NewNatural Luxurious Womenswear Merino Wool, Wool/Silk and Wool/Bamboo ViscoseWoven Worsted Fabrics


Abstract


Aset of new womenswear woven worsted fabrics in Merino pure wool and wool blendswith silk and bamboo viscose fibres have been developed for spring/summer/autumnseasons for a range of enduse applications such as businesswear, eveningwearand loungewear. These fabrics have been finished to have a smooth and lustroussurface, a cool touch feel and high next-to-skin comfort. The wool/bamboo viscosefabrics are double-sided, so reversible, as they are constructed to have woolpredominantly on one side and bamboo viscose on the other side. These are mademachine washable and tumble dryable without using any shrink-resist treatmenton wool.


Thispaper provides a comparison of their low-stress KES-F mechanical properties,handle and drape characteristics and warm/cool feeling (qmax).It is shown that the bamboo viscose, when used in a long float weave structure,provides high levels of lustre, cool feeling and lively drapability. These newfabrics have captured the interest of a number of top New Zealand designers whoregularly participate in the New Zealand Fashion Week.


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"This article was originally presented at the 88thTextile Institute World Conference Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, May, 2012".


About the Authors:


SurinderTandon is associated with the Textile Science & Technology, AgResearchLtd, New Zealand.


Mitsuo Matsudaira isassociated with the Faculty of Education, Kanazawa University at Kanazawa City,Japan