The fashion designer's textile directory : guide to fabrics' properties, characteristics, and garment-design potential, Gail Baugh

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Baugh, Gail

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Hauppauge, New York : Barron's, 2018.Edition: 2nd. edDescription: 319 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:

9781438011554

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746.92 BAU

Summary: "This is the fabric and textile directory that dressmakers and fashion designers should never be without. It's like having your own personal textiles expert on hand to recommend fabrics that match the effects you want to achieve. You'll discover how different fabrics perform, and you'll learn the many ways to use them in your designs. This directory is organized by function. Do you want a fabric for its structure, fluidity, added volume, definition, or decoration? Do you want a garment that clings to the figure, or one that allows you to construct a whole new silhouette? What is the overall effect you are aiming to achieve pretty and elegant or lustrous and magnificent? Each fabric described in the directory comes with color photos of samples that illustrates its properties, helping you understand how a particular fabric's qualities make it suitable for specific items of apparel. At the back of the book you will find essential guides to fiber properties, weaves, knits, weights, characteristics, and care advice."--Page [4] of cover.

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Open Collection	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	FIRST CITY UNIVERSITY COLLEGE	Open Collection	FCUC Library	746.92 BAU 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00024637		Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Fashion Marketing

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Includes glossary and index (pages 315-318).

"This is the fabric and textile directory that dressmakers and fashion designers should never be without. It's like having your own personal textiles expert on hand to recommend fabrics that match the effects you want to achieve. You'll discover how different fabrics perform, and you'll learn the many ways to use them in your designs. This directory is organized by function. Do you want a fabric for its structure, fluidity, added volume, definition, or decoration? Do you want a garment that clings to the figure, or one that allows you to construct a whole new silhouette? What is the overall effect you are aiming to achieve pretty and elegant or lustrous and magnificent? Each fabric described in the directory comes with color photos of samples that illustrates its properties, helping you understand how a particular fabric's qualities make it suitable for specific items of apparel. At the back of the book you will find essential guides to fiber properties, weaves, knits, weights, characteristics, and care advice."--Page [4] of cover.