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How Should Designers Build Their Own Fabric Library?
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This article is based on Cai Cai’s lectures in the public welfare class of Christine Tsui Fashion Community
Course Outline
I. How to obtain and make full use of offline fabric channels?
- How to effectively play the large fabric market
- How to maximize achievements in the textile exhibition
II. There are actually so many fabric resources online? !!
- Platform-based Website sharing
- Trade-based fabric companies sharing
- Professional textile brand websites
III. How to create a personalized fabric manual?
- Creating according to the category of fabric
- Creating based on a theme
IIII. The retrospective summary of the 1st – 6th fabric special course
In fashion public welfare class
You will be able to:
Find fabric resources that are suitable for you in a more accurate and efficient way,
Manage them with efficiency and use them with flexibility.
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Sourcing Fabrics
-Small wholesaler
-Intermediary
-Importers and warehouses
-Commodity Fair
-* Textile mills
-Agent
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How to excel at fabric exhibitions?
Lecturer perception: the rise of the custom-tailor industry / baby’s fabric area / sustainable development area
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Fabric market
Advantages:
More direct feeling of the fabric (market price / drape / feel / color)
Collecting samples / proofs (material collection for MoodBoard)
Observe fashion trends (color / pattern)
Domestic fabric market:
Keqiao, CUHK and Evergreen in Guangzhou
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Factors to consider when purchasing fabrics
Gram weight: Gram weight per square meter | Gram weight per meter | Mm (usually in silk fabrics)
Width: 150cm (for trimmings, this width can maximize cost savings) | 112cm | 45cm-375cm
Orientation of the fabric: Downy (velvet | downy cashmere and wool)
Direction of prints (single placement print | single side placement print)
Test: composition, color fastness, antistatic performance
Small TIPS——abbreviation of fiber name (click image to enlarge)
Environmental considerations: carbon footprints related to manufacturing, ethics and fair trade issues, disposal of final fabrics
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Online fabric resources
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purpose
Conveys ideas of Moodboard;
Helps organize fabric knowledge systematically
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method
Fabric type: knitted, woven
Ingredients: Silk | Wool | Linen …
Theme: Color | Pattern | Texture
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Christine Tsui Fashion Open Welfare Class
Review and summary of the 1st -6th special fabric course
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- Basic concepts of fabrics (basic literacy)
- Demystifying imported fabrics (maintenance of expensive coat fabric)
3. Maintenance of autumn and winter fabrics (animal fibers) 
5. Travel in search for beautiful cloth -Beautiful cloth around the world
6. How do designers create their own exclusive fabric resource library
(This lesson is lesson 6, so there is no picture)
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