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Textiles Trend forecast Report. Elijah, Hunter, Samone 10/2/2013. Medicine And Textiles. Leg wraps and hospitals gowns Medicine within the wraps to help heal wounds quicker. Gowns with a therapeutic lotions embedded in them. Beneficial to growing elderly rates and in medicine advances.
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Textiles Trend forecast Report Elijah, Hunter, Samone 10/2/2013
Medicine And Textiles • Leg wraps and hospitals gowns • Medicine within the wraps to help heal wounds quicker. • Gowns with a therapeutic lotions embedded in them. • Beneficial to growing elderly rates and in medicine advances.
alpaca Wool • Consumer friendly, environmentally friendly because it doesn’t use any harmful chemicals • Doesn’t shrink and allows a lot of stretch and wrinkle, fire and rain resistant • Also used in upholstery • More comfortable in cold weather • Made for sweaters and blankets • One oz. of high quality alpaca fiber can sell for 3 dollars or more
Cotton Engineering • Bioengineering the genetics of cotton to change the color, strength, length and adding pesticides by gene-fushion • Natural red coloring within the fabric without an added dye • Shirts and jeans are made with this fabric
Voile • One of the lightest cottons in weight in comparison to denim which is the heaviest • Has great moister absorption to make it cool and comfortable • Mint to use as apparel fabric • Like dresses, blouses, underclothing, wrap • Less expensive • Often used for dyeing, made with high twist yarn
Enzymes and Flax • Eliminating a step of processing of flax • Adds pectolytic to the lamella of the plant that eliminates the fat within, so you don’t have to whiling processing the plant • Flax gets processed into yarn • The end result is flax linen like the skirt