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Time Business News
13-05-2025
- Business
- Time Business News
How Many Types of Fabric are There in Textiles?
Fabric – Textiles is a generic and heterogeneous industry with a vast array of materials, each with its characteristics, touch, and usage differently available. Ranging from natural cotton and silk to man-made polyester and nylon, the choice is unlimited. Weaved and sourced-based, textiles are classified in a way that they are utilised in different industries such as fashion, interior design, and technical textiles. With such differences, it is possible to select the most suitable material for specific purposes. Among the top performers in the industry, T & A textiles and hosiery UK is especially noteworthy due to its imagination and skills. This study enumerates the different types of fabrics, their properties, and applications in our day-to-day life. Usually made from petrochemicals, synthetic fabrics produced by people provide flexibility and robustness. Polyester, frequently used in activewear and home design, is a prevalent synthetic fabric resistant to shrinking and creases. Popular fabric for clothes and athletic wear, nylon is renowned for its resilience and adaptability. Typically seen in blankets and knitwear, warm and inexpensive acrylic imitates wool. Since it offers great stretch, spandex, also known as Lycra, is critical for fitted clothes and sportswear. Due to its absorbent qualities, ultra-soft synthetic microfiber finds use in cleaning rags and upholstery. Though sturdy, synthetic materials' environmental effects are becoming more worrisome, so guiding new concepts, including recycled fibres. Mixed textiles combine natural and synthetic fibres to improve comfort and performance. Since it blends the softness of cotton with the durability of polyester, poly-cotton—a combination of polyester and cotton—has become a sought-after choice for everyday usage. Semi-synthetic cellulose-based rayon, sometimes employed in linings and gowns, imitates silk and cotton. A sustainable blend of fibre noted for its breathability and moisture-wicking qualities, Tencel is a type of lyocell. Including acrylic or nylon, wool blends raise fabric durability and lower pilling. These mixes economically meet several textile demands without compromising quality. Thanks to continuous developments in fabric blending technology, today's consumers have sustainable, high-performance alternatives. Speciality fabrics are designe for particular applications such as waterproofing, flame resistance, or UV protection. Widely employed in outdoor equipment and sportswear, waterproof yet breathable fabric Gore-Tex is used in protective clothes and bulletproof vests made of the high-strength synthetic fibre Kevlar. A rubber-based insulating fabric discovered often found in wetsuits and laptop covers, is neoprene. Because of its strength, non-woven felt is used in technical and decorative textiles, including metallic fabrics created from metal threads, industry, caps, and crafts. These fabrics serve niche markets by providing sophisticated qualities that regular textiles cannot deliver, hence they are essential in certain sectors. Offering stretch and mobility, knitted fabrics are made by interlocking yarn loops. T-shirts and informal wear frequently include the lightweight, soft fabric Jersey knit. With its raised vertical lines, rib knit offers great elasticity, so it is perfect for collars and cuffs. Often used in sweaters for a more textured appearance, cable knit has a braided design. A soft knitted fabric, fleece provides warmth and is widely use in blankets and cold-weather clothing. With its open weave, mesh knit is use in lingerie and sportswear for ventilation. Eco-friendly fabrics are becoming more well-known as people become more aware of their surroundings. Grown free of pesticides, organic cotton preserves quality and lowers ecological damage. Derived from bamboo pulp, bamboo fabric is soft, antibacterial, biodegradable, and natural. Made from plastic bottles, recycled polyester helps cut waste and energy use. Requiring little water and no pesticides, hemp is a sustainable substitute for traditional textiles. Fashion items made from pineapple leaves provide a cruelty-free alternative. These materials satisfy consumer need for ethical and environmentally friendly textiles while also supporting the worldwide move toward sustainability. The textile industry provides a wide selection of materials with special qualities suited for various purposes. From natural and artificial to blended and speciality textiles, the options are limitless. Knowing these differences enables one to make wise decisions for clothes, home design, or industrial application. As sustainability takes front stage, creative eco-friendly fabrics are steering the direction. In order to guarantee a mix of tradition and modernity in the always changing world of fabrics, companies are essential suppliers of high-quality textiles. Visit timebusinessnews for more informative blogs. TIME BUSINESS NEWS
Yahoo
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Blondshell's Sharp, Secret-Sharing ‘If You Asked for a Picture'
