Final - CLOTHING Flashcards
Reasons for wearing clothes
(4)
- Protection
- Aesthetics
- Status
- Fashion
Reasons for wearing clothes
PROTECTION
SAFETY
Safety at work
Safety in sport
Safety in the sun
Temperature
Extreme cold
Extreme heat
Reasons for wearing clothes
FASHION
FASHION
What is “IN”
Influenced by popular people/celebrities
Changes often
Younger people
Stimulates economy
Reasons for wearing clothes
AESTHETICS
AESTHETICS
Looking good
Feeling great
Comfort
“Decorating ourselves”
Factors that influence the consumers choice of clothing (know three ONLY)
socio-economic conditions
culture & religion
peer preferences
personality
lifestyle
Factors that influence the consumers choice of clothing
Socio-economic influences
SOCIO- Social group belonging to
where you live
affiliation
religious; gang; peer group
ECONOMIC - Money / economic position
income
credit facilities
quality vs quantity
Factors that influence the consumers choice of clothing
Peer influences
**1. To look like your peers **
2. Be accepted & belong in the group
* Age
* Sex
* Styles
* Brands
**3. Often “hiding behind clothing”
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Factors that influence the consumers choice of clothing
Personality influences
INTROVERT
* shy
* quiet
* do not draw attention
EXTROVERT
* outgoing
* loud
* wants all the attention
* bright colours
* unusual styles
Properties: Rayon
TYPE OF FIBRE
**VISCOSE FIBRES: Man-made textiles
**🙋🙋🏻
✅✅✅Desirable properties:
✅Absorbant, thus
✅Easy to colour
✅Comfortable to wear
✅Abrasion resistant
✅Does not build up static electricity
Undesirable properties:
👎Can’t be bleached
👎Weakens when wet – stretches and shrinks
👎Not resilient, creases easily
Uses: rayon
👗 Clothes
🛋️ Furnishing fabrics
Care & maintenance: rayon
🗨️Wash carefully
🗨️Luke warm water, by hand
🗨️Iron at moderate temperatures to prevent scorch marks
**Manufacturing: viscose fibres **
* Chemical processing of cellulose
* Non-toxic chemical amine dissolves cellulose
* Spin long filaments
* Sometimes filaments are cut into short lengths to form spun yarns
Natural fibres
From 🐑 animal or plant 🌱
🌱Plant fibres consist of organic compound: cellulose.
🐑 Animal fibres/protein fibres consist of strings of protein-based animal hair.
Plant fibres/cellulose fibres
💧All plant fibres are absorbant
🎨 Easily absorbs dyes because it consists of cellulose
Cotton
TYPE OF FIBRE
Natural plant fibre🌱 - Made from the inside of the seed husk of the cotton plant
✅✅✅Desirable properties:
✅ Durable & strong
✅ 💧Absorbs moisture and releases it
✅ Good conductor of heat – wearer stays cool
✅ Does not build up static electricity
Undesirable properties:
👎Little resilience and elasticity – creases and shrinks easily
👎🔥 Not flame resistant – burns easily
👎Mildew: fungus which grows on cotton when it is left damp
Uses
Versatile
Various colours, weights & textures
Reasonably priced
Finish can be applied to make more crease resistant
Examples of uses of cotton?
👗 Summer-weight clothing
🛏️ Bed linen
Towels
Cutains
Tea towels
Care & maintenance
🗨️Wash in machine
🗨️Can resist high temperature: can tumble dry & iron.
🗨️Resistant to alkalis – can use any cleaning agent.
🗨️Can be bleached.
🗨️Easier to iron while slightly damp.
🗨️Colour fades if left in direct sunlight.
Wool
TYPE OF FIBRE
🐑Natural animal fibre🐑
Short staple fibre
From shorn sheep’s hair (wool)
E.g. Mohair or camel hair
✅✅✅Desirable properties:
✅🧯Flame retardant – does not burn easily
✅Good elasticity and resilience – does not wrinkle easily
✅ 💧Absorbent & water repellent
✅Good insulator – keeps heat in 🥵 & cold out 🥶
Undesirable properties:
👎Allergenic – could cause allergies for same people
👎🐜Prone to insect attacks
👎Yellows with prolonged sun exposure
👎Not very strong – weaker when wet
👎Damaged by alkali’s – have to use special detergent
👎Stretches or shrinks if not handled carefully
Uses:
🧣 Mostly winter clothing
🕴️Suits
Ideal for curtains that don’t hang in direct sunlight
Blankets & carpets
Care & maintenance:
🗨️Wash with care:
🗨️Tepid water, handwash, special detergent
🗨️Do not rub or pull (stretches & felts)
🗨️Dry flat
🗨️Store carefully, away from sunlight and insects
Silk
TYPE OF FIBRE
🐛Natural animal fibre🐛
Made by caterpillar of silk moth
South African: mopani silk from mopani worms
One long continuous filament (only natural filament)
✅✅✅Desirable properties:
✅Very resilient – does not wrinkle easily
✅ Does not loose shape when washed
✅ 💧💧Very absorbent
✅ Slightly elastic
Undesirable properties:
👎 Poor conductor – builds up static electricity
👎 🐜Attacked by insects (protein fibre)
👎 Not strong or durable – damaged by sunlight & bleach
Uses:
Large variety of textures and weights.
👰Usually expensive, mostly clothing for special functions
Also: curtains & special furnishing & finishes.
Care & maintenance:
🗨️Washing:
* by hand
* lightly soapy water
* do NOT wring out
🗨️Do not hang in sunlight
🗨️Iron at low temperature while slightly damp
🗨️Dry-cleaning preferred
How is silk produced?
🐛 Caterpillar spins cocoon around itself
Cocoons are boiled to loosen gummy residue keeping fibres together
Filaments unspooled to form raw silk fibres
Damaged fibres are cut up & spun together to form spun silk
Spun silk not as strong as raw silk fibres
Bamboo
TYPE OF FIBRE
🙋VISCOSE🙋🙋🏻
*Viscose fabric is made from wood pulp from trees like eucalyptus, bamboo and others. Bamboo viscose really describes how bamboo is processed and turned into a workable fabric.
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✅✅✅Desirable properties:
✅ Highly absorbant
✅ Dries quickly
✅ Strong, not affected by sunlight
✅ Good isolator – warm in winter, cool in summer
✅ Good anti-microbal properties, kills bacteria
✅ Anti-allergenic
Uses:
Versatile
Suitable for underwear
Surgical clothing, masks and bandages
Care & maintenance:
🗨️Machine washable
🗨️ Iron on warm to hot temperatures
Table of Fabrics
