Cotton Bowl Classic

towards the rate of adopting new technologies is the cotton gin, a hand-cranked machine that separates cotton fibers and seeds. Invented by Eli Whitney in U.S during 1791, it revolutionized the processing of cotton in the southern cotton industry. The raw cotton was laden with seeds, which must be removed by hand. This labor-intensive process demanded more expensive slaves to process the cotton for efficiently. With the invention of the cotton gin, the process became automated and efficient.…

‘kara’ meaning hand and ‘suti’ is the cotton thread, which in totality explains the handwork with cotton thread. Kasuti has resemblance with tattooing and floor decorations that reflect the folk culture of that region. The designs for floor decorations and motifs used in embroidery were almost similar i.e. the geometrical…

spun into yarn or made into fabrics. 1.2 Staple fibers can be defined as natural fibers that can be twisted to form properties of yarn. Staple fibers are popular for their variety in lengths. There are several examples of fibers such as: Hemp, raw cotton, flax etc. 1.3 Filament yarns are sole threads that are endless and which length is its property. Filament yarns can be crimped or textured…

Leather shooting bags are designed to carry shooting accessories, specialist items, bearing loads comfortably while leaving the shooter's hands free. They provide quick access to the weapon, scopes, and ammunition. Modern day shooting bags have compartments ensuring that everything required is handy. Some bags have been designed in a way that the shooting bag swivels from back to front making the gear more accessible, especially when on the move. While leather shooting bags come in a wide range…

The industrial revolution marked the beginning of ready-made clothing, and while ready-made clothing had its problems and flaws the process of hand making clothing required more challenges such as time, materials, and sizing. Compared to ready-made clothing the time it took to produce a single piece of handmade clothing was expediential. (For the most part, families made their own clothing by hand from fabric they made or purchased locally) (Tailoring). With this family’s would spend large…

The cotton T-shirt is truly one of the most iconic garments in history. The cotton T-shirt has been seen in a variety of movies, TV shows, and commercials. So where did this white beauty get its start? The cotton T-shirt was originally made as an undershirt for the navy that went under the uniforms of the enlisted. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald was the first known person to use the word T-Shirt in his book This side of Paradise. Shortly after the use of the word T-shirt in the book This side of…

production. This increased extremely fast that the plant was moved to Chicago. This assisted with farmers being able to farm more land for their businesses and helped to assist with making them a larger profit. The cotton gin helped increase the production that took place for cotton and cotton became a very profitable market within the South, in which at the same time, increased slavery. Mills and factories were first powered by water wheels but soon became run by coal-fired steam engines, that…

The Unfair Trade Of Clothing: A Brief Clothing Study Joy, M, Ringold University Of The People Define Fair trade: "A movement whose goal is to help producers in developing countries to get a fair price for their products as to help reduce poverty, provide for the ethical treatment of workers and farmers and promote environmentally sustainable practices" (Merriam-Webster, 2015). This essay below will briefly cover some of the Fair Trade issues with clothing. Or The Unfair Trade Of Clothing.…

trading of raw materials like cotton and diamonds. However, with these connections, Kalambayi is disconnected from the Western world due to neocolonialism thus causing disconnections that people from the Western world have not considered. Because Belgium colonized Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) there is still neocolonialism within Kalambayi after they gained independence from them. Around the 1950’s, the Belgians introduced…

In 1992, 37% of all exports were accounted to be cotton products, such as raw cotton, cotton yarn, cotton cloth, and cotton waste. Whereas other imperative exports were ready made garments, which were of 15% ,synthetic textiles were of 6%, and rice which was of 6% as well. In 1990s, Pakistan 's balance of trade remained particularly weak…