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From fibre to garment: the technical 'make-up' of your clothing

In this background piece, we tell you all about the 'technical construction' of your garment. From fibre to garment. We start with the final product, your garment, and go back one step at a time. To the fabrics, the yarns and the fibres/raw materials. We also cover finishing processes. Content • Fabrics (+ finishing processes) • Yarns • Fibres...

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Denim for Dummies

For those who secretly have no idea what selvedge denim is but have heard that the best denim fabric comes from Japan (although they still don't know why.) Or for those who bluff their way through specialist stores talking to the staff, whilst they frantically try to hide that they have no idea what jeans made from raw denim are, comes...