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Fibers and fabric families relevant to garments: how cotton, viscose and modal differ and what that means when specifying a fabric.
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The main types of fabric used for dresses and everyday clothing: cotton, linen, silk, wool, viscose, polyester and blends, and the constructions made from them such as poplin, denim, satin, chiffon, crepe, jersey and velvet. Properties, typical weights, care and which garments each suits.
Knitted fabrics are made of interlooped yarns; woven fabrics of interlaced warp and weft. How that difference affects stretch, shrinkage, costing, cutting, sewing and testing, with a side-by-side comparison.
Modal feels softer and drapes more; cotton is familiar, durable and usually cheaper. A practical comparison of feel, strength, shrinkage, color, pilling, cost and care, and why blends are so common.
Viscose and modal are both regenerated cellulose fibers made from wood pulp. How modal differs in wet strength, shrinkage and durability, what that means for garments, and how to specify and test each.
Yarn count tells you how fine or coarse a yarn is. This guide explains direct systems (tex, denier) and indirect systems (Ne, Nm), ply notation, typical counts for common fabrics and how count affects the fabric.