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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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| Sateen | Cotton, some also made in rayon with a 5-harness or filling-face weave. Cotton fabric woven like satin with a glossy surface is lustrous and smooth with the sheen in a filling direction. Carded or combed yarns are also used. Better qualities are mercerized to give a higher sheen. Some are only calendared to produce the sheen but this disappears with sashing and is not considered genuine sateen. May be bleached, dyed, or printed, but is difficult to make good bound buttonholes on it as it has a tendency to slip at the seams. It is used in dresses, sportswear, louses, robes, pajamas, linings for draperies, bedspreads, and slip covers.
| | | | | Satin | A fabric of silk or various man-made fibers, with a glossy surface on one side produced by a twill weave with the weft-threads almost hidden. It usually has a lustrous surface and a dull back. The luster is produced by running it between hot cylinders. Made in many colors, weights, varieties, qualities, and degrees of stiffness. A low grade silk or a cotton filling is often used in cheaper cloths. It is used in slips, evening dresses, coats, capes, and jackets, lining fabrics, millinery, drapes, covers, and pillow trimmings.
| | | | | Seersucker | Cotton, rayon, synthetics, with a slack tension or plain weave. This fabric is usually striped cotton with alternate stripes crinkled in the weaving to give it a crêpe-stripe effect. colored stripes are often used on the dull surface. It comes in medium to heavy weights. The woven crinkle is produced by alternating slack and tight yarns in the warp which is permanent. Some may be produced by pressing or chemicals, which is not likely to be permanent - called plisse. It is durable, and gives good service and wear. May be laundered without ironing. Can be bleached, yarn dyed, or printed. Some comes in a check effect. It is used in summer suits for men, women, and children, coats, uniforms, trims, nightwear, all kinds of sportswear, dresses, blouses, children's wear of all kinds, curtains, bedspreads, and slipcovers.
| | | | | Silk | It is obtained from cocoons of certain species of caterpillars. It is soft and has a brilliant sheen. It is one of the finest textiles. It is also very strong and absorbent. Silk is one of the oldest known textile fibers and, according to Chinese tradition, was used as long ago as the 27th century BC. The silkworm moth was originally a native of China, and for about 30 centuries the gathering and weaving of silk was a secret process, known only to the Chinese.
| | | | | Spandex | It is an elastomeric fiber (a type of polyurethane) that can be stretched up to five times its original length without being damaged. It is lightweight and flexible. It resists deterioration from perspiration, detergent and body oils. It is characterized by its strength and durability. Its main uses are athletic wear and foundation garments.
| | | | | Suede Cloth | Wool, cotton, rayon, synthetics and blends that have a plain, twill, or knitted weave. It is napped on one side to resemble suede leather. The short, close nap gives it a soft, smooth hand. When made in cotton, it resembles duvetyne, but heavier. It is used in cleaning cloths, gloves, linings, and sports coats.
| | | | | Synthetic | Manmade fiber or material, as opposed to natural or organic material, which is made from plant or animal products. Examples include cotton, wool and leather.
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