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2. Gabardine - Wikipedia

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   Gabardine is a durable twill worsted wool. It is a tightly woven waterproof fabric and is used to make outerwear and various other garments, such as suits, overcoats, trousers, uniforms, and windbreakers. Thomas Burberry created the fabric in the late 1870s and patented it in 1888. [1]

3. 'The Bear' Brought Us Another Menswear Moment - AOL

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   Last year, it was Carmy's sturdy white tee. This time, it's a fantasy pair of worsted wool trousers. We asked creator Chris Storer about the real pants that inspired the scene.

4. The Three Types of Suits Every Man Should Own - AOL

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   Probably—almost certainly—in navy worsted wool (aka, the solid, slightly shiny wool you'll see on the vast majority of suits at any given department store, which has long been closely ...

5. Serge (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Wool worsted serges are known from the 12th century onward. Modern serges are made with worsted warp and a woollen weft. [7] Denim is a cotton fabric with a similar weave; its name is believed to be derived from serge de Nîmes after Nîmes in France. [8]

6. Sharkskin - Wikipedia

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   Sharkskin is a twill weave fabric created using acetate, rayon, worsted wool, lycra, and other plastic fibers. The arrangement of darker and brighter threads in a twill weave creates a subtle pattern of lines that run across the fabric diagonally and a two tone, lustrous appearance.

7. American Woolen Company - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, fashions changed with the introduction of polyester and rayon, and demand for worsted wool plummeted by the mid-1920s. [3] The two world wars were a boon to the AWC, keeping the company prosperous into 1945. American Woolen Company ranked 51st among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production ...