1. In the video series Planet Money Makes a T-Shirt, Alex Blumberg describes the whole process behind the manufacture of ordinary T-Shirts, how the cotton is made into beautiful T-Shirts and who made them. The process begins in America – country which have the highest productivity by applying modern technology into production, where the cotton is collected transported to countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh and Columbia which a have a crowded source of workers. In those countries, raw cotton is
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This costume design is for Helen Jones of Machinal in Episode Three, “Honeymoon.” My first step was to look through the scene again to see if any of Helen’s clothing was specifically mentioned, and only her hat and a second costume not pictured was. I searched for dresses that were in style in the 1920s and found most of them to be in a flapper style which I didn’t find suitable, but I did see that lace was featured in many. I then decided to search for vintage lace dresses and saw similar style
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Colourfastness to rubbing This part of ISO 105 specified a method for determining the resistance of the colour of textiles of all kinds, including textile floor covering and other pile fabrics, to rubbing off and staining other materials. Specimens of the textile are rubbed with a dry rubbing cloth and with a wet rubbing cloth. The staining of the fabrics is assessed by comparison with the grey scale. Test specimen: 2 pieces dark purple knitted fabrics Size: 16cm X 5cm Specimens are cut
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Acrobat Fabrics Farima Thomas Kaplan University MT209: Small Business Management Professor Mark Piva February 14, 2011 Executive Summary Business and company overview: Acrobat Fabrics provide fine fabrics for the entertainment, event industry and anyone who designs with fabric such as; event planners, trade shows, scenic design studios, theaters, etc. Acrobat Fabrics also, offers custom sewing, so our clients can come to us for one stop shopping. Our philosophy is to exceed our customers expectation
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Why do many cleaners charge more for women’s shirts than for men’s? I think the reason why cleaners might charge more for women’s blouses than men’s shirts might be because they are also passing along the increased cost of production to their customers. I think this would also have to do with the equipment the cleaners might be using. Depending on that equipment, it costs them three and four times the labor expense to properly finish a women’s shirt or blouse when it’s compared to a men’s shirt
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and Missions (CITEM) • Garments Textile Industry Development Office (GTIDO) • Product Development and Design Center of the Philippines (PDDCP) • Philippine Textile Research Institute (PTRI) • Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) Non-Government Sectors • Confederation of Garment Exporters in the Philippines (CONGEP) • Garment Business Association of the Philippines (GBAP) • Fashion Design Council of the Philippines (FDCP) • Textile Millers Association of the Philippines
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In recent times, many more people are choosing to make their own curtains and other soft furnishings using their own fabric. By doing this, curtains can be made to fit a window space exactly and matching tie-backs can also be made to keep the curtains away from the window during the day. Co-coordinating soft furnishings such as seat covers and cushions can be made using the same fabric. By using the same fabric, you can spread a colour scheme throughout a room and streamline the overall design
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Foreword ______________________________________________________ This Complete Textile Glossary is intended to be a convenient reference for textile terminology. Although it covers all types of textile terms broadly, its special emphasis is on manufactured fibers - what they are, how they are made, and how they are used. The first two editions of this dictionary were published under the title Man-Made Fiber and Textile Dictionary by the former Celanese Corporation to provide a source for employees
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On the 21 of May 2013 bob went to a restaurant and sat down and was waiting for the waiter to come serve him any hour went by and still no one had came up to him and asked him what would you like, about a hour and half later the manger comes up to bob and says `hey my name is David and I’m the store manager and I would like u to leave as u won’t be able to afford our food in this restraint’. So bob decide to leave without getting any food, bob felt really powerless with having any money. The next
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Uniqlo is a Japanese cloth brand. It is popular for young people because cloths made are really cheap. The reason why they can sell the clothes is because they have factories in China. Wages for workers in China are much cheaper than ones in Japan, so they can save the money to pay for wages. It is a general idea over the world. Making factories in China or India, companies can save wages, Uniqlo opened some shops in NY last fall, which is the first time that they opened shops outside of Japan
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