Apparel design from middle and West Anatolia hand-woven fabrics

Abstract

All throughout history people did hand-weaving to provide fabric for clothing but much less in our time. Hand-woven fabrics possessing different properties were produced in every country and in every area. Especially in Turkey, hand-weaving had become an art in due time, had developed, and had gained importance in economy and culture. As a result of rapid industrialization, hand-woven fabrics are now facing expiring even they are tried to be produced limitedly in the world as well as in some areas of Turkey. In this research, hand-woven fabrics in the Middle and West Anatolia cities (Kastamonu, Tokat, Uşak, village of Buldan in Denizli) are studied. The physical, chemical and visual properties of these sample fabrics are tested to decide what kind of garment can be produced from them. It is aimed to supply hand-woven fabrics to industry, mainly in ready wear production, by designing apparel suitable to today’s needs and fashion, to assure a rise in interest in them leading to a need in hand-woven fabrics and to achieve an increase in production of them, to provide clues for ready-wear producer and the end user, to prevent the expiring of hand-woven fabrics, but to continue to add to economy, culture and labor.