What are plant fibers? Plant fibers are fibers that are extracted from various parts of plants – roots, stem, leaf, petioles, fruits and seeds. Plants are carbon-neutral, renewable resources and the fibers taken from the plants can be made into environmentally friendly fabrics. Most of the plant fibers are very durable and strong and have … Read more
Straw is a plant-based material made from dried stalks and leaves of cereal plants and palms; this material is increasingly being used in the fashion industry as a sustainable thin lightweight material to make different types of accessories including hats and bags. The environmental advantage of using renewable plant fibers has to lead to an … Read more
What is fur? Fur is the fine, soft hairy covering of the skin of certain animals. Skin and hair of the animal together is called a pelt. A variety of fur-bearing animals may be bred in captivity or found in the wild to obtain their pelts. Animals like mink, raccoon, fox, coyote are trapped from … Read more
When textiles are made on a weaving loom the vertical yarns and horizontal yarns interlace at an angle – this creates a particular pattern on the fabric. Twill weave is one of the many ways in which this is done. Twill fabrics have distinguishing diagonal patterns created by the particular type of weaving done on … Read more
There is no shopping for clothes or fabric without one or two blended fabrics in the fray – and blended fabrics win almost always! This is because, in blended fabrics, the characteristics of individual component fibers are blended, and the result is a much superior fabric. What is blended fabric? Blending in textile production … Read more
What are non-woven fabrics? Nonwoven fabrics are flat fabrics made from short-staple fibers and long filament fibers, which are felted or bonded together by a mechanical, thermal or chemical process. The fibers may be oriented in one direction or spread randomly into webs, mats or sheets. It may consist of one layer or multiple layers. … Read more