Fabric texture is the feel of the
fabric. It can be smooth, rough, soft, velvetty, silky, lustrous, and so on.
The different textures of the fabric depends upon the type of weaves.
The type of texture sets the mood of the wearer. Rough textured fabrics say
"picnics," where as soft textured fabrics whisper for "formal
dinners." Cotton damask, toile having sheer linen and silk cloth,
chints, and soft chenille speak of formal and traditional spaces.
Textures are given to all types of fabrics, cotton, silk, wool, leather,
and also to linen. Few of the famous fabric textures are flannel, velvet,
organdy, chintz, crepe, damask, challis, venise, suede and embossed leather.
Types of Fabric Textures
Cotton Fabric Textures - Fabrics made of cotton have a cool, soft and comfortable feel. The
cotton fabrics can be given a glazed or patterned finish to give it a
smooth feel. The texture of the cotton fabrics make them very durable,
resists stain and are not prone to wrinkling.
Silk Fabric Textures - The fabric made of silk will have a soft and smooth feel to it. The
various textures of silk fabrics can range between slightly crinkled
texture, Crepe like texture, natural colored textured silk, Lustrous
shine with crepey texture and many more.
Wool Fabric Textures - Wool fabrics can come in various finishes or textures. The fabrics can
range between fuzzy or hard textures or interwoven with sliver dyed
multi color yarns which give the fabric a lustrous finish.
Linen Fabric Textures - Linen texture is moving towards a new direction with various fresh and
elegant finishes given to the fabrics. Bolder textures are more in
demand and beautifully finished linen fabric is used in a variety of
places nowadys.
Leather Fabric Textures - Leather is an elegant and expensive fabric and the textures such as
black leather, sky blue finish, White, Cracks etc make each and every
fabric unique and fashionable items. Due to their shiny and polished
look they are highly demanded fabrics.