For her second album as Blondshell, L.A. singer-songwriter Sabrina Teitelbaum is figuring out how much of her life story she wants to tell the world — how much she needs to tell — and how much to hide away for herself. On her acclaimed 2023 self-titled debut, she was really letting it all hang out, in searing confessional indie-rock. But on If You Asked For a Picture, Teitelbaum's more ambivalent, more questioning, reckoning with her painful past, from childhood misery to dysfunctional young-adult romance. These are the songs of an artist who wants to figure out who she is by singing about it. Teitelbaum takes her album title from the Mary Oliver poem 'Dogfish,' with the key line, 'I wanted the past to go away, I wanted to leave it, like another country.' That's her approach in these songs — she sorts through her secrets and memories, wondering how much of her damage to take with her into the future and how much to leave behind. As she laments in 'What's Fair,' 'I didn't grow up/And it spilled over/Now I'm left open/When I'm in love.' More from Rolling Stone How Blondshell Tapped Into an Even Deeper Feeling for Her Second LP Being in Your Twenties Can Be a Mindf-ck. Blondshell Wrote a Song About it Blondshell Showcases Rolling Stones-Inspired Single 'T&A' on 'Kimmel' She sets the tone with 'T&A,' as she finds herself stuck with yet another worthless man-boy lover, recalling, 'I said if you stop drinking maybe I could find you attractive/Maybe I could let you have it/And it happened.' She can't even tell her sister she's still with this guy — 'she knows about that fight, remember?' — but she can't let go of him either. She winds up asking herself, over and over, 'Letting him in, why don't the good ones love me?' The album flows in a mellow folk-rock groove, close to the Cranberries or Sheryl Crow or (for you really deep Nineties pop connoisseurs) early Duncan Shiek. She combines her moody-blue guitar and spiky lyrics — shimmeringly pretty on the surface, but with a bite. With producer Yves Rothman, she piles on the vocal overdubs, inspired by her love for the Beach Boys. She digs deep into adolescent identity crises in 'Event of a Fire,' singing candidly about body image and social anxiety, with piercing lines like 'Part of me still sits at home in a panic over 15 pounds.' In tough family songs like 'What's Fair' and '23's a Baby,' she goes into mother/daughter tension with anger that cuts both ways; she takes her share of the blame, admitting, 'I said something when I was ten that I take back.' Like her debut, If You Asked For a Picture has a rogue's gallery of disposable menfolk — when Teitelbaum sings 'You're a thumbtack in my side,' that's the closest she gets to an upbeat love song. The standout tunes come when she gets nasty, as in 'Toy,' with its New Order-style guitar hook, where she compares the relationship to a Wendy's (she doesn't mean it as a compliment), and the slow-burning 'Man,' where she admits, 'I needed the world from just one man.' That Mary Oliver poem has the lines, 'If you asked for a picture I would have to draw a smile/Under the perfectly round eyes and above the chin/Which was rough/As a thousand sharpened nails.' That sums up the album — Teitelbaum might be willing to show the world a smile, but there's no mistaking the sharp edges behind it. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Winnipeg Free Press
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Winnipeg Free Press
Music Review: Blondshell alt-rock finds new nuance on ‘If You Asked for a Picture'
Sabrina Teitelbaum, who records under the band name Blondshell, is a longtime student of alt-rock. She knows a thing or two about all the ways in which a cutting lyric and thunderous guitar can rejuvenate the soul and soundtrack rage. On her sophomore album, 'If You Asked for a Picture,' named after Mary Oliver's 1986 poem 'Dogfish,' she builds from the success of her earlier work – 2023's self-titled debut and its haunting single 'Salad.' Over the course of 12 tracks, much like on her first album, Blondshell reckons with a woman's role in her various relationships, personally and societally. Those messages — gritty, real, existential and fluid as they are — arrive atop visceral instrumentation, hearty guitars and punchy percussion. 'Oh well you're not gonna save him,' she reminds listeners in 'Arms.' Much of 'If You Asked for a Picture' sits at the intersection of modern indie, '90s grunge and '80s college radio rock, like that of 'Event of a Fire.' On the acoustic fake-out 'Thumbtack,' instrumentation builds slow and remains restrained. 'Man' is muscular, with its soaring distortion and layered production. On 'If You Asked for a Picture,' relationships are nuanced, awkward and honest — her flawed and frustrated characters show how easy it is to succumb to the whims of someone who doesn't have your best interest in mind, to become someone else when you don't know who you are. That's clear on 'Change,' where she sings, 'It's not my fault it's who I am / When I feel bad I bring it back and leave it all at your door.' And the anxious complications compound: 'A parting gift / Kiss me back / I'm sorry for changing.' If there is a main weakness in 'If You asked for a Picture,' it is that a number of the tracks bleed together sonically near the record's end, making it hard to distinguish a three-song run: 'Toy' to 'Man.' Fans will likely label it stylistic consistency rather than tiresome repetition. During Elections Get campaign news, insight, analysis and commentary delivered to your inbox during Canada's 2025 election. That said, there's a lot to love here. 'T&A,' 'Model Rockets' and the palm-muted power chords of 'What's Fair' warrant repeat listens. 'Why don't the good ones love me?' Blondshell asks on 'T&A,' with its dreamy guitar tone 'Watching him fall / Watching him go right in front of me.' The swaying mellotron of 'Model Rockets' ends the album. 'I'm a bad bad girl / Bad bad girl,' she adds to the closer. 'Life may have been happening elsewhere / And I don't know what I want anymore.' It might serve as a mission statement for the album — where identity and desire are malleable, influenced by relationships and the evolving nature of the world, made more complicated by simply being a woman in it.
