Insights
Textile Knowledge. Built Over Time.
Technical guidance on specifying fabric for production, drawn from the experience behind the range.
- How to Read a Fabric CompositionA composition line is the most quoted and least interrogated part of a specification. It tells you a great deal — and leaves out most of what decides how a cloth behaves.
- What Is Twill Fabric?Twill is the weave behind denim, gabardine, drill and most trousers ever made. The diagonal line is not decoration — it is the reason the cloth behaves as it does.
- How to Choose Shirting FabricMost shirting problems are decided at specification, not on the sewing floor. Here is the order the decisions should be made in.
- Poplin vs Oxford: What Actually DiffersBoth are cotton. Both are shirting. The difference is structural, and it decides which collar the cloth belongs under.
- Why Fabric GSM MattersGSM is the first number most buyers ask for, and the one most likely to be quoted without the two figures that make it meaningful.
- What Is Linen Fabric?Linen is the oldest textile fibre in continuous use, and the one most often specified badly. Here is what actually decides whether a linen works for your production.