Tagged “woven”

Entries across every discipline that share this thread.

Fabric

A crisp, tightly woven plain-weave cotton with a smooth, lustrous face — the classic shirting fabric.

A rugged warp-faced cotton twill with a coloured warp and white weft — the fabric of jeans.

A cool, strong plant-fibre cloth woven from flax — highly breathable but prone to creasing.

A basketweave cotton shirting with a soft, textured basket face — the classic button-down cloth.

Two classic cotton shirtings: poplin is a smooth, crisp, formal plain weave; oxford is a softer, textured basketweave.

A weave with diagonal ridges, giving a dense, drapey cloth that resists wrinkles and hides soil.

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