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Best fabrics for garments?
What's the best combination of fiber materials for sweaters? Shirts? Pants? Underwear? Socks? What's best for summer and what's best for winter?
Linen.
Cotton.
Silk.
Angora (rabbit fur).
Cashmere.
Merino wool.
Lambswool.
Acrylic.
Nylon.
Polyester.
Polypropylene.
Lycra.
Spandex.
When are combinations of materials preferable to pure 100% stuff?
3 Answers
- riversconfluenceLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Poly/cotton. It irons well, it holds the shape of the garment. It wears well. Not as cool [temperature wise]as cotton, but cooler than polyester alone. Makes a great shirt,, scrubs for nurses, summer nighties and robes.
Women would suffer without Lycra/spandex. Our underwear moves with us, doesn't gouge, when we use it.
Hate linen. It wrinkles, and the wrinkes do not come out. The addition of other fibers do not help much. The look is unmade bed.
Cotton for summer, animal fibers for winter. Nylon windbreakers are great for waterproof, they block cool rainey wind , acrlyic is warm, and washable, have some acrlyc mittens and such.
Silk is great, it is a little warm to wear, it does wrinkle, it is hard to care for, but it is a beautiful fabric to wear. Soft and clingy, I wear my silk shirts in the sping. It is difficult to sew with, it ravels. I have a plaid one with soft navy, yellow, pink and blue colors, and I have a ruby red one. One is washable, one is not.
Cashmere is very delicate, and there are many grades. It is very soft, and does not hold its shape, better for sweaters, and wrapps.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Linen, Cotton in the summer and wool in winter
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Whatever materials, it doesn't matter as long as they're made in the United States of America by LEGAL American hands, while they all sing KKK songs.