Textile Expertise
We Know More Than the Fabric.
Professional fabric selection is not decided by colour or pattern alone.
When a buyer specifies fabric for production, the properties that decide the outcome are technical — and they interact. A heavier cloth drapes differently. A finish changes hand and shrinkage together. Elastane improves fit and complicates pressing. Understanding those interactions is what separates a fabric that works in production from one that only works on a mood board.
Our aim is not simply to show a customer product, but to help them evaluate the fabric alternatives that suit their production requirement.
- Composition
- Which fibres, in what proportion. Sets breathability, care and much of the cost.
- Construction
- Woven or knitted, and in which structure. Often matters more than the fibre.
- GSM
- Weight per square metre. Drives season, application and price point together.
- Width
- Determines consumption and therefore cost per garment, not just cost per metre.
- Hand Feel
- How the cloth feels. Cannot be judged from a photograph — this is why swatches exist.
- Drape
- How the cloth falls. Decides silhouette more than any other single property.
- Stretch
- Mechanical or elastane. Changes fit, and changes pressing and shrinkage with it.
- Finish
- Washing, brushing, mercerising, coating. Changes hand, behaviour and ageing.
- Performance
- Abrasion, tear, water resistance, colour fastness. Specified as numbers, not adjectives.
- Application
- What the cloth is for. Every property above is judged against this.