FABRIC & CARE INFO

One of the best things about sourcing second hand and vintage textiles is that you never know what you will end up with! Below you will find a break down of commonly found fabric compositions and some fun facts. Care instructions to come..

POLYESTER

Polyester is a synthetic fabric that’s usually derived from petroleum. This fabric is one of the world’s most popular textiles, and it is used in thousands of different consumer and industrial applications.

Chemically, polyester is a polymer primarily composed of compounds within the ester functional group. Most synthetic and some plant-based polyester fibers are made from ethylene, which is a constituent of petroleum that can also be derived from other sources. While some forms of polyester are biodegradable, most of them are not, and polyester production and use contribute to pollution around the world.

LINEN

Linen is very strong and absorbent and dries faster than cotton. Because of these properties, linen is comfortable to wear in hot weather and is valued for use in garments. Linen textiles can be made from flax plant fiber, yarn, as well as woven and knitted. Linen also has other distinctive characteristics, such as its tendency to wrinkle. It takes significantly longer to harvest than a material like cotton although both are natural fiber

RAYON & VISCOSE

Viscose is derived from a natural substance like wood pulp, which is subsequently converted into fabrics following an extensive manufacturing process. Most commonly, the wood pulp of trees like eucalyptus, soy, pine, spruce, sugarcane, beech and bamboo are used in the process.

SILK

Silk is the strongest natural textile in the world. This textile was just recently surpassed in strength by a lab-engineered biomaterial, but it remains the strongest fabric made through natural processes.

Despite its immense tensile strength, silk is generally prized for other reasons. Silk’s softness has made it a hotly desired commodity throughout history, and this simple fiber has built legendary trade routes and transformed cultures throughout the Old World.

COTTON

Cotton (from Arabic qutn) is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor percentages of waxes, fats, pectins, and water. Under natural conditions, the cotton bolls will increase the dispersal of the seeds.

The plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, Africa, Egypt and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa.[1] Cotton was independently domesticated in the Old and New Worlds.[2]

WOOL

Wool is a kind of environmentally friendly fabric made of all-natural materials like various animals’ hair. Wool fabric has been used in the textile industry for many years. It has some extraordinary features, including excellent breathability, good heat restations, comfortability, etc. Various kinds of materials are made of this fabric.

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DISCLAIMER : Due to having very limited information on most sourced textiles, we do our best to try identify the fabric composition. In most cases we cannot always 100% guarantee the composition on second hand textiles. If the composition label is intact this will be reflected on the garment description.