FSN 123 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Nylon, Chemical Free, Fashion Capital
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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. Manufactured fiber comes from a chemists" laboratory, are plentiful, 25 fibers available. Most widely used of all the natural fibers. Absorb moisture quickly, dry quickly, have a cooling effect. Fiber from the coat of a sheep. Natural insulator and used to make warm clothes. Has a natural crimp = forms bulky yarns for insulation from the cold. Breathable fabric that can be worn year-round. From the stem of a flax plant. Comes from woody leafed asian plant grown in china. Cellulosic fibers rayon, acetate, triacetate, lyocell. Noncellulosic fibers made of petroleum, coal, natural gas, air, water.