How Fibre Decides the Way Cloth Falls
Before weave or cut, the fibre a cloth is made from sets how it will fall, cling, hold or float. This is how to read a fabric from its fibre up.
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Fabrics, textures, colour and combinations — so your clothes get along.
Reading a Drape Before You Buy
You can tell how a fabric will fall on your body with a few quick tests, right there at the rail. This is a short set of them that predict drape reliably.
ReadThe Weight of Wool and What It Does
Wool spans a huge range of weights, and the weight decides what a wool garment can do. This is a plain guide to reading wool by its weight.
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Why the Bias Cut Moves the Way It Does
A bias-cut garment falls and moves unlike anything cut on the straight, and the reason is geometry. This explains what the bias is and why it drapes so beautifully.
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Caring for Knitwear So It Keeps Its Shape
A good knit can hold its shape for years or lose it in a season, and the difference is mostly care. This is how to wash, dry and store knitwear so it keeps its drape.
ReadLinen and the Beauty of a Crease
Linen creases, and that is not a flaw but its nature. This is how to choose linen, wear it, and make peace with the rumple that is part of its charm.
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The Difference Between a Weave and a Knit
Almost every cloth is built one of two ways, woven or knitted, and the difference shapes how a garment stretches, holds and falls. This explains both plainly.
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Spotting Quality in a Seam
The seams tell you more about a garment's quality than the cloth on the surface. This is what to look for to judge how a piece is made and how it will last.
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