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| x Denim |
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Cotton | Twill |
Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two (twi- "double") or more warp fibers. This produces the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. Denim...
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| x Bast |
Bast are the strong fibers in the phloem of a number of dicotyledonous plants, in particular jute, hemp, flax, ramie, kenaf, roselle hemp, etc. They support the conductive cells of the phloem and provide strength to the stem. The bast of some plants...
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| x Velvet |
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Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are very evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinct feel.
Velvet can be made from many different kinds of fibers. It is woven on a special loom that weaves two...
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| x Felt |
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Felt is a non-woven cloth that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing woollen fibres. While some types of felt are very soft, some are tough enough to form construction materials. Felt can be of any color, and made into any shape or size....
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| x Mohair |
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Mohair usually refers to a silk-like fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat. The word "mohair" was adopted into English before 1570 from the Arabic mukhayyar, a type of haircloth, literally 'choice', from khayyara, 'he chose'. Mohair...
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| x Madras |
Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and plaid design, used primarily for summer clothing -- pants, shorts, dresses and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former English name of the city of Chennai, India....
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| x Khaki |
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This article is about the fabric. For the colour, see Khaki (color). Kaki, another name for the persimmon, is often misspelled "Khaki".
Khaki is a type of fabric or the colour of such fabric. The name comes from the Persian word khâk (dust/ashes)...
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| x Muslin |
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Muslin is a type of finely-woven cotton fabric, introduced to Europe from the Middle East in the 17th century. It became very popular at the end of the 18th century in France. Muslin is most typically a closely-woven unbleached or white cloth,...
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| x Gore-Tex |
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Gore-Tex is a waterproof/breathable fabric, and a registered trademark of W.L. Gore & Associates. It was co-invented by Wilbert L. Gore (1912-1986), Rowena Taylor, and Gore's son, Robert W. Gore. Robert Gore was granted U.S. Patent 3,953,566 on...
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| x Velour |
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Velour or velours is a plush, knitted fabric or textile. It is usually made from cotton but can also be made from synthetic materials such as polyester. Velour is used in a wide variety of applications, including clothing and upholstery
Velour is a...
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| x Poplin |
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Poplin, also called tabinet (or tabbinet), is a fabric consisting of a silk warp with a weft of worsted yarn. As the weft is in the form of a stout cord the fabric has a ridged structure, like rep, which gives depth and softness to the lustre of the...
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| x Tartan |
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Material with hard-twisted warp and woof threads, with stripes running at right angles to each other.
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| x Moleskin |
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Cotton |
Moleskin, originally referring to the short, silky fur of a mole, is heavy cotton fabric, woven and then sheared to create a short soft pile on one side. The word is also used for clothing made from this fabric. It is also used in adhesive pads...
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| x Plush |
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Plush (from French peluche) is a textile having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet.
Originally the pile of plush consisted of mohair or worsted yarn, but now silk by itself or with a cotton backing is used for plush, the distinction...
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| x Serge |
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Wool | Twill |
Most popular of all woolen materials, because of its reasonable price
and its durability. Foundation of diagonal twilled weave; manufactured
in several varieties. Used for dresses and suits and coats for men and
women.
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| x Lawn cloth |
Lawn cloth or lawn is a plain weave textile, originally of linen but now chiefly cotton. Lawn is designed using fine, high count yarns, which results in a silky, untextured feel. The fabric is made using either combed or carded yarns. When lawn is...
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| x Crinoline | Horsehair |
Crinoline was originally a stiff fabric with a weft of horse-hair and a warp of cotton or linen thread. The fabric first appeared around 1830, but by 1850 the word had come to mean a stiffened petticoat or rigid skirt-shaped structure of steel...
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Gabardine is a tough, tightly woven fabric used to make suits, overcoats, trousers and other garments. The fibre used to make the fabric is traditionally worsted wool, but may also be cotton, synthetic or mixed. The fabric is smooth on one side and...
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| x Nainsook |
Nainsook is a fine, soft muslin fabric, often to used to make babies' clothing.
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| x Flannel |
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Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. It usually doesn't have a nap, and instead gains its softness through the loosely spun yarn it is woven from. It is commonly used to make clothing, bed sheets, and sleepwear.
Flannel was...
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| x Corduroy |
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Corduroy is a textile composed of twisted fibers that, when woven, lie parallel (similar to twill) to one another to form the cloth's distinct pattern, a "cord." Modern corduroy is most commonly composed of tufted cords, sometimes exhibiting a...
