Stages of textile product life cycle
- Agriculture/raw fibre production
- Ginning
- Spinning
- Weaving
- Processing
- Stitching
- Distribution/retail
- Use/consumption and end of life
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Research point
Look up any terms you’re not familiar with in a dictionary or online. We probably all
think we know what’s meant by ‘spinning’ and ‘weaving’ but do we really?
• Try and summarize each of these stages in a sentence or two then do some research online
to see if you’re right.
The fact that the final stage – consumption – is also seen as the end of a material’s life brings
issues of sustainability into ever closer focus.
Above there is a research about ginning and weaving as well brief videos about the rarest fibers in the world: lotus flower silk, baby cashmere wool & vicuña.
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