Fibres (general)

All web publications last accessed 26 June 2022.

Terminology

Bureau International pour la Standardisation des Fibres Artificielles (BISFA, Brussels). 2017. Terminology of Man-Made Fibres. Review of 2009 edition. https://www.scribd.com/document/485754671/2017-BISFA-Terminology-final-pdf

Moncrieff, R.W. 1975 (first published 1958). Man-Made Fibres. London: Newnes-Butterworths.

US Department of Homeland Security. 2006, last modified 2020. Fiber Trade Names and Generic Terms. https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2020-Feb/icp040_3.pdf

Identification aids

Hallett, Clive and Amanda Johnson. 2022. Fabric for Fashion: The Swatch Book. Amsterdam: Bis Publishers.

Cargille Laboratories.n.d. Slide Reference Set No T-8 Synthetic & Manufactured Fibres, 25 slides Cat# 34541. Purchasable: https://mccroneuk.co.uk/product/slide-reference-set-no-t-8-synthetic-manufactured-fibres-25-slides-cat-34541/

Analysis

Markova, I. 2019. Textile Fiber Microscopy: A Practical Approach. New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.

Quye, Anita and Martija Strlič. 2019. Ethical Sampling Guidance. The Institute of Conservation (ICON). https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/ethical-sampling-guidance.html

Peets, Pilleriin, Karl Kaupmees, Signe Vahur and Ivo Leito. 2019.  Reflectance FT‑IR spectroscopy as a viable option for textile fiber identification. In Heritage Science, 7:93. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-019-0337-z

Fibre production

British Nylon Spinners. 1961. British Nylon in Fashion: Bri-nylon and Bri-lon. Film. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-bri-nylon-and-bri-lon-at-the-royal-albert-hall-1961-online

British Pathé. 1937. Making Wool from Milk. Film. https://www.britishpathe.com/video/making-wool-from-milk/query/Making+wool+from+milk.

Courtaulds Northern Spring Division. 1974. Surprise Visit. Film. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-surprise-visit-1974-online

Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc, USA. 1949. Synthetic Fibres Nylon and Rayon. Film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0aF1qao_8Y.

Film Centre. 1965. Rayon; First Among Fibres. Sponsored by Courtaulds. Film. n.d. https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-rayon-first-among-fibres-1965-online

Michaelangelo Antonioni. 1949. Sette cani e un vestito (Seven reeds, one suit). Film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqPtnzgW3WM

Synthetic fibres in fashion

Ehrman, Edwina, ed. 2018. Fashioned from Nature. London: V&A Publishing.

English, Bonnie. 2011. Techno Textiles in Japanese Fashion Designers: The Work and Influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo, 111–128. London: Berg.

Ewing, Elizabeth. 1989. Chapters 15 and 16 in Dress and Undress, 152–182. London: B.T. Batsford.

Black, Sandy. 2012. Knitting: Fashion, Industry, Craft. London: V&A Publishing. 

De la Haye, Amy and Edwina Ehrman, eds. 2015. London Couture 19231975: British Luxury. London: V&A Publishing.

Faiers, Jonathan. 2020. Fur: A Sensitive History. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.

Hallett, Clive and Amanda Johnson. 2014. Section 3: Manmade Fibres in Fabric for Fashion: The Complete Guide, 180–233. Berlin and London: Laurence King.

Handley, Susanna. 1999.  Nylon: The Manmade Fashion Revolution. London: Bloomsbury.

Gnoli, Sofia. 2014. The Origins of Italian Fashion, 1900–45, 84–87. London: V&A Publishing.

Jobling, Paul. 2014. Ironing Out the Creases: Artificial Fibres and Menswear Advertising in Advertising Menswear: Masculinity and Fashion in the British Media since 1945, 120–126. London: Bloomsbury Academic.

Museo del Tessuto di Prato. 2007. Trenta anni di donazioni. Thirty Years of Donations. Prato: Museo del Tessuto Edizioni.

Thanhauser, Sofi. 2022. A People’s History of Clothing, 153–221. London: Allen Lane.

Tortora, Phyllis G. 2010. Technology and Fashion in Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion: The United States and Canada, ed. Phyllis G. Tortora. Oxford: Bloomsbury Academic.

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