With the development of the social economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, outdoor sports are becoming more and more popular, which is accompanied by the rise of the functional protective textile market. So, what are outdoor sports? Outdoor sports are a group of sports with adventure or experience in the natural environment as a venue. Sportswear industry apparel products can be divided into outdoor jackets, fleece clothing, ski clothing, and down clothing. Here we discuss the outdoor jacket fabric.
Outdoor jackets need to be waterproof, waterproof, and breathable. There are many kinds of fabrics that meet these characteristics, and in general, they can be divided into three kinds:
In the field of home textiles, synthetic fibers make up for the shortage of natural fibers and are used in large quantities. However, their poor moisture absorption, easy to accumulate static electricity, and textiles made from synthetic fibers are easy to absorb dust and get staining. Besides this, they have poor breathability, and in serious cases can cause electric shock, and even cause a fire. Therefore, people hope that textiles can have antistatic properties, that is, the fabric itself can eliminate static electricity.
Webbing can be used both as one apparel accessory product and as one of the textiles. There are two main methods of coloring webbing, one is the most widely used dyeing (conventional dyeing), which mainly involves placing the webbing in a chemical dye solution. Another method is to use paint, which is made into tiny insoluble colored particles to adhere to the fabric (fiber raw stock dye is not included).
Gram weight is generally used to indicate the thickness of the fabric. The bigger the gram, the thicker the clothes. T-shirt weight is generally between 160 grams to 220 grams, too thin will be very transparent, and too thick will be muggy, it is better to choose between 180 and 280 grams. (t-shirts with short sleeves are usually 180-220 grams in thickness, while long-sleeved T-shirts generally choose 260 grams of fabric.
What is count?
The number of yards of the length of cotton yarn with a definite weight of one pound. The higher the count, the softer. The T-shirts are usually 21 and 32. Coarse yarn: Cotton yarn of 18 or less, mainly used for weaving thick fabrics or cotton fabric with pile and loop. Medium count yarn: pure cotton yarn of 19 to 29 counts. Mainly used for general requirements of knitted clothing. Fine count yarn: Cotton yarn of 30 to 60 counts. Mainly used for high-grade knitwear.
Factors to consider when choosing infant and toddler clothing
1, Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is a volatile compound, usually used as a synthetic reagent for textile anti-wrinkle and anti-shrinkage finishing agents. It can also be used as color fixing agent, water repellent, softener, adhesive, etc. It is also an irritant compound that can cause allergic skin reactions and human respiratory diseases. A small amount of formaldehyde can have an irritating effect on human eyes, skin and mucous membranes, excessive formaldehyde will cause serious inflammation of mucous membrane and respiratory tract, and can also lead to dermatitis. Formaldehyde content ≤ 20mg/kg is required in infant clothing.
The basic ways of printing include direct printing, discharge printing and resist printing.
Direct Printing
Direct printing is a kind of printing directly on white fabric or on pre-dyed fabric. The latter is called overprint. Of course the color of the printing pattern is much darker than the background color. A large number of common printing methods are direct printing.
If the background color of the fabric is white or mostly white, and the printing pattern looks lighter from the back than from the front, then we can determine that this is a directly printed fabric (note: this method coul dnot be used for light and thin fabric for the strong penertration of the printing paste.)
If the background color of the fabric is the same (due to matching dyeing), and the printing pattern is much darker than the background color, then this is the overprint fabric.
Clothing fabrics will appear in a new pattern with the development of the times. The research, development and design of fabrics also need to adopt new ideas under new conditions and at new levels. The future ideas of new garment fabric product development should include the following aspects.
The combination of technology and art
In the future, any kind of high-grade fabrics not only need to use new raw materials and new processing technology, but also will pay great attention to its artistic expression, especially the use of trendy colors and the combination of fashion elements to create new product styles. For example, if a set of high-grade clothing or high fashion, consumers often pay attention not only to its texture and taste, but also to its color, style and wearing style. For this reason, the design must adopt a three-dimensional way of thinking, taking both technology and art into account.
Fabric is an important factor in determining the quality of a suit, and the price of a suit often varies greatly from fabric to fabric. Whether you are a suit designer or a buyer, it is also necessary to know about suit fabrics. Here we share with you the common suit fabrics.
Pure wool worsted fabric
Pure wool worsted fabric is a kind of high-grade suit fabric with 100% wool, which will look light and thin, and feel smooth and soft luster. The key is that this fabric is easy to recover after deformation, and basically there will be no crease. Pure wool worsted fabric is the best fabric in suit fabric, usually used in spring and summer suits. The disadvantage is that it is easy to pilling, not resistant to wear and tear, and easy to moth and mold.
