FSN 123 Study Guide - Cotton Incorporated, Natural Fiber, Knitting
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Christian dior- fabric not only expresses a designer"s dream, but also stimulates his own ideas. It can be the beginning of an inspiration. Many a dress of mine is born of the fabric alone. Primary suppliers textile fiber and textile fabric manufacturers, also includes makers of trimmings. Fiber smallest elements of a fabric, starting point of a fabric, gives a fabric its color, weight, texture, and durability. Yarn fibers twisted into a continuous thread. Fabric yarns knitted, bonded, or woven together. Natural fibers come from natural sources, must be converted to a fiber before use in fabric natural fibers can be made from wood pulp air, petroleum or natural gas. Manufactured fiber comes from a chemists" laboratory, are plentiful, 25 fibers available. Most have been invented in the last 50 years. There are 4 major natural fibers- cotton, silk, flax(linen) and wool. Thought to be pure; used for high end garments.
