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
Organic cotton is an eco-friendly version of ordinary cotton. If cotton has to be sold as organic cotton, it has to meet strict standards. With increasing number of consumers, conscious of protecting nature and supporting sustainable production, the importance of organic cotton is increasing day by day and the reasons why it is considered better … 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
Polyester fabric, the ever-so-popular, smooth, strong and durable man-made synthetic fabric, is made from petroleum-based synthetic fibers. These fibers are composed of synthesized polymers, which are long chains of repeating molecules. The process of making polyester fabric is fascinating – some basic materials dug from the soil is made into a fabric of significant utility … 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. Â What is blended fabric? Blending in textile production … Read more