Textile Industries

Imported from India, China, the Levant, and Persia and appreciated for their diversity, designs, fast bright colours and fine weave, Asian textiles...

SMEs in Indian Textiles examines how globalisation in its transformative influence affects both firms and workers in the developing economies. This...

This book brings together contributors from a wide range of disciplines to explore the importance of cotton as a major resource for US fashion busi...

Whether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness...

Whether we are out on the streets or between the sheets, cotton is our constant companion. But behind this ubiquitous fibre prized for its softness...

Marketing Fashion is a practical guide to the fundamental principles of marketing, branding and promotion, from creating a customer profile to deve...

The rivalry for trade in tea and textiles between the English and Dutch East India companies is very much a global history. This trade is strongly ...

One of the worlds largest sellers of footwear, the Bata Company of Zlín, Moravia has a remarkable history that touches on crucial aspects of what m...

The aim of this book is to track the historical origins of Chinas economic reforms. From the 1920s and 1930s strong ties were built between Chinese...

FINALIST FOR THE GREGORY BATESON PRIZE FROM THE AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONDispelling stereotypes about garment workers in the global app...

Learn technical design processes and industry standards, such as ASTM and ISO, for apparel production and manufacturing practices. With more than 1...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN ...

Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive is a unique guide to the role of garment archives as an industry resource for designers to research and exa...

Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive is a unique guide to the role of garment archives as an industry resource for designers to research and exa...

A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes ...

The properties of woven and knitted fabrics differ largely due to the path yarn follows in the fabric structure. This path determines the fabrics p...

'This riveting behind-the-scenes story of the clothes on our backs is a must-read for clotheshorses everywhere' Harper's Bazaar 'Extraordinary . ....

The book mainly uses the New Institutional Economics Approach (NIE) to examine the formation and development of industrial clusters in China throug...

When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a da...

Ulrich Lehmann brings together methods and ideas from social sciences and material production to offer a new political reading of fashion in today'...

** A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK **'Fascinating . . . The history of the world through the eye of a needle . . . I recommend this book to anyone' THE ...

Threads of globalization is an interdisciplinary volume that brings fashion-specific garments, motifs, materials, and methods of production into di...

This book presents a systematic study on methods used for the creation of weave patterns for simple structures. Firstly, it explains known techniqu...

Consumers spend approximately $93 billion on denim products every year. This consumption comes at a great cost, with thousands of litres of fresh w...

ADIDAS SUPERSTAR. NIKE AIR MAX. ONITSUKA TIGER CORSAIR. BALENCIAGA TRIPLE S. YEEZY 700. STAN SMITH. VANS OLD SKOOL. AIR JORDAN.With over 300 styles...

Fibres to Smart Textiles: Advances in Manufacturing, Technologies, and Applications offers comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals and advances...

The story of how African farmers, African-American scientists, and British businessmen struggled to turn colonial Africa into a major cotton export...

Turn your passion and inspiration into a must-have bag collection and launch your own successful brand. Handbag design is more than just a creativ...

A fast-paced account of the year Clara Parkes spent transforming a 676-pound bale of fleece into saleable yarn, and the people and vanishing indust...