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Madras (cloth) Samples of cloth showing many typical Madras patterns. Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi, dresses, and jackets. The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India.
Satin is commonly used in clothing, for items such as lingerie, nightgowns, blouses, and evening gowns, but is also used for boxer shorts, shirts and neckties. It is also used in the production of pointe shoes for ballet. Other uses include interior furnishing fabrics, upholstery, and bed sheets .
Kente cloth. Kente refers to a Ghanaian textile made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton. [1] Historically the fabric was worn in a toga -like fashion by royalty among the Ewe and Akan. According to Ashanti oral tradition, it originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti region of Ghana. In modern day Ghana, the wearing of kente cloth has become ...
Felt is a textile that is produced by matting, condensing, and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum -based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp –based rayon. Blended fibers are also common.
Batik [b] is an Indonesian technique of wax-resist dyeing applied to the whole cloth. [1] [4] [2] [5] [6] This technique originated from the island of Java, Indonesia. [3] Batik is made either by drawing dots and lines of wax with a spouted tool called a canting, [c] or by printing the wax with a copper stamp called a cap.
Mohair (pronounced / ˈmoʊhɛər /) is a fabric or yarn made from the hair of the Angora goat (not Angora wool from the fur of the Angora rabbit ). Both durable and resilient, mohair is lustrous with high sheen, [1] and is often blended to add these qualities to a textile. Mohair takes dye exceptionally well.
Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of varying fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Flannel is commonly used to make tartan clothing, blankets, bed sheets, sleepwear, and several other uses. Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or ...
Moleskin is a heavy cotton fabric, woven and then shorn to create a short, soft pile on one side. The feel and appearance of its nap is suede -like, [1] less plush than velour and more like felt or chamois. The word is also used for clothing made from this fabric. [2] Clothing made from moleskin is noted for its softness and durability.