You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. A lot of time the synthetic version of a weave is harder to work with than the natural version and I think you can really see how this is true with the side by side comparison included in the book. They have also included many current photos of the fabrics sewn up into garments which helps to illustrate how the final garment would act.

This fabric swatch book also contains detailed information on the basics of fabrics, weave comparison, construction, and weights. Color photos appear on every page, along with many sidebars and infographics on topics like useful terminology, construction details, and data on material composition. It’s really easy to tell cotton twill from silk charmeuse when they’re both in front of you, but can you tell the difference between silk habotai and silk crepe de chine? This book is like having your very own personal expert on hand to recommend fabrics that match your products’ effects. Point is, most entrepreneurs are too busy to read enough of a textile textbook to get much (if anything) out of it.It's great that there are no colours or patterns on the swatches so I'm not influenced by anything other than the feel and the description of what the fabric is good for. You would create your color theme based on your design style and hues and your art supplies helping you to see the color quality of your art and design. One of my favorite parts of the book is that the types of fabrics made from each fiber are divided into groups that share specific properties that would be instrumental when choosing fabrics. You can really see the difference between silk organza and nylon organza when they're presented next to each other. Laurence King, the publisher, is extending a 35% discount to all Fashion-Incubator readers (but sure, you can pass the code around) on this title.

There are a multitude of both natural and synthetic fibers covered here, even some odd ones you wouldn't expect. If you can master (you can, easily) the content in this book, you will likely pass Textile Science 101.This easily navigable resource provides 100 swatches of most recognized and widely used varieties of fabric, including cottons, silks, wools and linens, to encourage consideration of not just the aesthetic appeal of various fabrics but also their structure, feel and weight. With information on fibres, basic construction of fabrics, weights, construction and weave comparison, the book will help student fashion designers to make informed textile choices based upon an understanding of raw materials together with the processes that make up a fabric.