TEXTILES DENIM
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TEXTILES A textile or cloth is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands.[1] Textiles are formed by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, or pressing fibres together (felt). Animal textiles (wool, silk fibers)
Plant textiles (cotton, grass, seaweed, hemp fibers)
Mineral textiles (metal,glass fibers)
Synthetic textiles (polyester,acrylic,nylon fibers)
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HISTORY OF DENIM
levis 501 jeans
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DENIM FABRIC FROM NIMES
The French town of Nîmes, from which ‘denim’ (de Nîmes) gets its name.
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DENIM IN AMERICA
levis Strauss and Jacob Davis _rivet patent in 1873, CA
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DENIM WORKWEAR
denim- a durable material for gold-rush pioneers,workers and 1930’S cowboys
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WWII- AMERICAN UNIFORM
US sailors, 1945
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1950’s- REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
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FLOWER POWER 70’S
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KZWe0sYglc
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COTTON FIELDS
Cotton covers 2.5% of the world’s cultivated land yet uses 16% of the world’s insecticides, more than any other single major crop Malgorzata Rodek / Materials & Performance / 2011
GUANGDONG PROVINCE
Xintang-the town produces 200 mln pieces of denim / year. The total imports into US 585 million pcs /year
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SULFUR + INDIGO DYE In China, about 1.6 billion tons of dye-containing wastewater is produced every year, but only a small proportion of this is recycled.
Xintang factories polluting the Pearl River Delta Malgorzata Rodek / Materials & Performance / 2011
ENERGY AND WATER 1 PAIR = 920 gallons of water 400 mega joules of energy expelled 32 kilograms of carbon dioxide
driving 78 miles and powering a computer for 556 hours.
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WORN IN LOOK = MORE TREATMENTS
coloured with dyes, acid bathed, sandblasted and chemically doused to give the aged , worn in look Malgorzata Rodek / Materials & Performance / 2011
POST-CONSUMER USE
Ultra-Touch Insulation Malgorzata Rodek / Materials & Performance / 2011
POST-CONSUMER USE
Garmento Board Malgorzata Rodek / Materials & Performance / 2011