CADS 1600 EXAM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS
Common names for our industry? - Answers - Textile Industry
Fashion Industry
Apparel Industry
Garment Industry
Retail
What jobs and items are included in the Textile industry? - Answers - Jobs:
Wholesale reps who sell fabrics and findings to apparel producers
Items:
Fibers, yarns, fabric,
Findings (zippers, buttons, interfacings)
Converters - dye, print, finish fabrics
What jobs and items are included in the Apparel industry? - Answers - - Apparel
designers
- Apparel manufacturers -cut and sew fabric clothing
- Apparel wholesale reps who sell to retailers
- Apparel retailers (department stores, specialty stores, boutiques, chain stores,
discount stores, catalog, factory outlets, internet retailers)
What are the 4 natural fibers we went over? - Answers - Cotton
Wool
Flax (Linen)
Silk
Tariff - Answers - a tax on imported goods
(Ex. From England)
Import - Answers - goods purchased from other countries
Export - Answers - goods sold to other countries
Embargo & Example - Answers - Prohibition on exports or imports
Example: cigars from Cuba
Who brought the plans of the cotton mill to America? - Answers - 1789: Samuel Slater
brought the cotton mill plans to America
What is the difference between spinning and weaving? - Answers - making yarn vs.
using yarn to make fabric
, ________: the process of converting fibers into yarn
________: the process of interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at
a right angle to them. (taking yarn and making fabric)
What is the Power loom and what advancement did it bring? - Answers - machine that
weaves the spun yarns into fabric (originally water powered)
______ ______ ----> Vertical Intergration
all processes being completed under one roof (spinning---> finished cloth)
Bilateral trade agreement - Answers - trade agreements between 2 countries
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Answers - Refers to business practices that
contribute positively to society
What is a cotton gin and what does it do? Who invented it? - Answers - engine that
cleans the cotton
- Patented by Eli Whitney
Issac Singer patents sewing machine for what? - Answers - Patented for factory use
Ready-to-wear (RTW)-definition - Answers - clothing made for the general market and
sold through stores rather than made to order for an individual customer
RTW developed for who first? Why? Developed Last? - Answers - Developed for men
first because sizing standards more common and it was less complicated than women
or children clothing.
Womens RTW was developed last.
RTW for women - Answers - Developed last
What is the shirtwaist? What does it say about the culture of the times? - Answers -
Blouse
Beginning of RTW separates for women
Women's roles were Changing
From Craft industry to factory industry
Butterick and McCall known for what? - Answers - Known for Paper Patterns-templates
from which parts of the garment are traced and then cut
ILGWU - Answers - 1900: The International Ladies' Garment Worker' Union (ILGWU)
formed
Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory burned down- 146 died
What is rayon and what is it made of? - Answers - -1st man made fabric
Common names for our industry? - Answers - Textile Industry
Fashion Industry
Apparel Industry
Garment Industry
Retail
What jobs and items are included in the Textile industry? - Answers - Jobs:
Wholesale reps who sell fabrics and findings to apparel producers
Items:
Fibers, yarns, fabric,
Findings (zippers, buttons, interfacings)
Converters - dye, print, finish fabrics
What jobs and items are included in the Apparel industry? - Answers - - Apparel
designers
- Apparel manufacturers -cut and sew fabric clothing
- Apparel wholesale reps who sell to retailers
- Apparel retailers (department stores, specialty stores, boutiques, chain stores,
discount stores, catalog, factory outlets, internet retailers)
What are the 4 natural fibers we went over? - Answers - Cotton
Wool
Flax (Linen)
Silk
Tariff - Answers - a tax on imported goods
(Ex. From England)
Import - Answers - goods purchased from other countries
Export - Answers - goods sold to other countries
Embargo & Example - Answers - Prohibition on exports or imports
Example: cigars from Cuba
Who brought the plans of the cotton mill to America? - Answers - 1789: Samuel Slater
brought the cotton mill plans to America
What is the difference between spinning and weaving? - Answers - making yarn vs.
using yarn to make fabric
, ________: the process of converting fibers into yarn
________: the process of interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at
a right angle to them. (taking yarn and making fabric)
What is the Power loom and what advancement did it bring? - Answers - machine that
weaves the spun yarns into fabric (originally water powered)
______ ______ ----> Vertical Intergration
all processes being completed under one roof (spinning---> finished cloth)
Bilateral trade agreement - Answers - trade agreements between 2 countries
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) - Answers - Refers to business practices that
contribute positively to society
What is a cotton gin and what does it do? Who invented it? - Answers - engine that
cleans the cotton
- Patented by Eli Whitney
Issac Singer patents sewing machine for what? - Answers - Patented for factory use
Ready-to-wear (RTW)-definition - Answers - clothing made for the general market and
sold through stores rather than made to order for an individual customer
RTW developed for who first? Why? Developed Last? - Answers - Developed for men
first because sizing standards more common and it was less complicated than women
or children clothing.
Womens RTW was developed last.
RTW for women - Answers - Developed last
What is the shirtwaist? What does it say about the culture of the times? - Answers -
Blouse
Beginning of RTW separates for women
Women's roles were Changing
From Craft industry to factory industry
Butterick and McCall known for what? - Answers - Known for Paper Patterns-templates
from which parts of the garment are traced and then cut
ILGWU - Answers - 1900: The International Ladies' Garment Worker' Union (ILGWU)
formed
Triangle Shirtwaist Co. factory burned down- 146 died
What is rayon and what is it made of? - Answers - -1st man made fabric