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| x Zibeline |
Zibeline is a thick, soft fabric with a long nap. It is usually made of wool, such as mohair or alpaca, but can also be made from the hair of other animals, such as camels.
Zibeline can also refer to either the sable (Martes zibellina) or its pelt,...
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| x Damask |
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Damask (Arabic: دمسق) is a reversible figured fabric of silk, wool, linen, cotton, or synthetic fibers, with a pattern formed by weaving. Damasks are woven with one warp yarn and one weft yarn, usually with the pattern in warp-faced satin weave and...
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| x Whipcord |
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In raised corded effect and semi-diagonal weave. Cord varies in width
from extremely narrow to 1/8 in. Used for skirts and suits.
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| x Gingham |
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Best known cotton fabric, patterned in checks, stripes or plain.
Quality varies from very coarse heavy cloth to fine soft material. Summer dresses, play dresses, aprons and house dresses.
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| x Fustian |
Fustian (also called bombast) is a term for a variety of heavy woven, mostly cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech, from at least the time of Shakespeare.
It...
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| x Chino cloth |
Chino cloth is a kind of twill fabric, usually made primarily from cotton. Originally used in British and French military uniforms in the mid-1800s, today it is also used to make civilian clothing.
Chino pants gained popularity in the U.S. in the...
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| x Voile | Cotton |
Voile is a light weight woven fabric, usually made of 100% cotton or cotton blends including linen or polyester. The term comes from French, and means veil. Because of its light weight, the fabric is mostly used in soft furnishing. Full length...
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| x Chintz |
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Chintz is calico cloth printed with flowers and other devices in different colors. The word Calico is derived from the name of the Indian city Calicut (Kozhikkode in native Malayalam) to which it had a manufacturing association.
Chintz was...
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| x Percale |
Percale is a closely woven plain-weave fabric often used for bed linens.
The term describes the weave of the fabric, not its content, so percale can be a 50/50 blend of cotton and polyester, 100% cotton, or a blend of other fabrics in any ratio. A...
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| x Burlap |
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Jute |
Hessian (pronounced /ˈhɛsɪɛn/) (or burlap in the U.S.) is a coarse woven fabric usually made from jute or other vegetable fibers.
The name 'burlap' appears to be of unknown origin. However, it may originate from the Indian city of the same name. The...
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| x Chenille |
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Chenille may refer to either a type of cored yarn or fabric made from it.
Chenille, the French word for caterpillar, is typically used to describe a type of fabric. Many fabrics, such as mohair and wool, get their names from the fibers with which...
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| x Sateen |
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Sateen, not to be confused with satin, is a type of fabric often found in bed sheets.
Sateen is usually applied to cotton, or sometimes rayon. Better qualities are mercerized to give a higher sheen. Some are only calendered to produce the sheen but...
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| x Rep |
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Rep, Repp, or Reps is a cloth made of silk, wool, or cotton. The name is said to have been adapted from the French reps, a word of unknown origin; it has also been suggested that it is a corruption of rib. It is woven in fine cords or ribs across...
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| x Taffeta |
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Silk |
Taffeta (formerly sometimes spelled taffety) is a crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibres. The word is Persian in origin, and means "twisted woven." It is considered to be a "high end" fabric, suitable for use in ball gowns,...
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| x Dimity |
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Dimity is a lightweight, sheer cotton fabric having at least two warp threads thrown into relief to form fine cords. It is a cloth commonly employed for bed upholstery and curtains, and usually white, though sometimes a pattern is printed on it in...
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| x Chiffon |
Chiffon, from the French word for a cloth or rag, is a lightweight, balanced plain-woven sheer fabric woven of alternate S- and Z-twist crepe (high-twist) yarns. The twist in the crepe yarns puckers the fabric slightly in both directions after...
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| x Camel hair |
A fabric with a hairy surface made entirety or
partly of camel's hair. In cheaper grades, cow hair is used, when the
material is called camel's-hair back. Used for coats, overcoats, and
horse blankets.
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| x Stretch fabric |
Stretch fabric is a term that refers to synthetic fabrics which stretch in all four directions. This is in contrast to normal fabrics that will often stretch to a small extent, although only in two directions.
Stretch fabrics evolved from the...
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| x Longcloth |
Longcloth refers to a plain cotton cloth originally made in comparatively long pieces. The name was applied particularly to cloth made in India. Longcloth, which is now commonly bleached, comprehends a number of various qualities. It is heavier than...
