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Today women who want both
comfortable and exclusive lingerie don't find their size and good fitting. The different
distribution channels propose only standardized lingerie and none tailor made. Women
want to be sure about the right sizes, and perfect fittings. This article talks
about the various aspects of Fabrics used for lingerie and different shapes of
lingerie to gracefully present the women's body.
Fabrics used for
lingerie
Lace
Lace is a lightweight, openwork
fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. Lace-making
is an ancient craft. True lace was not made until the late 15th and
early 16th centuries. A true lace is created when a thread is
looped, twisted or braided to other threads independently from a backing
fabric.
Originally linen, silk, gold, or
silver threads were used. Now lace is often made with cotton thread.
Manufactured lace may be made of synthetic fiber. A few modern artists make
lace with a fine copper or silver wire instead of thread.
There are many types of lace,
defined by how they are made. These include:
- Needle lace: made using a
needle and thread. This is the most flexible of the lace-making arts.
- Cutwork, or white work; lace constructed by
removing threads from a woven background, and the remaining threads
wrapped or filled with embroidery.
- Bobbin Lace: as the name
suggests, made with bobbins and a pillow.
- Tape lace: makes the tape in
the lace as it is worked, or uses a machine- or hand-made textile strip
formed into a design, then joined and embellished with needle or bobbin
lace.
- Knotted lace: including Macram
and Tatting.
- Crocheted lace: including Irish
crochet, pineapple crochet, and filet crochet.
- Knitted lace: including Shetland
lace, such as the "wedding ring shawl", a lace shawl so fine
that it can be pulled through a wedding ring.
- Machine-made: any style of lace
created or replicated using mechanical means. The machine is used to tie up
the 'M' point together.
Muslin
Muslin is most typically a closely-woven
unbleached or white cloth, produced from corded cotton yarn. Wide muslin is
called "sheeting". It is often used to make dresses or curtains but
may also be used to complement foam for bench padding. Muslin breathes well,
and is a good choice of material for clothing meant for hot, dry climates.
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber,
some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best known type of silk is
obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori reared in
captivity (sericulture). The shimmering appearance for which silk is prized
comes from the fibers' triangular prism-like structure which allows silk cloth
to refract incoming light at different angles.
