textile factories
Where cloth's made
Textile factories are industrial facilities where fibers are processed into fabrics—spinning thread, weaving cloth, dyeing, and finishing materials.
The term evokes the early Industrial Revolution, when water- and steam-powered mills transformed production from cottage industry to mass manufacturing: Children as young as six worked in textile factories.
Today the phrase often appears in discussions of global labor conditions and outsourced manufacturing.
- sweatshopsExploitative manufacturing facilities
- loomFabric-making frame
- woolSheared animal fiber
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
raw materials · spinning · cloth · cottage industry · industrial revolution · mass production · garment workers · working conditions · weaver · rayon · mill town · trade unions · labor strikes · union organizers · shift work · bobbins · dyeing · smokestacks
- fashion industryfashion, fashion design, fashion designers, fashion shows, fashion week
- textile makingspinning, weaving, knitting, dyeing, carding
- cotton textilescotton, cotton gin, cotton mills, cotton yarn, cotton cloth
- shirt industrydress shirts, polo shirts, t-shirts, button-downs, cotton shirts
- fiberscotton, wool, silk, linen, hemp
- Soviet Industrycentral planning, five-year plans, planned economy, state enterprises, production quotas
textile factoriesartisan workshops
Spaces for skilled handwork
cottage industries · hand weaving · bespoke tailoring · domestic production · hand sewing