Pure wool woolen fabric
The wool content of this fabric is also 100%, but the difference between woolen and worsted lies in the different textile forms. The woolen fabric will be thicker, and the worsted fabric will be more delicate and light. The pure wool slub fabric is soft to the touch, wide, and elastic. The fabric also belongs to the fine suit fabric, usually used for autumn and winter suits. But like pure wool worsted, it tends to pill and is not resistant to abrasion.
Wool and polyester blended fabric
This kind of fabric has glitter on the surface in the sunlight and lacks the softness of pure wool fabric. The higher the polyester content, the more prominent the version of hard feeling is. But its advantage is that it is more elastic than pure wool fabric. There is almost no crease after holding the fabric tightly for a few seconds and releasing it. It also belongs to the more common mid-range suit fabric.
wool and viscose or cotton blended fabrics
Wool and viscose or cotton blended fabric luster are relatively dull. The advantage of this type of fabric is that the fabric is relatively inexpensive.
Polyester and viscose blended fabric
Polyester and viscose blend is a fabric that has become popular in recent years. This fabric has a light texture and a smooth and textured surface. What’s more, the fabric has better wrinkle resistance, so it’s easier to maintain. The disadvantage is that it has poor warmth， making it the fabric for spring and summer suits.
In addition to the five fabrics mentioned above, cotton, linen, silk, etc. can also be used as suit fabrics. Of course, the most popular one is still wool.
Children’s clothing is an important and exacting part of the garment production industry, and the fabrics needed for children’s clothing production have very different requirements compared to adult clothing. Here is an article that briefly explains how to choose fabrics for children’s clothing.
Basic requirements
As we all know, clothing accessories include fabrics, buttons, lining, zippers, elastic bands, lace, loopers, etc. The accessories needed for children’s clothing are also roughly the same categories.
Compared with adult fabric, children’s fabric is more comfortable in the hand and more strict in safety, moisture wicking, sweat absorption, etc.
Commonly used fabrics in children’s clothing
Cotton
It is a natural fabric, comfortable and warm. But it is easy to wrinkle with poor durability.
Advantages:
Strong moisture absorption capacity – cotton fiber is a porous material, the internal molecular arrangement is very irregular, and the molecules contain a large number of hydrophilic structures.
Warmth – cotton fiber is a poor conductor of heat, and its inner cavity is filled with non-flowing air.
Comfortable to wear – no static electricity, breathable, anti-sensitive, easy to clean
Disadvantages:
Easy to wrinkle-cotton fiber is less elastic.
Shrinkage – it has a strong water absorption that could make cotton fibers swell, resulting in shortening and deformation of cotton yarn.
Mildew – in a humid state, if encountered with bacteria or fungus, the fabric will mold. If contact with sunlight for a long time, the fiber will become hard and brittle; if it meets oxidizing agents, bleaching powder, and other dyes, it will also make the fiber strength decrease.
Single-sided plain fabric
Single-sided fabric refers to fabric whose dyeing is mainly on one side. Its bottom and surface look different. Because its surface is a low needle, the bottom is a high needle, the weave is strong and thinner than double-sided fabric. This fabric with a smooth surface is breathable, sweat-absorbing, and less elastic. Mostly used for T-shirts.
Knitted double-sided fabric
This kind of fabric has a soft texture, breathable absorption, excellent elasticity, and so on. Knitted clothing is comfortable to wear, and close-fitting, without a sense of constraint.
Coral fleece
The coral fleece has a delicate texture and soft feel with no pilling. Its color will not fade. Besides, it has excellent water absorption performance than cotton products. No irritation to the skin, no allergy. Commonly, the fabric is also becoming an alternative to cotton bathrobes.
Terry cloth
This fabric is thick and firm. It performs well in elasticity, moisture absorption, and heat retention. Mainly used as sportswear, lapel T-shirt, pajamas, children’s wear, and other fabrics
In the production and design of children’s clothing, we should not only consider the beauty of the clothing but also consider the safety of children when wearing this fabric, so it would not be wrong to pay more attention to the fabric. In addition to the above 5, there are more fabrics that can be used for children’s clothing, as you will see in the subsequent articles.
The largest garment processing base in China is Ningbo city.
By 2012, Ningbo has more than 3,000 garment manufacturers of various types, with an annual output of nearly 1.5 billion sets of garments, accounting for more than 13% of the total national garment production. It has become China’s largest clothing production base, China’s clothing brand base, and export clothing brand base. And It emerged Youngor, Shanshan, Romon, Tang Lion, Rouse, Peace Bird, Progen, and other 26 Chinese well-known trademarks and 20 Chinese famous brands.
Clothing is a beautiful business card of Ningbo city. The comprehensive strength of the industry ranks the first among similar cities in China, with the largest suit and shirt brand enterprise in China.
Among them, clothing, knitting and home textile are the three categories of products with the largest concentration, the largest amount, the most advantageous and the most influential in the national industry.
