Woven printed embroidered knitted textiles are pivotal to the everydayexperience of people in all parts of the world. This wideranging andinformative book conv... » 

Woven printed embroidered knitted textiles are pivotal to the everydayexperience of people in all parts of the world. This wideranging andinformative book conveys the excitement and new challenges textiles representand is essential reading for anyone working with studying or simply interestedin textiles.Taking as their starting point the very meaning of textiles Gale and Kaur goon to demonstrate the astonishing range of opportunities for careers in thefield from the creative artists craftspeople and designers to the socialand industrial to the commercial and associated practices buyersjournalists researchers and scientists. The Textile Book takes us behind thescenes with professionals to reveal what various jobs involve what influencesdecision makers and how their decisions affect what we buy next season. Whathappens to clothes before they reach the shops? What determines the must haveitem? How can recycled bottles be transformed into silklike yarns? These andmany other questions are explored to show the diversity that makes up thecontemporary global textile scene. «