Textiles and Fashion

<p>Textiles and Fashion explores the integration of<br>textile design with fashion showing the many<br>ways designers use fibre fabric construction and<br>surface treatments within a garment and on the<br>body. It begins with a brief history of textiles in<br>fashion showing the links with technical innovation<br>and social developments. You'll then briefly learn<br>about the processes of textile design including<br>ethical and environmental considerations as<br>well as fibre production dyeing and finishin<br>techniques before moving on to making the most of<br>different surface treatments and the ways in which<br>colour and trend influence fashion and textiles.<br>This 3rd edition includes updated coverage of<br>emerging technologies including smart textiles<br>and 3D printing and interviews with fashion<br>designers to offer insight into how they use textiles<br>in their work. Overall this is the ideal introduction<br>to using textiles within a fashion context.</p>