Associated Press
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Music Review: Blondshell alt-rock finds new nuance on 'If You Asked for a Picture'
Sabrina Teitelbaum, who records under the band name Blondshell, is a longtime student of alt-rock. She knows a thing or two about all the ways in which a cutting lyric and thunderous guitar can rejuvenate the soul and soundtrack rage. On her sophomore album, 'If You Asked for a Picture,' named after Mary Oliver's 1986 poem 'Dogfish,' she builds from the success of her earlier work – 2023's self-titled debut and its haunting single 'Salad.' Over the course of 12 tracks, much like on her first album, Blondshell reckons with a woman's role in her various relationships, personally and societally. Those messages — gritty, real, existential and fluid as they are — arrive atop visceral instrumentation, hearty guitars and punchy percussion. 'Oh well you're not gonna save him,' she reminds listeners in 'Arms.' Much of 'If You Asked for a Picture' sits at the intersection of modern indie,'90s grunge and '80s college radio rock, like that of 'Event of a Fire.' On the acoustic fake-out 'Thumbtack,' instrumentation builds slow and remains restrained. 'Man' is muscular, with its soaring distortion and layered production. On 'If You Asked for a Picture,' relationships are nuanced, awkward and honest — her flawed and frustrated characters show how easy it is to succumb to the whims of someone who doesn't have your best interest in mind, to become someone else when you don't know who you are. That's clear on 'Change,' where she sings, 'It's not my fault it's who I am / When I feel bad I bring it back and leave it all at your door.' And the anxious complications compound: 'A parting gift / Kiss me back / I'm sorry for changing.' If there is a main weakness in 'If You asked for a Picture,' it is that a number of the tracks bleed together sonically near the record's end, making it hard to distinguish a three-song run: 'Toy' to 'Man.' Fans will likely label it stylistic consistency rather than tiresome repetition. That said, there's a lot to love here. 'T&A,' 'Model Rockets' and the palm-muted power chords of 'What's Fair' warrant repeat listens. 'Why don't the good ones love me?' Blondshell asks on 'T&A,' with its dreamy guitar tone 'Watching him fall / Watching him go right in front of me.' The swaying mellotron of 'Model Rockets' ends the album. 'I'm a bad bad girl / Bad bad girl,' she adds to the closer. 'Life may have been happening elsewhere / And I don't know what I want anymore.' It might serve as a mission statement for the album — where identity and desire are malleable, influenced by relationships and the evolving nature of the world, made more complicated by simply being a woman in it.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sandwich shop bounces back after devastating fire and Covid pandemic
A BRADFORD district sandwich shop which was hit by a devastating fire before the Covid pandemic struck has bounced back - and is now in the final of a Telegraph & Argus contest. Readers were asked to share their favourite businesses for the T&A's Best Sandwich Bar 2025 competition, with the nominations then whittled down to 10. Today it is time to shine a spotlight on one of the finalists - Hungry Monkey on Leeds Road, Shipley, which first opened 17 years ago. Owner Angela Taylor said she was "thrilled" her shop had made it into the final - especially after enduring a number of major challenges in recent years. She said: "The shop had a devastating fire in March 2019, which closed us down for six months. "We fought to reopen, which we did in September 2019 - only to be closed down again almost a year to the day of the fire by Covid. "Like many businesses, Covid hit us hard and overnight all my business delivery customers had gone due to many people working from home - a lot of these still do and the custom base never came back. "So it was like we had to start from scratch for a second time. "But almost six years from the date of the fire, we have been honoured with the news of making into the top 10 of the T&A's Best Sandwich Bar 2025 contest. "I am absolutely thrilled and totally shocked by the news. "I had no idea about it so the news came as a complete surprise." Angela - who used to work in the personal care sector before embarking on a career change to open Hungry Monkey - thanked all her customers for their ongoing support over the years. She added: "We have a fantastic relationship with our customers, many of whom have used us from the beginning. "I've seen customers come in with children, some whom have now got children of their own. "It really does feel like an extended family. "The messages and offers of support I received from my customers following the fire was truly inspiring." Don't miss out on your chance to shout up for your favourite sandwich shop. All you need to do is fill out the voting form, which can be found in the T&A newspaper until March 29.
