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Fabric softeners impart soft hand feel to the treated fabrics. [3] Silk surfacing a surface finishing of cotton to obtain an appearance similar to silk. [8] Plissé is chemical finish in which the fabrics are treated with sodium hydroxide to obtain a puckering effect. [9] Deweighting, or weight reduction, is a treatment for polyester to make it ...
[1] [2] The fabric can be folded together at full width, however this is done less often as it is more difficult. [2] The fabric is then run through rollers at high temperatures and pressure [2] [3] that polish the surface and make the fabric smoother and more lustrous. [4] Fabrics that go through the calendering process feel thin, glossy and ...
Changeable moire is a term for fabric with a warp of one color and a weft of another, which gives different effects in different lights. [6] Examples include shot silk. Moire fabric is more delicate than fabric of the same type that has not gone through the calendering process. Also, contact with water removes the watermark and causes staining. [5]
Translucent or sheer fabrics are used to stabilize the textile without altering its appearance. This is typically done using nylon netting, silk crepeline, or polyester Tetex. Overlay is generally applied to textiles too fragile to withstand localized stitching methods. Overlay materials may be stitched to a more stable backing fabric.
Meisen cloth, probably 1950s Meisen (銘 （ めい ） 仙 （ せん ）, lit. ' common silk stuff ') is a type of silk fabric traditionally produced in Japan ; it is durable, hard-faced, and somewhat stiff, with a slight sheen, : 79 and slubbiness is deliberately emphasised. Meisen was first produced in the late 19th century, and became widely popular during the 1920s and 30s (late- Taishō ...
The term tissue is used to denote a type of fabrics that are characterized by their delicate, lightweight, and transparent nature. [1] [2] [7] Tissue gingham is a type of plain-weave fabric that is lightweight and is characterized by its yarn-dyed construction. [8] Tissue fabric may be woven, knitted, or even nonwoven, and features a film-like ...
Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons), as well as semisynthetic methods that use naturally occurring polymers, and synthetic methods that use polymer-based materials, and even minerals such as metals to make foils and wires.
The descriptive term "radium silk" began to be used no later than 1903. [1] The term apparently originated in the fashion markets of Paris in association with particularly lustrous fabrics, with reference made to the newly discovered element radium, first identified in 1898. [1] The material was notable both for its gloss and strength.