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  • Cashmere (Kashmir)
  • The fibre, from the Kashmir goat, a hair fibre found in Kashmir India, Tibet, Iran,
    Iraq, China, Persia, Turkestan and Outer Mongolia. Often mixed with wool or
    synthetics to cut costs and improve the wear.
  • End-on-End
  • End-on-end was first invented by the French (fil-????ì????¨???¨?-fil), a fabric in which the white
    thread is interwoven with a coloured thread to produce a subtle textured effect.
    It retains the coolness and softness of plain two-fold "e intricacy
    of the weave
    gives an added lift to any of our fabrics.

  • Fabric
    1. A cloth produced especially by knitting, weaving, or felting fibers.
    2. The texture or quality of such cloth.
    3. syn: cloth, material, textile

  • Fiber
  • A natural or synthetic filament, as of cotton or nylon, capable of being spun
    into yarn.
  • Gabardine
  • Clear finish, tightly woven, firm, durable, rather lustrous. Can be given a dull finish.
    Has single diagonal lines on the face, raised twill. Wears extremely well. Also comes
    in various weights.
  • Herringbone
  • AKA (also known as) Arrowhead. It was named after the skeleton of the Herring as
    this is what the fibre pattern resembles. It is usually created in wool and has
    varying qualities.
  • Mercerized
  • To treat (cotton thread) with sodium hydroxide so as to shrink the fiber and
    increase its lustre and affinity for dye.
  • Oxford
  • AKA (also known as) Oxford Broad Cloth, this fabric originated in England in the late
    19th Century and was designed in a heavier style than ordinary shirts with durability in mind. Our
    cloth is basket woven with the weft (yarns running from left to right) thicker
    than the warp (yarns running top to bottom). This cloth is surprisingly soft and
    smooth
    to touch and yet the added weight holds starch well and creases less than
    other fabrics.
  • Pinpoint
  • Pinpoint combines the qualities of 100% two-fold cotton poplin and oxford
    broadcloth: the lustre and superfine texture of poplin with the comfort and durability of the Oxford.
  • Sea island
  • Sea Island quality cotton is made from the same long-staple Egyptian cotton as
    all our shirts, but it is spun to an even finer yarn, known as a two-fold 140
    (40% finer than our normal two-fold 100s). The fineness of the yarn gives a higher
    yarn count, which creates a smoother, softer almost silky finish, which will improve
    with age. The closeness of the weave also enhances the colour definition, which
    makes this fabric ideal for both colours and checks.
  • Serge
  • A twilled cloth of worsted or worsted and wool, often used for suits.
  • Textile
    1. A cloth, especially one manufactured by weaving or knitting; a fabric.
    2. Fiber or yarn for weaving or knitting into cloth.
  • Twill
  • Twill cloth is a 100% two-fold "100s" fine cotton fabric with a high colour lustre. The reflection from the diagonal rib in the weave gives it an enhanced depth of colour and a wonderfully silky finish.





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