The Fashion Designer’s Textile Directory: A Guide to Fabrics’ Properties, Charac…

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A comprehensive directory and indispensable resource for fashion designers and students, providing a deep understanding of different textiles and their uses in garment design.

Authored by Gail Baugh, a seasoned fashion industry professional, this guide unravels the complex world of textiles. It offers detailed profiles of over 120 different types of fabrics, outlining their properties, characteristics, and potential uses in fashion design.

The Fashion Designer’s Textile Directory goes beyond a mere listing of fabrics. It provides practical insights into how to pair fabrics with specific types of garments, the role of fabric in fashion sustainability, and how different textiles can influence the design process.

With this guide, you’ll not only learn about the textiles themselves but also how to effectively use them in your designs. This book is an essential tool for aspiring and professional fashion designers alike, helping them to create stunning and innovative garments.

Key Features:

Comprehensive Guide: Provides a detailed profile of over 120 types of fabrics.Practical Insights: Offers insights on pairing fabrics with specific types of garments.Design Process: Explores how different textiles can influence the design process.Expert Author: Written by Gail Baugh, a seasoned fashion industry professional.

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About the Author:

Gail Baugh teaches textiles and merchandising at both San Francisco State University and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. She has extensive fashion industry experience, particularly in global product development and sourcing for large retail chains.

The Fashion Designer’s Textile Directory

A Guide to Fabrics’ Properties, Characteristics, and Garment-Design Potential

Illustrated and explained with photographs of fabric samples, garments, and diagrams, each entry has all the information you need to make the right decision about the fabric for your design. Graphic icons representing fabric structure, weight, and any special finishes provide a wealth of information without the need for lots of reading, and facts and figures are summarized in bullet lists. This thorough guide to fashion textiles comprises four sections:

Section One: Responsible Design Section Two: The Language of Textiles Section Three: The Textile Directory Section Four: The Charts

The Directory of Textiles features everything from natural-fiber textiles to the latest man-made fabrics. It is organized into five chapters intended to lead the designer quickly to the right fabric:

Structure

Structure is about creating form that stands away from the body and can create line through shaping and seam detail.

Whether you are a new designer or a designer who is reinventing a concept, fabrics providing structural support to the design are the most plentiful in the textile world. However, having too many options can be as difficult as having too limited a choice.

Fluidity

Fluidity is about fabrics flowing over the body. It is aqueous movement of the fabric that is important.

The designer’s goal is to select a fluid fabric that follows the curve of the human form. There is a sensuousness to letting the body create the design form, and the fabric chosen for this purpose should communicate this sensuality.

Ornamentation

Ornamentation is about creating interesting details that the designer finds attractive and that will enhance the design.

Designers often use simple fabrics and then apply decorative elements to the design using cut fabric or other trimming details that will add visual texture and interest to the garment.

Expansion and Compression

Expansion is about expanding the design shape and requires fabrics that literally stand alone. Unlike fluid fabrics that follow the body’s form, expansion fabrics do the opposite. They enlarge the body’s form, expand the silhouette, exaggerate, and accentuate.

Compression is about compacting the body, following the exact shape of the body. Contracting and expanding with the body, like breathing, is the designer’s purpose. Compression describes how fabric helps a garment to fit the human form.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sourcebooks
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2018
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1438011555
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1438011554
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.46 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.81 x 0.8 x 9 inches