Clive Hallett has worked in the fashion industry since 1972 and has been a design consultant since 1978. I like how there are some cottons that I have never seen before, such as cotton moleskin and cotton organdie. Often described as the garment industry “blue book,” Kathleen's book is the most highly rated guide to the business. You will be able to achieve the desired overall effect be it pretty, loud, lustrous, or magnificent.

Bound into a hardcover book, with descriptions and contextual illustrations alongside them, the fabrics are in their raw state, before bleaching, dying or finishing, so that their properties can be observed without the distraction of colour or pattern. I find prints and colours far too distracting, often considering them more than how the fabric will hang and drape when the garment is made. What I really enjoyed was seeing a variety of different fabric samples that I don’t see often in my area, like fabric made from Eucalyptus and birch trees, and fabric made out of milk (Yes!Biography: Clive Hallett has worked in the fashion industry since 1972 and has been a design consultant since 1978. Natural fabrics such as cottons, silks, wools and linens are included, as are a wide range of manmade ones including alternative plant fibers like bamboo and hemp. The book is ring-bound and the presence of fabric swatches requires some care when turning the pages. Ooh thanks for the heads up, I’ve been eying this book up for a while, how great that they’ve decided to make a second edition and just in time for Christmas! He might be mixed with something else because he’s way bigger than any Boston I’ve ever seen… like, he’s nearly pit bull sized!

great for specialisation talks around career pathways, good contemporary references, and good resource book overall with a comprehensive list of certifications. One thing though – it looks like the acetate satin swatch is mounted sideways in this copy of the book?I just mention that as I’ve seen recent discussions of cupro akin to a miracle fiber, capable of single handedly solving all environmental ills. It has over 120 swatches of fabrics such as kinds of cotton, silks, wools, linens, and also synthetic fabrics like nylon, soya fabrics, microfibers, and fabrics made from alternative plant fibers like bamboo and hemp.

Starting in 1993, she began providing consulting and engineering services to manufacturers, small companies, and startups with an emphasis on developing owner-operator domestic cut-and-sew operations. Along with the swatches, it has diagrams and photographs of the garments to illustrate the behavior of the fabric. Here are the 10 most amazing and wonderful fabric swatch books that are must-have but are also affordable.

She's been mentioned numerous times in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, National Public Radio, Boston Globe, LA Times, Vogue, French Vogue and has at least 15 Project Runway alums at last count. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.