What is cotton fabric? Types of spandex fabrics available on the market today

What is cotton fabric? Types of spandex fabrics available on the market today
Elastic fabric is a familiar fabric and is used a lot to make clothes, especially clothes used in the summer. So what is spandex fabric? Why is this material suitable for use in hot summer days?

What is spandex fabric?

Spandex Fabric is a lightweight synthetic fiber with high elasticity and good sweat absorption. It is made from a chain of synthetic substances together (can be cotton, nylon, polyester…). Cotton fabric is used to make skirts, dresses, t-shirts, uniforms or other decorative objects.

Therefore, spandex is currently extremely popular with both designers and consumers.

Origin

Since World War II, chemists have had the idea to create a fabric that is both soft, light, elastic and cheap. After 10 years of research, he created the first elastic fibers. By 1952, he had won a German patent for his effort.

By 1962, Du Pont – a chemical manufacturing company in the US had begun to produce spandex fabric on a large scale. And after a while, they led the world in the production and sales of spandex.

Types of spandex fabrics available on the market

There are many types of spandex on the market and here are 11 types of spandex that Khanh Linh wants to send to you:

Cotton spandex fabric

This is one of the most premium fabrics in the spandex world. It is made entirely of cotton, so it can overcome the disadvantages of spandex. This fabric is very cool and has a high absorbency of odors. However, because it is made of cotton, it is easy to wrinkle, or rot in a humid environment.

This fabric is widely used in apparel such as: children’s clothing, men’s and women’s fashion, sportswear, underwear or some interior accessories: towels, blankets, pillows… In addition, cotton spandex fabric There are also some types such as CVC elastic, TC elastic, …

Bamboo fabric

This is a fabric made from the pulp of bamboo grass, so the fabric is very soft, smooth like silk, good moisture absorption, especially Bamboo elastic fabric is also resistant to ultraviolet rays, safe for health. It is suitable for sewing summer clothes, sports clothes, … or used as tablecloths, pillowcases,…

Poly fabric

This fabric is made of 100% Poly Ethylene, so its elasticity is not as good as Cotton spandex. However, it has very high strength and low ability to crease. That is why its price is quite low.

This fabric is rarely used to design sleepwear, home wear, … because it is mainly used to create jumpsuits, gloves,…

Nylon spandex fabric

This fabric is mainly composed of Nylon or will add some elastic fibers to increase elasticity. Because of the main component of nylon, nylon spandex fabric has very high durability, sweat absorption and poor moisture absorption.

Nylon spandex is often used to produce swimwear or waterproof clothing, socks, gloves, etc. In addition, it is also used to sew Ao Dai, Ba Ba shirt, women’s clothes, etc. ..

Cold spandex fabric

Most of the cold spandex on the market is woven from synthetic fibers such as polyester or nylon. In addition, it can also add a small amount of Spandex to increase the elasticity and softness of the fabric.

Cold elastic is quite smooth and smooth, when you touch it, you will feel cool. Cold elastic has high moisture permeability, so the fabric will dry quickly and create a cool feeling for the wearer. Moreover, cold elastic is quite diverse and the designs and colors should be favored by many consumers.

Modal fabric

This fabric is soft, smooth, shiny, and smooth, perfect for shawls, tablecloths, or curtains. In addition, it also absorbs moisture quite well, helping the wearer to always feel cool. Therefore, it is also strongly applied to underwear, nightwear, and children’s clothing

Crocodile fabric

In Vietnam, crocodile elastic fabric is used quite commonly when making uniforms. Crocodile elastic fabric has types such as: Crocodile 65/35 needle, Thai crocodile, 2-way crocodile, 100% cotton worm, or thinly woven Polyyester crocodile.

Crocodile fabric has a beautiful surface, beautiful weave, is not dry, less ruffled, so it is preferred to sew company uniforms, restaurant uniforms,… However, it has quite a big disadvantage. is prone to fading, especially dark colors.

Welded spandex fabric

Welding sand is a fabric with a variety of colors and patterns. It consists of: 92% Poly, 8% Spandex. Because the welding sand spandex fabric has a main component of Poly, it will limit the ability of the fabric to absorb moisture and breathe. However, the welding sand spandex fabric is quite thick and colorful, so when sewing the costume, it will be very beautiful and eye-catching.

Fish skin elastic fabric

As the name implies, the inside of the mermaid spandex fabric is shaped like fish scales. Because of that, this fabric is quite shoe, good frictional durability, anti-wrinkle, anti-rubbing, especially the ability to absorb sweat extremely well. Like other elastic fabrics, fish skin elastic fabric has good resilience, good elasticity, suitable for sewing clothes for all ages.

The composition of this fabric includes: Cotton and Spandex (elastic). Mixing ratio will be different, for example: 95% cotton blend spandex and 5% Spandex to ensure good durability and fabric balance.

