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Fabric Manipulation Techniques
What is Fabric Manipulation? Fabric manipulation is the technique of creating, sculpturing, and embellishing effects on fabric in order to give it texture and a unique appearance. From a flat 2-dimensional piece of fabric, you can manipulate it to become 3-dimensional and bring it to life. How to Manipulate Fabric: There are three basic ways of achieving fabric manipulation. FABRIC TEXTURING: Using the fabric... -
Fashion Forecasting Types, Steps and Importance
What is Fashion Forecasting? Predicting what new fashions will come in the future by observing past fashion trends is called fashion forecasting. Through this, it is known what new designs will come in the future. For this reason, this forecasting is done by considering various situations including future trends, people’s demands. Types of Fashion Forecasting: There are two types of fashion forecasting. Short-time fashion... -
Environmentally Friendly Dye for Textiles Fabrics
What is Eco- Friendly Dyes? Eco-friendly dyeing techniques involve the use of non-toxic, biodegradable, and renewable materials that have a minimal impact on the environment. It is feasible to use dyes and finishes on textiles without negatively impacting the environment. To the extent that chemical-free and eco-friendly dyes can be utilized, dying may have positive environmental effects. Naturally occurring colors may be derived... -
Sewing Thread Properties and Its Types
What is Sewing Thread? External appearance and qualities of a seam are directly concerned with the sewing thread. Specially, the quality of a garment also depends on the selection that what sort of sewing thread will be used for the sewing of the garment. The construction of sewing thread, the fiber types in the thread and the finishing material in the thread etc. influence... -
Different Types of Labels Used in Garments
What is Label: A garment label is a communicator between the buyer and the product. Labels communicate to the customer what types of materials have been used in making the garment. They communicate how to care for the garment and other special instructions about it. They communicate the size of the garment. They communicate the name of the manufacturer. Various Types of Labels Used... -
Polyester Fabric properties And Applications of Garments industry
What is Polyester Fabric? Polyester fabric is a synthetic man-made fabric made from polyester fibers which are manufactured from a category of polymers made from oil. Polyester fiber is the most commonly used manufactured fiber worldwide. The polyester fabric is one of the strongest fabrics with many qualities that make it suitable for manufacturing apparel and home furnishing and many items for industrial purposes....