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Shantung (fabric) A tailored dress in pink shantung, trimmed with black shantung, 1912. Shantung is a type of silk plain weave fabric historically from the Chinese province of Shandong. [1][2] It is similar to Dupioni, but is slightly thinner and less irregular. Shantung is often used for bridal gowns. [3]
Unlike most fabric/yard goods which are sold by the yard (or metre), silk is sold to the wholesaler by weight; however, as the first step in processing silk fibre is to "degum" it - removing the sericin from the fibre, a protein naturally produced by silkworms that coats silkworm cocoons - approximately one-fifth of the weight of silk fibre is lost, representing a significant drop in the ...
Dupioni fabric. Dress in brown dupioni, 1940s/early 1950s Sweden. Dupioni (also referred to as douppioni, doupioni or dupion) is a plain weave silk fabric, produced using fine yarn in the warp and uneven yarn reeled from two or more entangled cocoons in the weft. This creates tightly woven yardage with a highly-lustrous surface and a crisp hand ...
Shot silk (also called changeant, [1] changeable silk, changeable taffeta, cross-color, changeable fabric, [2] or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade")[3]) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance. [4] A "shot" is a single throw of the bobbin that carries the weft ...
Georgette. (fabric) Georgette (from crêpe Georgette) is a sheer, lightweight, dull-finished crêpe fabric named after the early 20th century French dressmaker Georgette de la Plante. [1][2] Originally made from silk, Georgette is made with highly twisted yarns. Its characteristic crinkly surface is created by alternating S- and Z-twist yarns ...
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, [ 1]: 79 and slubbiness is deliberately emphasised. [ 2] Meisen was first produced in the late 19th century, [ 3] and became widely ...
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