Chambray
A plain weave fabric, with a single but different warp and weft color. In jeans-wear, fabric mills usually use a medium depth indigo warp color and natural (unbleached) weft.
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Double ring spun (ring/ring denim)
Double ring-spun denim uses ring-spun yarn for both warp and weft. This is the traditional way to produce denim. Read more..
Enzyme washing
Enzyme Washing is the use of cellulose enzymes to soften the jeans and lighten a colour. The cellulosic are used because they loosen up the indigo dye in the denim. The main purpose of the enzyme wash is to make the denim appear worn, rugged, broken in and used. Read more..
Honeycomb fabric
Honeycomb fabric is the term used to describe a manufactured fabric consisting of sheet materials /fibres that has been formed into an open-ended network of hexagonal cells, each cell’s wall being shared with its immediate neighbours. Read more..
Piqué
Piqué is a heavy cotton material woven in corded or figured effects. The goods are used for such purposes as ladies’ tailor-made suits, vesting’s, shirt fronts, cravats, bedspreads, and the like. It was originally woven in diamond-shaped designs to imitate quilting. The name is French for quilting. Read more..
