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Silk, mohair, casmere and other luxury fibres
(Woodhead, 2001)
This book covers all aspects of the growth, physical characteristics, production, marketing and consumption of silk, mohair, cashmere, camelhair, Alpaca, Llama, Vicuna, Guanaco, Yak and Musk Ox fibres. The image of these ...
Ecotextiles: the way forward for sustainable development in textiles
(Woodhead and The Textile Institute, 2007)
This book includes a carefully-chosen and edited selection of 23 papers from the Ecotextile 2004 Conference held at the University of Bolton. Ecotextiles is divided into five main parts. Part one deals with recycling and ...
Hexforce reinforcements for composites
(Hexcel Corporation, 2010)
Hexcel manufactures a wide range of reinforcements for the manufacture of structural composites, used in aerospace, military, transportation and industrial applications. Reinforcements in the form of fabrics or non-wovens ...
Fashion brands: branding style from Armani to Zara
(Kogan Page, 2008)
Once a luxury that only the elite could afford, fashion is now widely accessible. While brands such as Zara and H&M have made fashion an affordable choice for the mass market, sports brands such as Nike and Adidas have ...
3-D fibrous assemblies: properties, applications and modelling of three-dimensional textile structures
(Woodhead Publishing, 2008)
There have been important recent developments in the production and application of three dimensional fabrics. These 3D textile structures have great potential for new fabrics and textile applications. 3D fibrous assemblies ...
Modern textile characterization methods
(Marcel Dekker, 1996)
This work details current advances in assessing the characteristics of polymers, single fibres and fibrous systems, and associated processes based on evolving theories in the physical, chemical and mechanical sciences. It ...
The World Trade Organization and International Denim Trading
(Woodhead, 2003)
The World Trade Organization and international denim trading is the first market report that focuses on analyzing the international denim trading market and its key players. It discusses the important implications of China's ...
Physical testing of textiles
(Woodhead, 1999)
This book examines the physical testing of textiles in the form of fibre, yarn and fabric, the emphasis throughout eing on standard and reproducible tests. After an introductory explanation of sampling and measurement, the ...
Clothing fibers
(Learning Seed, 2008)
Encyclopedia of materials characterization: surfaces, interfaces, thin films
(Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992)
Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization is a comprehensive volume on analytical techniques used in materials science for the characterization of surfaces, interfaces and thin films. This flagship volume in the Materials ...