Apparel: Design, Textiles & Construction, 11th Edition
By: Louise A. Liddell and Carolee S. SamuelsCopyright: 2018
Subject: Clothing and Fashion
Grade Level: 9-12
- Apparel: Design, Textiles & Construction is a comprehensive introduction to the worlds of apparel and fashion with updated information and new and improved illustrations and features. Robust digital offerings also accompany this new edition, including a new companion website with e-flash cards, digital graphic organizers, online chapter reviews, and interactive self-assessment quizzes.
- This edition provides multiple new opportunities for the integration of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). Updated STEM features and new STEM-related activities challenge students to apply chapter concepts using these relevant skills.
- New and updated content about global trends and technology in the apparel and textile industries gives students the most current information. An updated design with attractive new illustrations invites students to engage more easily with the text.
- In addition to multiple critical thinking, reading, writing, math, technology, science, and speaking activities, new career readiness activities prompt students to apply chapter content to the workplace.
- Products & Prices 6-12 Education
- Table of Contents
- Unit 1: Apparel and Fashion1. Understanding Clothing
2. Understanding Fashion
3. Textiles and Apparel Through the Years
4. The Textile and Apparel Industry
5. The Worldwide Apparel Industry
6. A Closer Look at Fashion DesignUnit 2: Apparel Decisions7. Planning a Wardrobe
8. Apparel Decisions and Choices
9. Consumer Rights and Responsibilities
10. Choices as a Consumer
11. Get Your Money's Worth
12. Selecting Apparel for Family Members
13. Keeping Apparel Looking Its Best
14. Laundry and Dry Cleaning
15. Repair, Redesign, and RecycleUnit 3: Color and Design16. Color
17. The Elements and Principles of DesignUnit 4: From Fibers to Fabrics18. The Natural Fibers
19. The Manufactured Fibers
20. From Yarn to Fabric
21. Fabric Color and FinishesUnit 5: Sewing Techniques22. Figure Types and Pattern Sizes
23. Selecting Patterns and Fabrics
24. Sewing Equipment
25. Getting Ready to Sew
26. Basic Sewing Skills
27. Advanced Sewing Skills
28. Serging SkillsUnit 6: Career Preparation29. Preparing for a Career
30. A Job and a Career
31. Entrepreneurship—Profiting from Your Skills - The Look Inside images are for preview purposes only. The format of the actual product may vary from the images shown.
- Correlations
- FCS National Standards CorrelationsNational Standards (PDF, 140 KB)North CarolinaNCCTE.FA31 Apparel and Textile Production I (Grades 9–12) (PDF, 258.36 KB)OklahomaFashion Apparel and Design – Grades 9‐12 (PDF, 171.07 KB)Pre-PAC CorrelationsFashion, Textiles, and Apparel (PDF, 65 KB)South CarolinaFashion Design and Apparel Construction 1, 2CTE—Priority 38 Fashion Design and Apparel 1 & 2, 9-12TennesseeFoundations of Fashion Design (PDF, 446 KB)TexasFashion Design (PDF, 172 KB)Fashion Design I Lab (PDF, 187 KB)UtahApparel Design & Production I, IIYouScience® Industry CertificationsClothing and Textiles I (PDF, 101 KB)Clothing and Textiles II (PDF, 95 KB)
- About the Author(s)