43 Useful Sites and Blogs for Garment and Textile Professionals Like me, you may be looking for more and more online resources for reading and latest updates on apparel and textile industry. Last year, I have discovered few good sites that I like to share with you. I am also sharing most common and popular sites to apparel industry professionals. Most of the sites are professional blogs, sites by institutes and organizations and online publications. I have listed down those sites below in alphabetic order. I have missed many good online resources. If you know a name with good reading materials, tips and tricks for fashion professionals, please write that link on below comment box. 1. ASTM Textile Standards provide the specifications and test methods for the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of textiles, fabrics, and cloths, as well as the natural and artificial fibers that constitute them. 2. Apparel Merchandising, a blog on apparel merchandising, textile printing, knitting, garments manufacturing, embroidery etc. 3. A fashionable stitch, a blog on sewing tips and tricks. 4. AE, a site by American thread manufacturer. Under tab Technical Tools you will
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Like me, you may be looking for more and more online resources for reading and latest updates on apparel and textile industry Last year, I have discovered few good sites that I like
to share with you I am also sharing most common and popular sites to apparel industry professionals Most of the sites are professional blogs, sites by institutes and organizations and online publications
I have listed down those sites below in alphabetic order
I have missed many good online resources If you know a name with good reading materials, tips and tricks for fashion professionals, please write that link on below comment box
1. ASTM Textile Standards provide the specifications and test methods for the
physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of textiles, fabrics, and cloths, as well
as the natural and artificial fibers that constitute them
2. Apparel Merchandising, a blog on apparel merchandising, textile printing, knitting, garments manufacturing, embroidery etc
3. A fashionable stitch, a blog on sewing tips and tricks
4. A&E, a site by American thread manufacturer Under tab Technical Tools you will get pdf documents related to yarns, threads, seam, Stitches and Needles For example http://www.amefird.com/technical-tools/tech-bulletins/apparel/
5. Better work Go to Publication and resources tab Lot of good material on factory compliances
6. Clothesource , an online library You can download publications for free
7. Costs international, a site by Coats, sewing thread manufacturer You will find technical report on sewing report, thread consumption guide and more
8. Coletterie, a blog for sewing tips, ideas
9. Clean Cloth Campaign is dedicated to improving working conditions and supporting the empowerment of workers in the global garment and sportswear industries You will find case history on compliance issues in garment factory around the world
10. Denim and Jeans, a Blog by Denim expert Sandeep Agarwal You will find lot of articles on denim processes, denim brands, denim market and lot more
11. Ellis Developments Limited This site is not well designed but contains great tutorials for knitting manufacturing and apparel quality management
12. Elyon Ltd provides good contents related General Sewing Data You will get most of the answers of your questions related to General sewing Data (GSD)
Trang 213. Fabric.com Blog , a blog on fabrics
14. Fashion Incubator , a blog by Kathleen Fasanella Blog has numerous articles
covered lot of topics such as pattern making, garment manufacturing to tip on sewing etc
15. Fibre to Fashion Fibre2Fashion is a business to business portal This site publishes numerous articles covering whole topics from fibre to fashion
16. Fashioning an Ethical Industry, is a labor behind the label project You will get here reports on sustainable fashion, factsheets, books
17. Garmento is good resource for Stitches and Seam guide
18. GSD – General sewing data, official site of General sewing data
19. How to start a Clothing Company, the name of the site is self explanatory what you get inside Good guides for those who think to start business in clothing
20. Just-style, an online publication that publishes latest news, research study, and market research reports etc
21. Knitting Industry, an online publication on knitting industry
22. Knitting Help, provides tips on knitting, knitting pattern, videos on knitting and more
23. My textile notes, a blog by Priyank Goel on textile and garment processes
24. Nancy’s Notions , a website by Nancy
25. Pattern School , a great site for those who wants to learn garment pattern making
online
26. Reach help desk for apparel exporters
27. Rikipedia textile knowledge base by Rieter A knowledge base on textile yarn spinning process
28. Sew Easy – sewing classes for kids and teens
29. Sew Daily , a site where you will get sewing tips, free E-book on various topics
30. Sewing Insight has lot of reviews on industrial sewing machine of different brands
31. Stitch World, an online magazine with valuable article in garment manufacturing, machinery and latest technology They have both paid and free article
32. Textile School , a blog on textile and garment manufacturing, processes, terms and
definitions Good tutorials for newbie and students
Trang 333. Textile Testing international , a blog by a Textile Testing Lab Blog has articles on
textiles testing methods
34. Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation, a site by non-profit organization You will get valuable articles here
35. The textile Institute , a site by the organization The Textile Institute
36. Textile learner , a blog that explains textile and garment terms, different processes of
garment and textiles Good read for students
37. Texogenic provides you online calculator for textiles
38. Textile Link publishes articles and links covering spinning, weaving, quilting,
felting, knitting, sewing, dyeing, and the whole world of textiles Links to supply sources, organizations, museums, events, training, etc)
39. Toyota textile machinery Read this site to know history to present of textile
machinery
40. Threads , an online thread magazine How-to-do sewing guides
41. The Indian Textile Journal , an online publication that also publishes free articles
To read articles go to features Category wise
42. Vasant Kothari , a site by Mr Vasant Kothari He has posted number of presentations
on textile topics for students
43. Vintage Fashion Guild , a resource for vintage fashion.