Signature Print Driven Designs

Textile fibres can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, insect cocoons as with silk worm cocoons), as well as semisynthetic methods that use naturally-occurring polymers, and synthetic methods that use polymer-based materials, and even minerals such as metals to make foils and wires. The textile industry requires that fibre content be provided on content labels. These labels are used to test textiles under different conditions to meet safety standards (for example, for flame-resistance), and to determine whether or not a textile is machine washable or must be dry-cleaned. Common textile fibres are used in global fashion today. 

The discovery of dyed flax fibres in a cave in the Republic of Georgia dated to 34,000 BCE suggests textile-like materials were made even in prehistoric times.

The production of textiles is a craft whose speed and scale of production has been altered almost beyond recognition by industrialization and the introduction of modern manufacturing techniques. However, for the main types of textiles, plain weave,twill or satin weave there is little difference between the ancient and modern methods. 

Incas have been crafting quipus (or khipus) made of fibres either from a protein, such as spun and plied thread like wool or hair from camelids such as alpacas, llamas, and camels or from a cellulose like cotton for thousands of years. Khipus are a series of knots along pieces of string.

During the 15th century, textiles were the largest single industry. Before the 15th century textiles were produced only in a few towns but during, they shifted into districts like East Anglia, and the Cotswolds. 

Textiles are often dyed, with fabrics available in almost every colour. In the 19th century and early 20th century starching was commonly used to make clothing more resistant to stains and wrinkles. Since the 1990s, with advances in technologies such as permanent process, finishing agents have been used to strengthen fabrics and make them wrinkle free. Designers from different part of the world, commonly rely on textile designs to set their difference apart from others, that can be easily recognized by their signature print driven designs.