Unit 1 History of Textile and Fashion PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 History of Fabric and Textile Passage 2 History of Silk Passage 3 History of Jeans Unit 2 Textile Fibers PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 Textile Fibers Passage 2 Natural Fibers Passage 3 Synthetic Fibers and Blends Unit 3 Textile Yarns and Spinning Technology PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 Yarns and Their Classifications Passage 2 Early History and Development of Spinning Passage 3 Fiber Spinning Unit 4 Woven Fabrics and Weaving Technology PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 Recent Developments: Weaving Technology Passage 2 Shuttleless Looms Passage 3 Choosing Velvet Tile Types of Fabric Unit 5 Knitting Technology PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 Modern Knitting Technology Trend: Seamless Technology Passage 2 The Origins of the Knitting Machine Passage 3 A More Casual Style of Men's Tie Unit 6 Fashion Designers PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 The Occupation: Fashion Designers Passage 2 Becoming a Fashion Designer Passage 3 Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life Unit 7 Fashion Marketing PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 The New Era of Fashion Marketing Passage 2 Online Shopping: Fashion at Your Fingertips Passage 3 Zara and H&M: Fast Fashion on Demand Unit 8 International Trade of Textile and Fashion PART ONE Warm-up Activities PART TWO Reading Activities Passage 1 Eastern Players in the Global Fibres Industry Passage 2 Weaving New Markets Passage 3 Markets and Value in Clothing and Modeling Glossary Acknowledgements