TEXTILES OF CANADA

TEXTILES OF CANADA

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the...
TURKEY: Culture, Textiles and Costumes

TURKEY: Culture, Textiles and Costumes

Turkey, officially the Republic of Turkey is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan Peninsula in South-eastern Europe. Turkey, country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying...
History of Denim & origin of jeans

History of Denim & origin of jeans

Denim jeans have become an integral part of everyday life, so much so that most of us never stop to question where our favourite pair came from, how they were manufactured, nor their history. Despite the range of innovative materials available, denim remains one of...
Acrylic Fibre

Acrylic Fibre

  Acrylic fibre is a man-made fibre, made from a synthetic polymer called acrylonitrile [-CH2-CH(CN)-] (FTC definition). The acrylic fibres are very different from the melt-spun synthetic polymer fibres; they also differ more among themselves. Acrylic fibres are...