Ribbed fabric

If you do not pay attention, Khanh Linh asserts that you will mistake the ribbed elastic fabric for woolen fabric when seen with the naked eye, because it has warp threads on the fabric surface similar to wool fabric. The fabric is manufactured based on 2 materials: Ploy (92 – 95%) and Spandex (5 – 8%), so the fabric is quite thick, durable, colorfast when washing, less wrinkled, shrinkage about 3 – 5 %

Sesame fabric

Sesame seed elastic fabric will have many small holes like sesame seeds on the surface of the fabric. This will help the body wick away moisture and breathe more. You can see this fabric in sportswear, football or in women’s dresses and skirts.

In addition to the above 11 types of spandex, there are also Thai spandex, striped elastic, silk spandex, felt, mesh elastic in the market….

Characteristics of spandex fabric

Since its birth, spandex has become more and more popular and today it is present in almost all different fashion items with advantages and disadvantages such as:

Advantages

» Cool, very good sweat absorption

Compared to Chiffon or lace, this point of the elastic will knock down the other two fabrics. Cotton clothing gives the wearer a feeling of comfort and lightness, especially those who sweat a lot and do manual labor. In addition, these are also suitable for use in hot summer days because it has the ability to absorb sweat as well as 100% Cotton.

» Excellent elasticity and elasticity

Besides being comfortable and breathable, spandex fabric also has very good elasticity and elasticity. Khanh Linh takes a real example for you to understand: You buy a size M t-shirt that is standard, beautiful with your body and 6 months later, you are a little bit fat, Khanh Linh asserts, you can still wear the shirt size M without feeling uncomfortable.

» Design, sew easily

Creativity never goes out of style. But creativity can not do anything without the material. Therefore, elastic fabric is always the choice of many designers and garment manufacturing companies. Because, elastic fabric allows them to enjoy creative design, dye a variety of colors without much worry.

This is also fun for consumers. Why? Simply, when the clothes are diverse, we also have a variety of colors to choose from but the quality is still the same.

” Durable

High durability is only when the elastic fabric has a combination of Poly, because Poly will help the elastic to be less wrinkled, less fade, less shrinkable than Cotton. Its shrinkage is only about 3-5% only.

» Easy to wash and maintain

Elastic fabric can be washed directly by hand or by machine without having to worry like some other fabrics. Although it is a little wrinkled after washing, you just need to iron it a little and it’s OK.

Defect

Any fabric has its pros and cons, so does spandex fabric, it also has some disadvantages such as: High cost, fabric is too thick or there are some polyester spandex fabrics that have the ability to absorb sweat low odor.

Applications of spandex fabric

In fashion design

Elastic fabric has good elasticity and sweat absorption, so it is used a lot to make sportswear. As the image below, elastic fabric is used to sew running, mountain biking, sports clothes.

Or you can also see, elastic fabric is extremely popular with girls when it comes to simple, cool blazers but equally personality and style. It’s as simple as that, but it has a great style, isn’t it?

Office uniforms and class shirts are also made from spandex. With many different designs, rich colors Spandex becomes a material that is extremely popular with businesses and students.

The fabric is quite thick, so in winter it also has a great appeal to T-shirt fashionistas. With wide, sleeveless tops, it brings grace to girls, especially slim girls with tall and thin bodies.

Interior decoration for home, restaurant

In addition to the application in the garment industry, there is another application of spandex that few people know about, which is the production of blankets, sheets, pillows, cushions and some decorations: tablecloths, curtains..

Cotton spandex can be a great way to decorate events, it will create a modern look in any area. Instead of a traditional linen tablecloth, a decorated Spandex table will be much more suitable for modern parties.

In addition to Cotton fabric, spandex is also a familiar material in the field of blanket production. With the properties of ventilation, coolness, smoothness, good absorption, durability, most of the famous brands that produce bedding such as Everon, Everhome, .. use spandex fabric in their products. and get very good feedback from customers.

Ways to recognize spandex fabric

With the popularity of today’s elastic fabric, the situation of having fake goods is inevitable. So you need to know how to distinguish when shopping for fabric or T-shirts to avoid being scammed. The ways to identify spandex fabric are as follows:

With naked eye

Because in spandex fabric is composed of cotton, it often has a certain roughness, slightly ruffled. Products containing Polyester will not have ruffles, and when you look at the fabric you will see a certain shine.

By hand

Good elastic material is that when you touch it, it will feel soft and cool, when you rub it, it will have a slight wrinkle. If you use traction, you will find the fabric has a relatively high elasticity.

Test for moisture absorption

Because the fabric is cotton, it will absorb moisture extremely well. It is thanks to this feature that the wearer will feel more comfortable and comfortable when using this fabric to sew clothes.