Textiles And Use Flashcards
Property
Characteristic or quality textile
Soft furnishings
Comfortable, attractive
Choosing soft furnishings
Consider function, attractiveness, cost and durability
Curtains
Provide shape, privacy and decoration
Desirable properties
Ease of cleaning, fade resistant and fire resistant
New opolstery
Combustion, modified, high-resilience foam
Cottn
Hard waring, absorbant, washable
Guidelines for buying new clothes
Fit, care, cost and style
Fashion changes
Fashion trends
Fashion fade
Very short lived fashion
Haute catoure
Original and expensive
Pret-a-porter
Designers ready to wear collection
Care labels
Washing drying and ironing
Colourfast
When colour does not run in the wash
Non-colour fast
Colour runs in the wash