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different fields. Some of them are shoes, apparels, accessories and home textiles.
Home textile was never there earlier. In only a recent trend where home furnishing has
gained massive popularity especially in business line. With the increased exposure to the
international scene in the recent past, the Indian market, and the Indian consumer has
evolved into a design and trend conscious citizen. The home textiles industry of India is
consistently growing with the growth rate of 9 per cent every year. It is the huge popularity
and demand of the textile furnishings in the domestic as well as in the international
market which is expected to make it $135 billion industry by 2015.
By Vasant R Kothari, Assistant Professor, NIFT, Bangalore
Dralon fibre not only provides softness and warmth but also
guarantees durability, tear strength and sustainable, bright
Ingeo fibre for bedding fibrefill (such as pillows, colours. Because of its excellent UV resistance, long life and
duvets and quilts) insolation do not result in decreasing fastness and other signs
of aging.
Lyocell fibre’s cool and pleasant feel gives a great comfort.
Home textiles are also being made from various functional
Its smooth surface and special feature that controls moisture
materials, including Lycra stretch fabric, thermally adaptive
guarantees a cool night that no bedclothes could provide.
bedding, environmentally-friendly textiles, antimicrobial
Aside from a nice feel, another advantage that Lyocel has is
fabrics, stain protective treatments, flame retardant materials
that it does not cause skin troubles.
and fragrance encapsulating technologies.
Conclusion
As per today’s trend, manufacturers of home textile product
have realised that people are getting more and more attracted
towards decorating their house and office space with all those
latest, functional and trendy interior materials and fabrics.
However, the market today is flooded with both simple as
well as designer home textiles. In today’s competitive world,
in order to attract the customer it is very important to be
different from other and for this they must think beyond colour,
design and texture. New fibres could be the best solution to
broad base the customer base and in fact to create the new
set of customers and for this it is necessary to understand the
function and application of these new fibres.
Home textiles made with the performance fibre are the gentle
gifts that every homemaker wishes to bring to their home to
make it a better, more comfortable abode