Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
2. There's Gold in Those Blue Denims
3. Swimwear: The First Wave
4. Sportswear: California Diversified
5. Hooray for Old Hollywood
6. The Golden Boys
7. From the Streets of San Francisco
8. Everybody's Gone Surfing
9. The New Hollywood
Contents

Introduction
Table Of contents
China Textile & Garment Industry, Review & Prospect 2002/2003
Index: Companies Quick View, Name Listed Alphabetically By Province
Part One: Companies Listed Alphabetically By Province
Part Two: Categories By Products & Process
   Carpet Manufacturers
   Dyers, Finishers, Printers, Complex
   Yarn & Fabric Manufacturers
   Industrial Textiles & Nonwovens
   Made-up Textiles (Home Textiles)
   Machinery
   Textile Auxiliaries & Dyestuffs
   Garment Manufacturers & Accessories
   Other Services
   Importers & Exporters
Acknowledgements
Brief of China National Textile Industry Council
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Introduction
The World's Cotton Trade
A country by country listing of companies involved in the cotton industry from raw fibre through to spun yarn.
Trade associations are detailed within the relevant country section.
Textile Machinery
Categorised Index
A detailed breakdown of companies worldwide by activity.
Textile Machinery Breakdown
General Index
A full alphabetical listing of all companies detailed in this directory.
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Preface
A reader's guide to the use of this book
THE DICTIONARY
Sources of illustrations
Bibliography
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Introduction
Country Index
  A country-by-country alphabetical listing of companies
Categorised index breakdown
Categorised index
  An alphabetical listing of companies by activity
General Index (A-Z)
  An alphabetical listing of companies

Contents

Part I: Analytical overview
Part II: The Changing Face of the Apparel Industry in the United States
Part III: The U.S.-Mexico Border Region
Part IV: Interior Mexico
Part V: Central America and the Caribbean
Part VI: Conclusion

Contents
Introduction
      -REINVENTING THE ART
1. KNITWEAR IN FASHION
      -FASHION IN KNITWEAR
      Reinventing the Classic
      Decades of Change
      Creative Fashion Accessories
2. INNOVATION AND EXPERIMENT
      -MAKING THE FUTURE
      Materials, Structures and Processes
      Radical Knitwear
      The Seamless Revolution
3. BLURRING THE BOUNDARIES
      -CONTEMPORARY ART AND DESIGN
      Artworks and Sculptural Form
      Knitwear in Performance
      Design for Interiors

INFORMATION
The Technology of Knitting
Developments on Design
Yarns and Fibres
Designers Biographies
Glossary of Technical Terms
Further Reading and Resources
Picture Credits and Acknowledgements
Index

Contents

1. Introduction
Part I: General uses
2. Foam protection in sport
3. Performance of sports surfaces
4. Running shoe materials
5. Balls and ballistics
Part II Particular sports
6. Materials in golf
7. Surface engineering in sport
8. Materials and tennis strings
9. Materials and tennis rackets
10. Materials in bicycles
11. Materials in mountaineering
12. Materials in skiing
13. Materials in cricket
14. Materials in Paralympic sports
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1. Review of yarn production
2. Textile products and fiber production
3. Common principles
4. Filament yarn production
5. Carding and prior processes for short-staple fibers
6. Silver preparation
7. Short-staple spinning
8. Long-staple spinning
9. Post-spinning processes
10. Staple system and modified yarn structures
11. Quality and quality control
12. Economics of staple yarn production