Archive for the ‘Fabrics & Fibers’

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    How to Wear Prints
    Clothing styles and designs vary from season to season, culture to culture and even from one city to another. Individuals create their own styles based on what is in style, what they like to wear, what appeals to them visually and what is appropriate for their body type and age. One of the trickier things to incorporate into any wardrobe is prints. While some people naturally...
    by Jessica at May 17th, 2009 at 07:05 am
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    Cotton Absorbency – How Does it Compare to Other Fabrics
    Cotton is by far one of the most absorbent textiles ever produced. It can hold many times its weight in water. In fact, it is used in the fabrication of not only clothes, but other products that are used to absorb liquid, more so than any other material. It is the fibers that make up cotton that causes it to absorb water. Natural fabrics tend to be much more absorbent...
    by Jessica at March 27th, 2009 at 08:03 am
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    How Much Hotter is a Black Shirt that a White One?
    You may have heard that wearing a black shirt will make you hotter than wearing a white shirt or a lighter colored shirt. This is true because the darker the color of a shirt is, the more light and heat it will absorb into the fabric. It will also heat up far faster than a shirt that is a lighter color. This will change the way you feel in a black shirt in many different...
    by Jessica at February 26th, 2009 at 07:02 am
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    Bamboo Fabric Facts – What Makes Bamboo so Great
    Bamboo is one of nature’s most sustainable resources. Therefore to many it makes a perfect “green” material for creating fabric and other constructive materials. Bamboo offers many natural components, unlike other fabrics which are beneficial to the wearer. Unlike many other crops grown for fibers, bamboo is quite unique in that it grows so easily and quickly without...
    by Jessica at February 15th, 2009 at 07:02 am