Course Notes on Textiles and Apparel in International Trade

Notes of a course titled 'Textiles and Apparel in International Trade' of College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Alabama. Explains evolution of the textile industry and its products with emphasis on multinational characteristics and contemporary issues.

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Course Notes on Quality Control For Textile Products

Notes of a course titled 'Quality Control For Textile Products' of College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Alabama. Explains all issues related to quality and quality control of textile products.

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Course Notes on Textiles

Notes of a course titled 'Textiles' of College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Alabama. Explains all introductory concepts about textiles including fiber, yarn, fabric, dyeing, printing etc. Also includes review exam questions.

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Lecture Notes of Textile Engineering

Lecture notes of different courses in textile engineering like Spinning Technology, Weaving Technology, Knitting Technology, Garment Technology, Fabric Design, Polymer Science, Bleaching Dyeing Printing and Finishing of Textile Material, Textile Dyestuffs and Machinery, Fabric Analysis, Textile Costing and Management, Physical Textile Testing and Quality Control, Modern Methods in Textile Manufacturing and many more by Technological University under Ministry of Science and Technology(MOST), Myanmar.

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Try checking out all the variables on different types of clothing yourself. You can find a wide variety of pieces online for wholesale clothing prices.

Introduction to Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles

Lecture Notes by Dr. Joan Anderson of a course titled 'Introduction to Apparel, Merchandising, Design and Textiles' of Washington State University. The Business of Fashion: Designing, Manufacturing, and Marketing by Burns & Bryant and published by Fairchild is used as reference book.

Chapter One: From Spinning Machine to Quick Response

Chapter Two: Business and Legal Framework of Textile and Apparel Companies

Chapter Three: The Structure of the U.S. Textile Industry

Chapter Four: Ready-to-Wear Company Organization

Chapter Five: The Creation Stage: Research

Chapter Six: The Creation Stage: Design

Chapter Seven: Design Development and Style Selection

Chapter Eight: Marketing an Apparel Line

Chapter Nine: Preproduction Processes

Chapter Ten: Sourcing Decisions and Production Centers

Chapter Eleven: Production Processes and Quality Assurance

Chapter Twelve: Distribution and Retailing

Lecture Notes on Yarn Manufacturing Technology

A series of very high quality lecture notes on yarn manufacturing technology by Prof. Dr. Ali Kirecci of Gaziantep University, Turkey. W klein's Manual of Textile Technology has been used as reference.

Chapter 1 - Raw Material

Chapter 2 - Blow Room

Chapter 3 - Card

Chapter 4 - Drawing

Chapter 5 - Combing

Chapter 6 - Roving

Chapter 7 - Ring Spinning

Lecture Notes on Preparation, Dyeing and Printing

Presentation on General Requirements for Textile Wet Processing, Preparation, Dyeing and Printing from Dr. Apichart Sonthisombat of Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Thailand.

1. General Requirements for Textile Wet Processing [PDF]
2. Introduction to Textile Preparation [PDF] [PPT]
3. Introduction to Textile Dyeing [PDF] [PPT]
4. Introduction to Textile Printing [PDF] [PPT]

Nonwoven Science and Technology

A great site on Science and Technology of Nonwoven developed by the students of the department of Material Science and Technology, University of Tennessee.

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"Inter-relations between mechanics of production and mechanical properties of nonwoven fabrics; characterization of fiber morphology and web structure; chemistry of nonwoven binders and finishes; and engineering of specific fabric properties. Emphasis on the advances in the technology of nonwovens, comparison of the various modern production techniques and their special advantages and disadvantages."

Lecture Notes on Weaving Technology

A series of high quality lecture notes on weaving technology by Prof.Dr. Emel Önder and Assoc. Prof.Dr. Ömer Berk Berkalp of Department of Textile Engineering, Istanbul Technical University.

Chapter 1a: Introduction
Chapter 1b: Basic Operations in Weaving Process
Chapter 1c: Secondary Motions of Weaving
Chapter 2a: History, Classification of Weaving Machinery
Chapter 2b: Weaving Productivity, Operational Productivity, Comparing Issues of Weaving Machinery
Chapter 4a: Introduction to Shedding Motions and Cam Shedding Mechanisms
Chapter 4b: Dobby Mechanisms
Chapter 4c: Jacquard Mechanisms 1
Chapter 4d: Jacquard Mechanisms 2
Chapter 5: Beat-up Mechanisms

Lecture Note on Yarn

A 'must have' document to gain complete knowledge about yarn. Explains different types of yarns and properties of yarn with color images.

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Lecture Notes on various topics related to textile, apparel and fashion

A great collection of lecture notes on textile and apparel manufacturing and merchandising as well as fashion designing from Rai Foundation Colleges under their OpenCourseware initiative.

Lecture Notes available for these courses:

* Clothing Manufacture & Production Operation
* Textile Manufacturing Techniques
* Visual Merchandising
* Fashion Forecasting
* Experimental Embroidery Textiles
* Accessory Designing
* Fashion Stylization
* Model Drawing
* Design Exploration in Fashion
* Techniques & Processes in Fashion
* Brand Positioning
* CAD-CAM-II

Lectures in Textile Costing, Fabric Design, Weaving Calculations and Woven Fabric Formation

A great collection of lectures on Textile Costing, Fabric Design, Weaving Calculations and Woven Fabric Formation by a Pakistani guy.