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| x Tweed |
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Tweed is a rough, coarse, unfinished woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is made in either plain or twill weave and may have a check or herringbone pattern. Subdued,...
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| x Terrycloth |
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Terrycloth, terry cloth, terry towelling, terry, or simply towelling is a fabric with loops that can absorb large amounts of water. It can be manufactured by weaving or knitting, with weaving on a dobby loom the predominant commercial method, having...
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| x Gauze |
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Gauze is a thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave.
Gauze was traditionally woven in Palestine and the etymology of the English word derives from the place name for Gaza (Arabic: غزة ghazza), a center of weaving in the region. Despite a...
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| x Linsey-woolsey |
Linsey-woolsey (less often, woolsey-linsey or in Scottish English, wincey) is a coarse twill or plain-woven fabric woven with a linen warp and a woollen weft. Similar fabrics woven with a cotton warp and woollen weft in Colonial America were also...
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| x Polar fleece |
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Polar fleece (also known as microfleece or micrafleece), usually referred to simply as "fleece," is a soft napped insulating synthetic wool fabric made from Polyethylene terephthalate(PET) or other synthetic fibres. One of the first forms was Polar...
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| x Organza |
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Organza is a thin, plain weave, sheer fabric traditionally made from silk, the continuous filament of silkworms. Nowadays, though many organzas are woven with synthetic filament fibers such as polyester or nylon, the most luxurious organzas are...
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| x Habutai |
Habutai or Habotai is one of the most basic plain weaves. Whilst it was traditionally woven in Japan, most Habutai is today woven in China. It is normally a lining silk but can also be used for T-shirts, lampshades, summer blouses or very light...
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| x Sea silk |
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Sea silk is an extremely fine, rare and valuable fabric produced from the long silky filaments or byssus secreted by a gland in the foot of several bivalve mollusks (particularly Pinna nobilis L.) by which they attach themselves to the sea bed.
Sea...
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| x Lamé |
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Lamé is a type of fabric woven or knit with thin ribbons of metallic yarns, as opposed to guimpé, where the ribbons are wrapped around a fiber yarn. It is usually gold or silver in color; sometimes copper lamé is seen. Lamé comes in different...
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| x Broadcloth |
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Smooth, soft-finished, closely woven fabric with an up and down, or
nap. The softness of the yarn used in weaving makes it possible to
obtain beautiful colorings in dyeing. Always popular and in good taste
for dresses, suits, and coats.
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| x Camlet |
Camlet, also commonly known as camelot or camblet, is a woven fabric that might have originally been made of camel or goat's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. The original form of this cloth was very valuable; the...
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| x Batiste |
Batiste is the softest of the lightweight opaque fabrics. It is made of cotton, wool, polyester, or a blend. Lightweight opaque fabrics are very thin and light but not as transparent as sheer fabrics. The distinction between the two is not always...
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| x Kersey |
Kersey is a kind of coarse woollen cloth.
It derives its name from the village of Kersey, Suffolk, having presumably originated in that region. However the cloth was made in many places. By 1475, the West Riding of Yorkshire including Calderdale was...
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| x Brocade |
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Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in colored silks and with or without gold and silver threads. The name, related to the same root as the word "broccoli", comes from Italian broccato meaning "embossed cloth,"...
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| x Bedford Cord |
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Bedford
cord, named after the town of Bedford in England, is a heavy fabric
with a lengthwise ribbed weave that resembles corduroy. Trousers made
with Beford cord are sometimes called "Bedford cords."Material with lengthwise cord, raised surface...
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| x Foulard |
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A foulard is a lightweight fabric, either twill or plain-woven, made of silk or a mix of silk and cotton. Foulards usually have a small printed design of various colors. Foulard can also refer to articles of clothing, such as scarves and neckties,...
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| x Charmeuse |
Charmeuse is a lightweight fabric woven with a satin weave, where the warp threads cross over three or more of the backing (weft) threads. The front side of the fabric has a satin finish - lustrous and reflective - whereas the back has a dull finish...
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| x Velvetine |
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Velveteen is a cotton cloth made in imitation of velvet. The term is sometimes applied to a mixture of silk and cotton. Some velveteens are a kind of fustian, having a rib of velvet pile alternating with a plain depression. The velveteen trade...
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| x Panne Velvet |
This velvet has a longer pile than ordinary velvet, pressed
flat, producing a lustrous finish.
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| x Albatross |
Soft, loosely woven material in black, white, and colors; also made in
fancy weaves. Closely related to nun's veiling or chiffon batiste. Used
for shirred and draped dresses.
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