The Characteristics of Different Fabrics

With the improvement of people's living standards, modern clothing has become more and more demanding on the quality of fabrics. Today we will take a look at the characteristics of different fabrics.

1. Cotton cloth

Cotton cloth is the general term for all kinds of cotton textiles. It is mostly used to make casual wear, underwear and shirts. Its advantages are easy to keep warm, soft and close-fitting, moisture absorption, and good air permeability. Its disadvantage is that it is easy to shrink and wrinkle, and it must be ironed frequently when wearing it.

2. Linen

Linen is a cloth made of flax, ramie, jute, sisal, abaca and other hemp plant fibers. It is generally used to make casual wear and work wear, and it is also used to make ordinary summer clothes. Its advantages are its extremely high strength, moisture absorption, heat conduction, and good air permeability. Its disadvantage is that it is not very comfortable to wear and its appearance is relatively rough.

3. Silk

Silk is a general term for various silk fabrics spun from silk as raw material. Like cotton, it has many varieties and different characteristics. It can be used to make all kinds of clothes, especially suitable for making ladies' clothes. Its advantages are thin, fit, soft, smooth, breathable, and comfortable to wear. Its shortcomings are that it is prone to wrinkles, easy to suck, not strong enough, and fades faster.

4. Woolen cloth

Woolen cloth is also called wool, which is a general term for fabrics woven from various types of wool and cashmere. It is usually used to make formal and high-end clothing such as dresses, suits, and overcoats. Its advantages are anti-wrinkle and abrasion resistance, soft hand feel, elegant and crisp, full of elasticity, and strong warmth retention. Its main disadvantage is that it is difficult to wash, and it is not suitable for making summer clothes.

5. Leather

Leather is an animal fur fabric that has been tanned. It is mostly used to make fashion and winter clothes. It can be divided into two categories: one is leather, that is, leather that has been dehaired. The second is fur, that is, treated leather with belt hair. Its advantages are lightness and warmth, grace and luxury. Its disadvantage is that it is expensive.

6. Chemical fiber

Chemical fiber is an abbreviation for chemical fiber. It is a textile made of fibers using polymer compounds as raw materials. Usually it is divided into two categories: artificial fiber and synthetic fiber. Their common advantages are bright colors, soft texture, crisp drape, smoothness and comfort. Their disadvantage is that they are easily deformed when exposed to heat and are prone to static electricity.

7. Blended fabric

Blended fabrics are fabrics made by blending natural fibers and chemical fibers in a certain ratio, which can be used to make various garments. Its advantage is that it not only absorbs the respective advantages of cotton, hemp, silk, wool and chemical fiber, but also avoids their respective shortcomings as much as possible, and is relatively cheap in value.