The Science of Fashion 9781647410308, 9781647410278, 1647410304

Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Timeline
Introduction: Fashion Through History
Chapter 1: Textiles and Technology
Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Color
Chapter 3: The Fundamentals of Design
Chapter 4: The Latest, Must-Have Accessories
Chapter 5: Simply Sensational Sneakers
Chapter 6: Fashion: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Glossary
Metric Conversions
Resources
Selected Bibliography
Index

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JULIE DANNEBERG Illustrated by Michelle Simpson

JULIE DANNEBERG Illustrated by Michelle Simpson

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Contents

Timeline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Introduction

Fashion Through History. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 1

Textiles and Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Chapter 2

The Chemistry of Color. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chapter 3

The Fundamentals of Design.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Chapter 4

The Latest, Must-Have Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Chapter 5

Simply Sensational Sneakers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Chapter 6

Fashion: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Glossary  Metric Conversions Resources  Selected Bibliography  Index

TIMELINE 1733: John Kay invents the flying shuttle, which allows a single worker to weave much wider fabrics. Carrying the weft threads, the bullet-shaped shuttle flies back and forth over the warp threads on the loom. 1742: The first cotton mill opens in England. 1764: James Hargreaves invents the spinning jenny. This improves on the spinning wheel, as it lets a single worker spin eight spools at once. 1769: Richard Arkwright patents the water frame, a spinning wheel powered by a water wheel. The water wheel provides power to the spinning frame, allowing for an unbelievable 128 spools of yarn to be spun at the same time. 1785: Edmund Cartwright patents the mechanized power loom. 1790: The first steam-powered textile factory is built in Nottingham, England. 1792: Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin, an automated machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from cotton seeds. 1793: Samuel Slater and his partner, Moses Brown, build the first successful cotton spinning mill in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. 1804: Joseph Marie Jacquard, a French weaver, invents the Jacquard Loom, which can weave complex designs automatically using a punch card technology that controls the weaving of the cloth. 1830: Barthélemy Thimonnier, a French tailor, invents the first functional sewing machine.

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THE SCIENCE OF FASHION  |  TIMELINE

TIMELINE 1850: Twelve-year-old Margaret Knight, eventually known as the “female Edison” because of her many inventions, invents a safety device for the loom after witnessing a man being injured at a textile factory. 1856: William Henry Perkin invents the first synthetic dye. 1883: Jan Matzeliger, a Black man originally from Paramaribo, Suriname, receives a patent for a shoelasting machine that increases the shoe-making capability of a factory from 50 to 700 shoes per day. 1953: Dupont produces the first commercial polyester fiber. 1965: Stephanie Kwolek invents the synthetic material that will later be developed into Kevlar. 1972: The Hamilton Watch Co. and Electro/Data Inc. develop the first digital watch. 1989: Reebok Pump is the first shoe equipped with an internal inflation system. 2011: Levi’s introduces Water