Silk..A Fabric of the Future?

[sarah]

Hello everyone!
My name is Sarah and I have joined this forum in search of other fabric lovers! I am a final year student carrying out my dissertation research into the subject of silk. It is one fantastic fabric but I want to get your opinions about it. If you have five minutes to fill in my silk survey I would be very grateful! If you could just paste it into a new box or message me that would be brilliant!
Thankyou!
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Your opinion really does count and will contribute towards my dissertation
research. It won't take more than five minutes to complete and your answers will greatly benefit my final year
studies. The purpose of this survey is to understand the current textile market and to make an assumption into
the future of silk as a textile product.
There are twenty questions asking about your buying habits and opinions of silk. The answers will be used in a
confidential manner and analysed for the benefit of my research into Silk fabrics.
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1. I am in the age category;
<18
19-30
31-50
50 >

2. I am:
Male
Female

3.During the average month, how many textile products (clothing, home furnishings, bed linen, etc) do you buy?
Less than 1
2-3
4-5
6-7
8-9
10 or more

4. What is your average monthly spend on these products?
Less than £20.00
£20.00 - £50.00
£50.00 - £100.00
£100.00 - £200.00
£200.00 +

5. How many of the items (in question 3) are made using silk fabric?

6. In the average month what is your total spend on silk products?
£0
Less than £20.00
£20.00-£50.00
£50.00-£100.00
£100.00-£200.00
£200.00+

7. Please select the factors that you consider when buying textile products
Stylish/Fashionable/On Trend
Price
Value for Money
Quality
Comfort/Fit
Fabric
Designer Label/Brand
Other (please state)

8. Please leave your opinion on the following statements;
(please type 'strongly agree', 'agree', 'neither' agree or disagree, 'disagree', 'strongly disagree')
-The type of Fabric is the most important consideration
when buying a textile product
- I would want to buy the item more if it was made of silk
- Silk is a fabric I choose to buy

9. Is silk... (please type yes, no, i don't know next to each)

a)Comfortable to wear?
b)A luxurious fabric?
c)Expensive?
d)Value for money?
e)Fashionable?
f)Visually Attractive?
g)Easy to care for?
h)Durable?
i)Hard wearing?
j)A strong fabric?
k)Affordable?
l)Limited in its performance (e.g. could't
be made into trousers)?
m)Outdated?

10 How many silk items do you own and approximatly how much did you spend on them?
(please type a number of how many followed by a price. e.g. 5, £54)
a) Clothing Womenswear
b) Clothing Menswear
c) Clothing Childrenswear
d) Lingerie
3) Accessories (ties, scarves)
f) Home furnishings
g) Bed Linen
h) Other

11 Why do you choose to buy silk?

12 Do you think in today's market silk is still the luxurious fabric it once was? (please comment)

13 Which ret ailers would you expect t o find silk product s?
Primark
Tesco
Sainsbury
Asda
New Look
H&M
BHS
Next
Monsoon
Marks & Spencer
Debenhams
Dorothy Perkins
Miss Selfrige
House of Fraser
John Lewis
Select
Peacocks
Zara
Laura Ashley
FCUK
Mango
Burton
TK Max

14 How much would you expect to spend on these items in Marks & Spencer

Evening dress made of 100% silk
Mens Silk shirt
Lingerie Set
Tie
Silk Cushion
Silk Double Duvet Cover

15 Do you think there is a market for textile products made of silk? (please comment)

16 Would you be able to tell the difference bet ween silk and a man made fibre such as nylon?

17 Are you aware of silk being used for other applications? If yes please comment

18 In your opinion is silk is an ethical fibre?
Please comment on your answer

19 What /who do you associate with silk?

20 What other knowledge do you have about silk?

Once again Thankyou very much for your time!