Fibres (specific)

All web publications last accessed 26 June 2022.

Semi-Synthetic fibres made from cellulose

Glenn, Sarah. 2018. Cellulose in Couture: An Evening Coat in Fashioned from Nature, ed. Edwina Ehrman, 136–141. London: V&A Publishing.

Kataja, Kirsi and Pirjo Kääriäinen, eds. 2018. Designing Cellulose for the Future: Design-Driven Value Chains in The World of Cellulose (DWOC) 2013-2018. Helsinki: Copy-Set. https://cellulosefromfinland.fi/wpcontent/uploads/2018/09/DWoC_Loppuraportti_FINAL_s%C3%A4hk%C3%B6inen.pdf. 

Woodings, Calvin, ed. 2001. Regenerated Cellulose Fibres. Cambridge: Woodhead in association with the Textile Institute.

Regenerated protein fibres

Brooks, Mary M. 2006. Forgotten fibres: issues in the collecting and conservation of regenerated protein fibres in The Future of the Twentieth Century: Collecting, Interpreting and Conserving Modern Materials, eds. C. Rogerson and P. Garside, 3340. London: Archetype. 

Stenton, Marie, Joseph A. Houghton, Veronika Kapsali, and Richard S. Blackburn. 2021. The Potential for Regenerated Protein Fibres within a Circular Economy: Lessons from the Past Can Inform Sustainable Innovation in the Textiles Industry. n.d. In Sustainability13, 2328. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042328.                               

Blends

Backer, Stanley. 1993. Staple Fibres: The Story of Blends in Polyester: 50 Years of Achievement, Tomorrow’s Ideas & Profits, eds. John Hearle and David Brunnschweiler, 9497. Manchester: Textile Institute.

Haldane, Elisabeth-Anne. 2007. Surreal Semi-Synthetics in V&A Conservation Journal, 55: 1418. London: Conservation Department, V&A.  https://www.vam.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/177622/36098_file.pdf

Miao, Menghe. 2018. Fiber blending in Engineering of High Performance Textiles, Textiles Institute Book Series, eds. Menghe Miao and John H. Xin, 5979. Sawston: Woodhead Publishing.

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

Sustainable fibres

Blackburn, R.S. and E. Starr, eds. 2005. Biodegradable and Sustainable Fibres. Cambridge: Woodhead.

Farrington et al. 2005. Poly(actic acid) fibers in Biodegradable and Sustainable Fibres. Cambridge: Woodhead. https://www.natureworksllc.com/~/media/Technical_Resources/Ingeo_Techni….

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