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  2. Sheer fabric - Wikipedia

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    Sheer fabric for clothing offers very little in the way of warmth for the wearer, and for this reason is commonly worn in hot weather. It offers relatively low sun protection . Though sheer stockings have been popular since the 1920s, and have been used in women's nightwear for some time, [ 1 ] the use of sheer fabrics in other clothing has ...

  3. Sharkskin - Wikipedia

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    Sharkskin. Sharkskin describes a specific woven or warp-knitted fabric with a distinctive sheen. 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 ...

  4. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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    Lamé is a type of brocaded clothing fabric with inwoven metal threads, typically of gold or silver, giving it a metallic sheen. lawn Lawn is a fine linen or cotton cloth. linen Linen is a material made from the fibers of the flax plant. Linens are fabric household goods, such as pillowcases and towels, many of which were historically made from ...

  5. Calico - Wikipedia

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    Calico (/ ˈkælɪkoʊ /; in British usage since 1505) [1] is a heavy [2] plain-woven textile made from unbleached, and often not fully processed, cotton. It may also contain unseparated husk parts. The fabric is far coarser than muslin, but less coarse and thick than canvas or denim.

  6. Cashmere wool - Wikipedia

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    Cashmere wool. Cashmere wool, usually simply known as cashmere, is a fiber obtained from cashmere goats, pashmina goats, and some other breeds of goat. It has been used to make yarn, textiles and clothing for hundreds of years. Cashmere is closely associated with the Kashmir shawl, the word "cashmere" deriving from an anglicization of Kashmir ...

  7. Sateen - Wikipedia

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    Sateen is a fabric made using a satin weave structure but with spun yarn instead of filament yarn. [1] It is a cotton or other non-silk fabric that has the characteristics of silk satin but is less expensive. [2] The dense weave, sheen, and softer feel of sateen are produced through the satin weave structure. [3]

  8. Luster (textiles) - Wikipedia

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    Luster is the degree of gloss or sheen possessed by the fiber or textile surface. Luster adds aesthetic values in fabrics, contributes to their attractiveness. Occasionally, this adds value to their quality assessment. [2][4] In some cases, when lustre is undesirable, fibres are purposefully dulled by the addition of substances. [1]: 73.

  9. List of fabrics - Wikipedia

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