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Cooklin's Garment Technology for Fashion Designers
Cooklin, Gerry/Hayes, Steven George/McLoughlin, John et al
ISBN/EAN: 9781405199742
Umbreit-Nr.: 3840236
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 208 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 16.12.2011
Auflage: 2/2011
- Zusatztext
- Build the knowledge and understanding of garment technology essential to any designer In today's competitive fashion industry, it is essential that designers have a working understanding of garment technology. This 2nd edition has been comprehensively updated, with in-depth information on stitches, guides and attachments and sewing techniques, all of which are fully illustrated. There are enhanced chapters on machine and equipment technology explaining the uses, features and limitations of garment manufacturing equipment, enabling designers to create products that can be manufactured efficiently and with a high degree of quality. * Approached from the fashion designer's mindset, this book features illustrations to help users build their knowledge and understanding * Blends theoretical and practical material * Updated with the latest and most modern advances in clothing technology * Illustrated throughout to help shape the reader's knowledge and understanding of garment technology
- Kurztext
- In today's competitive fashion industry, it is essential that designers have a working understanding of garment technology. This 2nd edition has been comprehensively updated, with in-depth information on stitches, guides, attachments and sewing techniques and digital technologies, all of which are fully illustrated. There are enhanced chapters on machine and equipment technology explaining the uses, features and limitations of garment manufacturing equipment, enabling designers to create products that can be manufactured efficiently and with a high degree of quality. * Provides students and professionals with the fundamental principles of clothing technology in relation to their own products. * Blends theoretical and practical material to help shape your knowledge and understanding of garment technology. * Approached from the fashion designer's mindset, this book features images and illustrations to help users build their knowledge and understanding of garment technology. * Updated with the latest and most modern advances in clothing technology. Students studying fashion design, fashion technology and fashion business courses will benefit as well as practitioners throughout the fashion business, in particular designers, product developers, buyers, garment technologists and managers in both retail and production environments.
- Autorenportrait
- Steven Hayes, Principal Lecturer in Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), has extensive experience in technology management, clothing engineering and fashion economics as a researcher, practitioner and educator. John McLoughlin has considerable experience in the clothing industry both as a senior engineer and manager. John is now a Senior Lecturer in Fashion technology at MMU specializing in manufacturing technology, quality management and textile materials. Dorothy Fairclough is a Senior Lecturer in Garment Technology at MMU and has substantial experience within the fashion industry, including being a designer/pattern cutter and a garment technologist.