Textile Institute
Encyclopedia
The Textile Institute is a unique organisation in textile
s, clothing
and footwear
. It was incorporated in England
by a Royal Charter granted in 1925 and is a registered charity. The Institute has individual and corporate members in over 90 countries, the membership covers all sectors and all disciplines in textiles, clothing and footwear.
Its primary academic journal is Journal of the Textile Institute, which began in 1910 with volume 1. Following volume 12 in 1921, it was divided into two separate journals: Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings, , which ran from volume 14 (1923) to volume 55 (1964-5); and Journal of the Textile Institute Transactions, , which ran from volume 14 (1923) to volume 57 (1966). In 1967 the two were re-amalgamated and published once again as Journal of the Textile Institute, (electronic) and (paper), and the volume numbers continued with vol. 58 (1967), reaching vol. 100 in 2009. The number of issues published each year has varied from two to twelve. It is published by Taylor & Francis, and the present editor-in-chief is Prof. David R Buchanan.
Textile
A textile or cloth is a flexible woven material consisting of a network of natural or artificial fibres often referred to as thread or yarn. Yarn is produced by spinning raw fibres of wool, flax, cotton, or other material to produce long strands...
s, clothing
Clothing
Clothing refers to any covering for the human body that is worn. The wearing of clothing is exclusively a human characteristic and is a feature of nearly all human societies...
and footwear
Footwear
Footwear consists of garments worn on the feet, for fashion, protection against the environment, and adornment. Being barefoot is commonly associated with poverty, but some cultures chose not to wear footwear at least in some situations....
. It was incorporated in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
by a Royal Charter granted in 1925 and is a registered charity. The Institute has individual and corporate members in over 90 countries, the membership covers all sectors and all disciplines in textiles, clothing and footwear.
Its primary academic journal is Journal of the Textile Institute, which began in 1910 with volume 1. Following volume 12 in 1921, it was divided into two separate journals: Journal of the Textile Institute Proceedings, , which ran from volume 14 (1923) to volume 55 (1964-5); and Journal of the Textile Institute Transactions, , which ran from volume 14 (1923) to volume 57 (1966). In 1967 the two were re-amalgamated and published once again as Journal of the Textile Institute, (electronic) and (paper), and the volume numbers continued with vol. 58 (1967), reaching vol. 100 in 2009. The number of issues published each year has varied from two to twelve. It is published by Taylor & Francis, and the present editor-in-chief is Prof. David R Buchanan.