Textiles (11th Edition)

A great introduction to textiles and the properties of natural and manufactured fabrics. I work at a fine men's clothing store and what I've learned from this book is so helpful in educating customers about the various benefits of different fabrics!

A little dry at times, but thorough. Definitely want to keep for future reference, as it has all you need to know about the qualities, uses, etc. of many different textiles. I would trust this book to tell me what to use for construction whenever in doubt. However, I will still be on the lookout for some sort of book with a physical textiles library in it – do those exist?

The textbook was exactly what I needed for my class. It was in great condition and shipped ahead of schedule. The school bookstore didn't have it and I was one of the only ones to have it on the first day of class.

my daughter needed this book for her colleges class and the price was perfect i would refer this product to a friend

Great book!I'm teaching a textiles course, and this book is super informative and meets all of the NYS objectives for Family and Consumer Science.

I purchased this for a class, but the book has become a great asset to my design room. I love knowing about the textiles I am using in my projects.

Excellent textbook about fibers and textiles.

This is the text for my college level Textiles class, which is a required course for someone who's trying to get a certificate in Fashion Design, Interior Design or Theatrical Costuming. It is pretty informative, as I would expect a text published by Fairchild (publishers of Women's Wear Daily and W periodicals), but my god, it's so flipping academic and boring. It is a chore getting through the individual chapters. The thing is that our professor pretty much lectures in the same order that the chapters are organized in, and she can make the same information sound so much more interesting, and importantly, accessible. Face it - more people in these sorts of classes are interested in style rather than substance. I know that academics do a lot of writing for each other, but there has to be a way to make this information easier to read! The other beef I have is that this book cost a small fortune, and our instructor informed us last week that a new edition is already being ordered for the next academic year, so I'm not going to be able to sell this back! Grrrrrrr! She's saying that because of FTC changes in labeling laws, the information on bamboo fibers is already outdated. Whatever. As far as the rest of the information, the basics on weaves and the different plant and synthetic fibers themselves doesn't change that much from year to year. What does change is the technology, so I suppose that's the main reason that these editions only last a few years.The (grudging) good is that there is good bibliography and source material referenced in this book if there are some souls out there who are interested into getting deeper into the technical and scientific aspects of textile production.Caveat emptor.