FSN 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Environmental Factor
10 Sep 2017
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FSN 101 Textiles Textbook Key Terms
Chapter 2: pg. 18 - 25
Product Development from a Textile Perspective
Key Terms
⢠Aesthetics: addresses the appearance or attractiveness of a textile product. Does the
item look pleasing and appropriate for its end use? Does it make the right statement for
the target market? Aesthetics includes the specific textile components of texture,
lustre, pattern or motif, colour, opacity, drape, stiffness, and surface characteristics.
⢠Appearance retention: considers how the product maintains its original appearance
during use and care. Will the item retain its new look with use and cleaning? Will it
resist wrinkling, shrinkage, abrasion, soiling, pilling, sagging, or other changes with
use? Is it safe to use for wear?
⢠Care: describes the treatment required to maintain a textile productâs original
appearance and cleanliness. What is the items recommend care procedure? Is the care
procedure appropriate to maintain the productâs look? Are these recommendations
appropriate considering its end use, cost, and product type? Is the care reasonable for
the product and target market?
⢠Cost: is the amount paid to acquire, use, maintain, and dispose of a product.
Additional factors that should be considered include how much it will cost to care for
this product during its lifetime and the productâs inherent attributes.
⢠Durability: describes the manner in which the product withstands use, that is, the
length of time the product is considered suitable for the use for which it was
purchased.
⢠Environmental concerns: focus on the impact that the production, use, care, or
disposal of a textile has on the environment.
⢠Life cycle impact: examines the way the production, use, care and disposal of a
product affects the environment and the people involved with the product.
⢠Performance: describes the manner in which a textile component, or textile product
responds to use or how it responds when exposed to some mechanical or
environmental factor that might adversely affect it.
⢠Product development: refers to the design and engineering of a product so that has
the desired serviceability characteristics, appeals to the target market, can be made
within an acceptable time frame for a reasonable cost, and can be sold a a profit.
⢠Product quality: has become an important dimension in the competitive global
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