlike components, coming from polyseter, rayon, wool, cotton, etc.)
Obtained from animal skins (at the expense of their life)

undergo significant processing

Go look at the chapter for this around ch.5 or more? not past nine though**

Manufactured fibers:

The process:

callulosic:

  • from wood pulp

Noncellulosic:

  • from coal and natural gas

(go through spinerette, thick liquid goes through it and cut it up, can make short or longer and then thread it or something and become textile??? prob not) I think becomes fiber

Microfiber: thinnest and finest of all synthetics

1910 rayon was first manufactured fiber?


microfibers can come form rayon, or nylon, polester

2 to 3 times smaller than human hair

wrinkle resistant, can throw in laundry and wont shrink

mini: acrylic can become

Comes from plastic, so microplastics


Fiber trends:

  • Blends of natural and synthetic fibers

  • Technology and traceability

  • Customer service

  • - technical assistance

  • fabric libraries

  • and exhibits to retailers and fashion brands


Fabric:

  • each person consumes 86 pounds of fabric a year

  • greige goods

  • some weaves, colors, or finishes take 6-18 months

  • fabric showrooms and trade shows

la, nyc, florence have dfashion or fabric rooms

greige goods white or grey plain fabric?? jsut know its plain grey whitish color fabric


Fabric trends:
High tech frabics

growing global competition

product diversitifaction

new technology and equipment increased exports and government regulation


kevlar? bullet proof fabric

whats outside of the vest is nylon, inside layers of kevlar?


\mushroom and pneapple for leather




Ita about the job,


one end goal job description

pivotable skills, more realstic

like job descriptions and incldue in pdf

answring the questions

like who do you work with


find atleast two current events

450 to 600 words

job desc, two supporting positions and summary

she does not want links, screepcaputre it or download it and combine it into pdf



maybe include visual map or of jounrye, like flow chart or star of own