Appropriate fabric selection for specific fashion is key to success in the Fashion Industry. By selecting an appropriate fabric to be used on a specific garment, the student demonstrates an understanding of textiles and the knowledge gained throughout the quarter.
– Select a fabric to research: Knit or Woven, Sheer or opaque, dyed of printed, soft or harsh…
– with bullet points describing all the features of the selected fabric. Include a picture of an appropriate garment to be constructed out of your selected fabric. List the features of your fabric that makes it a good choice for the selected garment. The fashion design needs to be in color. It may be found in a magazine, downloaded off the internet or drawn and designed by you.
Find out as much information about the fabric as you can.
– Use Bullet points to list the description of your fabric.
Use Bullet Points to list the features/characteristics of the fabric selected, making it ideal for use on the shown garment.
– Suggested description of your suggested fabric:
- Type of weave or knit
- Fiber content
- Method of Coloration
- Finish (if appropriate)
- Green and/or Fair Trade (if any and how does it meet that description)
- Other
List the features/characteristics of the fabric used for the selected garment shown:
- Aesthetic Properties (hand, drape, texture, luster,)
- Performance Properties
- Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic (may affect ability to color the fabric)
- Resiliency
- Elasticity
- Pilling propensity
- Static propensity
- Abrasion Resistance…
- Green and/or Fair Trade
As these apply to your selected fiber and fashion.