WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, threads, cords, ropes, braids, lace, embroidery, nets, and fabrics made by weaving, knitting, bonding, felting, or tufting are textiles.

Detailed explanation-2: -Textiles are materials made from fibers, thin threads or filaments that are natural or synthetic or a combination of both. Textile fibers can be classified in natural (organic) fibres and man-made (synthetic, industrial) fibers, there is an enormous variety of textile fiber types available.

Detailed explanation-3: -At first textiles only referred to woven fabrics. The word textile is derived from the Latin term textilis, which means “woven". Now the word textiles encompasses materials used to make fabrics and fabrics themselves.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bitesized information on ten of the most used textile fibres in the fashion industry including cotton, polyester, viscose (or rayon), silk and wool.