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Crepe de Chine

Crepe de Chine is a light & fine plainwoven dress fabric produced either with all-silk warp & weft or else with a silk warp & hard-spun worsted weft. A crepe de Chine texture has a slightly crepe character, a feature produced by the use of weft yarns spun with the twist running in reverse directions & known as right-hand & left-hand twist, respectively. During weaving, the picks of filling are inserted in the order of “two-&-two” (i.e., with two picks of weft with a right-hand twist & two picks with a left-hand twist).

During the finishing operation, because of the abnormal amount of twist in the picks of filling, these tend to untwist & recover their normal condition, thereby causing the characteristic effect of typical crepe de Chine.

Sandwashed fabrics

Sandwashing is basically a process that is intended to remove any residual stiffness. The aim of the sandwashing is not to produce a garment that will wrinkle easily; the focus is on ensuring that the clothing feels soft to the touch.

The sandwashing treatment itself originally involved the use of very fine lava rocks. A quantity of the lava rocks is placed into a container along with the finished garment. The container is then rotated, allowing the rocks to gently abrade the fibers of the garment. As the lava rocks come into contact with the material, the action gently buffs the fabric into a smooth and soft texture, resulting in a garment that always feels good against the skin, rather than feeling scratchy or irritating.

Silk

Silk is a natural protein fibre which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silk worm. The shimmering appearance for which silk is prized comes from the fibers' triangular prism-like structure which allows silk cloth to refract incoming light at different angles. Read more...