Clothing industry

right|thumbtime=12|thumb|300px| Weaving demonstration on an 1830 handloom in the Museum Het Leids Wevershuis|weaving museum in [[Leiden ]]

thumb|1955 photo of a tailor at work in Wales thumb|upright|Furiiru people|Fuliiru tailor in [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] A tailor is a person who makes or alters clothing, particularly men's clothing. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to the thirteenth century.

device of wood, metal, or plastic used to hang garments

cleaning of fabrics in non-aqueous solvents

thumb|450px|A mercery (mercer's shop) in Brussels Mercery (from French , meaning "haberdashery" or goods, or "haberdashery"—a shop trading in textiles and notions) initially referred to silk, linen and fustian textiles among various other piece goods imported to England in the 12th century. Eventually, the term evolved to refer to a merchant or trader of textile goods, especially imported textile goods, particularly in England. A merchant would be known as a mercer, and the profession as mercery.

retail concept for moving clothing from the catwalk to consumers quickly, with rapid turnover of product

thumb|right|upright=1.25|A sweatshop in the United States c. 1890 A sweatshop or sweat factory is a cramped workplace with very poor and/or illegal working conditions, including little to no breaks, inadequate work space, insufficient lighting and ventilation, or uncomfortably or dangerously high or low temperatures. The work may be difficult, tiresome, dangerous, climatically challenging, or underpaid. Employees in sweatshops may work long hours with unfair wages, regardless of laws mandating overtime pay or a minimum wage; child labor laws may also be violated. Women make up 85 to 90% of swe

industry encompassing the design, manufacturing, wholesaling and retailing of clothes

alt=Printed tartan fabric with wireless charging coils, overlaid with multiple illuminated electronic circuit boards|thumb|Screen printed e-textile coils showing wireless powering of flexible circuits through the fabric. thumb|An e-textile circuit swatch thumb|upright|A dress with red LEDs built into the fabric

device used to remove wrinkles from garments and fabrics

making clothing to an individual buyer's specification by a tailor

thumb|''In the Draper's Shop'' by Adriaen van Bloemen Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing. A draper may additionally operate as a cloth merchant or a haberdasher.

Texturising or texturizing is the process by which synthetic fibres are modified to change their texture - the physical appearance of the fibre. Texturising techniques can include bulking (where thermoplastic fibres are twisted, heat set and untwisted), crimping and coiling, amongst others. Texturising takes advantage of the thermoplastic nature of synthetic fibres, and uses it to set texturised features in place. 250px|thumb|Texturized yarn Fibres may be texturised to improve the fibre's insulation properties (as processes like bulking allow it to trap air better), to minimise a shiny, synthe

Piñatex () is the trade name for a non-biodegradable leather alternative made from cellulose fibres extracted from pineapple leaves, PLA (polylactic acid), and petroleum-based resin. Piñatex was developed by Carmen Hijosa and first presented at the PhD graduate exhibition at the Royal College of Art, London. Piñatex is manufactured and distributed by Hijosa's company Ananas Anam Ltd.

fiber wool produced from the coat hair of yaks