1. Lecture 11 Design Elements

2. Design elements  Material (Fibers)  Spinning  Weaving  Textile Processing  Silhouette  Length of garment  Design lines  Darts and Pleats  Seams and stitches  Collars and pockets  Colors

3. Material (Fibers)  Natural Materials  Less Lusture  Less strength  More comfortable  Poor drapability  Synthetic materials  More Lusture  More strength  Less comfortable  Good drapability

4. Spinning  Simple yarn  Pure Cotton  P/C  Core spun yarns  Filament yarns  Slub yarn  Spandex  Less or more T.P.I

5. Weaving  Different Weave designs  Plain  Twill  Diamond  Seer Sucker  Satin / Sateen  Cover factor  Checks or stripes  Twist direction

6. Textile Processing  Finishing –Textured finishes  Calendaring  Napping –Performance Finishes  Wrinkle resistant  Dyeing  Stock dyeing  Yarn dyeing  Fabric dyeing  Garment Dyeing

7. Textile Processing  Printing  Transfer Printing  Roller Printing  Screen Printing  Others  Tie Dyeing  BATIK  Embroidery

8. Silhouette  Trousers  Straight  Flared  Bell Bottom  Tapered  Boot-Cut  Skirts  Straight  A-Line  Asymmetric  Tapered  Circular

9. Length of garment  Trousers  Floor Length / Classic Length  Cropped Pants  Pedal Pushers  Bermuda Shorts  Shorts  Bikini  Tops  Waist length  Hip length

10. Length of garment  Skirts  Floor  Ankle  Maxi  Tea Length  Calf Length  Knee Length  Short Skirt  Mini Skirt  Micro mini Skirt

11. Design lines  Different type of design lines are used. –Princess dress

12. Darts and Pleats  Darts  Straight  Convex  Concave  Pleats  Knife pleat  Box pleat  Inverted pleat  Accordion pleat

13. Seams and Stitches  Seams  Lapped Seam  Bound Seam  Flat seam  Super-imposed Seam  Edge finishing  Ornamental stitches  Stitches  Lock stitch  Chain stitch  Over lock

14. Collars and pockets  Collars –Flat Collars –Rolled Collars –Standing Collars  Pockets –Patch pockets –Welt / Bone pockets

15. Colors  Cool Color –Blue –Green  Hot colors –Red –Orange

16. Questions ???