Processes of textile care; theoretical approaches of wetting and washing; surface active agents; washing agents; soils; water as washing media, products and procedures for dry cleaning; removal of stains; environmental aspect.
Historical development; mechanical devices and equipment; procedures for producing printing forms; procedures of pattern reproduction; preparing fabrics; dyes; printing pastes; fixing and subsequent processing; special printing procedures; environmental issues in printing.
ISO standards for apparel manufacturing; development of a product; preparing collections; preparing production; organisation of production; technological documentation; technological demands of ready-made wear; quality requirements; automation; production management.
Classification of clothing textiles, trimmings, functional properties of textiles, technological process of producing textiles—from fibre to finished fabric; analysis and evaluation of the comfort of clothing textiles: thermo-physiological, handle, movement and aesthetic comforts.
Technological water preparation; preparing of dyes; dyeing procedures; dyeing of natural, chemical and synthetic fibres; auxiliaries and methods for after-treatment of dyed material; colour fastness.
Electromagnetic radiation; light absorption; systems for the determination of colour and whiteness; measurement of colour and whiteness.
The importance and use of textile testing; standards and their uses; sampling and evaluation of measurements; basic methods of fibre testing; basic methods of yarn testing; basic methods of fabric testing; basic chemical analysis of textiles.
Definition and types of non-woven textiles; historical development and trends in non-woven textiles; classification of non-woven textiles; non-woven textile production processes; processing non-woven textiles.
Development of industrial design; functions of clothing; ideals of beauty; mass-produced ready-made clothing; haute couture; analysis of the relation between the human body and clothing; visual illusions; changing the silhouette.