Buckram
It is a stiff coated fabric made from a light weight loosely woven
fabric, impregnated with adhesives and fillers. This fabric is used as
interfacing so as to provide support and shape rentention to necklines,
collars, belts, cuffs, waist bands, button closures etc in garments. They
are also used as reinforcements for hand bags and other articles.
Cambric
Cambric a light weight fabric woven in plain weave and produced
with a stiff finish. It is suitable for women's dresses and children's
dresses that require crispness.
Casement
Casement is a medium weight cotton fabric made of closesly
packed thick warp yarns. Generally it is used for curtains, tablelinen,
upholstery and rarely used for dresses.
Cheese Cloth
It is popular light weight sheer fabric having open weave. It has
a low count fabric consisting of carded yarns. Originally it was used for
wrapping cheese or meat and hence the name. It is neither strong nor
durable. It is finished in a variety of ways that attract the consumer. It
is used not only for women's and children's dresses but also for drapery
fabrics. Due to its open structure, it does not require much ironing.
Chiffon
Chiffon fabrics are sheer, light weight fabrics made of hard
twisted yarns. Originally these are made in silk fabrics but today they
are made from rayon or polyester. They are used for sarees and women's
evening wear. The fabrics encounter with the problem of shrinkage.
Chintz
Chintz is a medium weight, plain woven cotton yarn. It is often
given a glazed finish which may be temporary or semi permanent glazed
chintz are available in solid colour as well as printed with floral prints.
These are often made from blends of cotton and polyester or rayon.
They are used for skits, dresses, blouses, pyjamas, aprons and draperies.
Corduroy
It is a cut pile fabric available in solid colours. The cut pile
fibres are seen in the form of ribs on the surface. It is mainly used for
pants, jeans and shirts.
Crepe
A silk fabric is originally characterised by a crinkle, puckered
surface formed by highly twisted yarns in the warp or weft or both. By
using ordinary yarns similar crepe effects can also be produced. Synthetic
fabrics also impart crepe effect finish. It is used for sarees, shirts,
women and children's dresses.
Denim
It was traditionally a yarn dyed, warp faced cotton twill fabric.
Warp is usually coloured (mostly blue, maroon, green and brown) and
weft is white. This fabric is made of two weights for sports wear and
overalls. It's use as jeans has made it very popular and so the nature of
denim is also changed to suit the trend. It is often napped, printed and
made with stretch yarn.
Drill
It is a warp faced twill woven fabric. It has a stiff finish. Originally
it was produced in white and now it is available in solid colours. It is
mairly used for pants, knickers and uniforms.
Flannel
Flannel is a woollen fabric woven in plain or twill weave having
characteristic soft handle. It looks like a bulky fabric due to the milling
that is usually done to this fabric. Flannel fabric is used for suits and
pants and infacnt's clothing.
This fabric is popular as cleaning fabric due to its extreme
softness. This is also used to protect children from cold atmosphere.
Gabardine
Gabardine is a closely woven, clear finished warp faced twill
fabric. It contains more number of warp yarns than weft yearns and
also more durable. It is usually woven in 2/1 or 2/2 twill and has a
raised diagonal twill effect on the right side. It largely used for rain
coats, suitings and sports wear.
Georgette
Georgette is a sheer light weight fabric, woven in plain weave.
It has a characteristic rough texture produced by hard twisted ply, yarns
both in warp and weft. Originally it was made in silk, but today it is
produced in rayon and polyester too.
It's mainly suitable for women's evening wear.
Kashmir Silk
Kashmir silk is a silk fabric produced in plain weave and is
either embroidered or printed. The motifs used are characteristic of
Kashmir. It is used for shirts, women's wear and sarees. Kashmir shawls
are woven in twill weave and is usually embroidered with traditional
Kashmiri embroidery.
Khadi
Khadi is a term used to a wide variety of fabics that are hand
spun and hand woven. They are produced in mainly one cotton fibre,
blends of two or more fibres. They are known for durability, and simplicity.
The fabrics can be suitings dhoties overalls and household textiles.
Lawn
Lawn is a fine sheet, light weight, crisp fabric either made in
cotton or linen. Various finishes are given to this fabric, in which the
fabric is called by the name of the finish. It is mainly used as lining in
dress.
Mulmul
It is an Indian term generally applied to fine cotton fabric slightly
heavier, than muslin. These are often printed fabrics. They find use as sarees.
Muslin
Muslin is a light weight open cloth of plain weave. It may be
used as grey or bleached and dyed. It is used as household textiles
and dress materials.
Organdy
Originally it is a lawn fabric which is given a stiff finish. Acid is
used for this finish to make the fabric transparent and stiff. It is mainly
used for women's wear.
Poplin
Poplin is a medium weight, cotton fabric hving a fine weft rib. it
is generally used for shirting, dresses and upholstery.
Sheeting
These are primarily used for bed coverings. They are medium
weight, closely woven fabrics woven eigther in plain or twin weave.
Sheeting fabrics are made in different widths. High quality cotton
sheetings are made in plain weve with a width of 64" x 58" and in twill
weave with a width of 60"x72".
Taffeta
Taffeta is a smooth, crisp, transparent fabric having a fine rib.
Originally it is made with silk fibres but now it is also made in rayon. It
has a characteristic finish which produces crispness. It is used as
women's evening wear.
Tissue
It is a fine fabric either made in silk or man made fibre. They
are characteristically interwoven with gold or silver threads. It is produced
in rich colours and they are used as women's dress material, sarees
etc.
Velvet
It is a warp cut pile fabric, originally made from silk. It is also
produced in Rayon. The dense cut pile makes it very soft and lustrous.
It is used as dress materials for women and children.
It is also produced with special high twisted yarns which are
single or ply yarns. Based on the yarns used and twist given, they are
named as semi violes (single yarns1x1) full voiles. (ply yarns 2x2) or
half voile (double in warp and single in weft 2x1).