Women Clothing

What Is Tussar Silk Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Tussar silk is a wild silk fibre from forest silkworms, and tussar silk fabric is the textured, golden cloth woven from those yarns for sarees, suits and kaftans. I explain how tussar fits inside t...

What Is Crepe Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Crepe is a textured fabric with a crinkled or pebbled surface, and crepe fabric is the woven or knitted cloth made from high-twist yarns in silk, wool, viscose, polyester and blends. I explain the ...

What Is Chiffon Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Chiffon is a very light, sheer fabric made from high-twist yarns in silk, polyester and other fibres, and chiffon fabric means that yarn woven into a fine plain-weave cloth. I explain what chiffon...

What Is Linen Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Linen is a natural bast fiber from flax and linen fabric is the woven cloth made from spun flax yarns. I explain how the linen crop moves from European flax fields into the linen industry, how soft...

What Is Cotton Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Cotton is a natural cellulose fiber and cotton fabric is the woven or knitted cloth made from the cotton crop. I explain how soft cotton fibers from the boll move through the cotton industry, from ...

What Is Tissue Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Tissue fabric is a thin, sheer, metallic-sheen cloth and start with its material base in silk, man-made filaments and zari. I set out its main types, trace its path from court dress in Europe to Ba...

What Is Net Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

I treat net fabric as a full family of open textiles and explain what net is, which types exist from tulle to power net and zarri-net, and how its history moves from fishing tools to bridal lehenga...

What Is Silk Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses In Clothes

Silk is a natural fiber and silk fabric made from woven or knitted textile. I explain types of silk fabrics, their history from early sericulture to today, and how those fibers become dresses, ...

What Is Organza Fabric? Types, History, Properties, Uses

Organza fabric Is a sheer, crisp cousin of silk. I explain what it is as a material, which types exist, and how its story runs from the Silk Road up to modern semi-organza. I show how mills twis...

Top 20 United States Women's Clothing Brands

I list here 20 united states clothing brands that shoppers in the United States see often, with short facts on what they sell, when they started, who owns them, where they are based, and their sale...