materiale
Woven against knitted fabric
Short answer: Woven fabric holds its shape and barely stretches, while knitted fabric stretches and follows the body....
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Bamboo viscose against silk in practice
Short answer: Silk is smoother and lighter, but needs hand washing or dry cleaning. Bamboo viscose comes close in fee...
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Bamboo viscose against polyester in practice
Short answer: Polyester dries faster and wrinkles less. Bamboo viscose absorbs moisture and feels cooler against the ...
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Bamboo viscose against linen in practice
Short answer: Linen is cooler in strong heat and wrinkles a lot. Bamboo viscose drapes softer, wrinkles less and feel...
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Bamboo viscose against wool in practice
Short answer: Wool keeps you warmer and smells less, but it needs gentle washing. Bamboo viscose is softer on the ski...
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Bamboo viscose against modal in practice
Short answer: Modal is a type of viscose made so the fibre becomes stronger and shrinks less. In the hand the two fee...
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Bamboo viscose against lyocell in practice
Short answer: Bamboo viscose and lyocell are both made from plant pulp and feel soft. Lyocell is a little stronger wh...
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Bamboo as a raw material
Short answer: Bamboo is a species of grass that grows fast and can be harvested without the plant dying. That is the ...
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Where the line runs between synthetic and natural
Short answer: The boundary runs at the raw material. A natural fibre is harvested as a fibre, a synthetic fibre is ma...
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What a regenerated fibre is
Short answer: A regenerated fibre is a fibre made from a natural material that has been dissolved and formed anew. Vi...
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What hygroscopic means
Short answer: Hygroscopic means that a material absorbs moisture from the air around it. Plant-based fibres are hygro...
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What moisture transport means
Short answer: Moisture transport is a fabric's ability to move sweat away from the skin and out to the surface, where...
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