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Fabric Description Dictionary
Ever wonder what your clothes are really made out of? Our fabric terms and definitions should help clear things up.
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| Micro-Fiber | Very fine Nylon or Polyester filaments. Produce light soft and breathable fabrics.
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| Microfleece Fabric | Microfleece is velvety soft, loose-fitting and luxuriously comfortable, but it works best when coupled with a lightweight or midweight layer beneath it. Microfleece is often billed as a base layer, but due to its tight plush knit, microfleece doesn't wick, and in extremely cold weather it's just too hot to use as a base layer.
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| Mohair | From the angora goat. Some has cotton warp and mohair filling (sometimes called brilliantine). Imitation mohair is made from wool or a blend with a weave that is plain, twill or knitted. It is 2 1/2 times as strong as wool. The fabric is smooth, glossy, wiry, and has long wavy hair. It is also made in a pile fabric of cut and uncut loops similar to frieze with a cotton, wool back, and mohair pattern. It is also similar to alpaca. It is used in linings, pile fabrics, suitings, upholstery fabrics, braids, dress materials, felt hats, and sweaters.
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| Moire | Silk, rayon, or cotton with a weave that is plain or crosswise rib. It has a watermarked finish that is fairly stiff with body in most cases. It is produced by passing the fabric between engraved cylinders which press the design into the material, causing the crushed and uncrushed parts to reflect the light differently. The pattern is not permanent, except on acetate rayon. It is used in after 5 wear, formals, dresses and coats, draperies, bedspreads.
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| Muslin | A smooth delicately woven cotton fabric, used for dresses and curtains. In the USA coarser cotton fabrics used for shirts and sheeting are also called muslins.
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