What Kind Of Fabric Is Velvet Fabric?

1. Velvet fabric is one of the most popular fabrics in winter. It uses velvet warps to form loops or piles on the surface of the fabric. It originated in the Zhangzhou area of Fujian Province, China, so it is also called Zhang velvet. Velvet fabric has been produced in large quantities as early as the Ming Dynasty and is one of the traditional Chinese fabrics.

2. The velvet fabric is made of cocoon grade A raw silk. It also uses silk as the warp and cotton yarn as the weft. It is looped with silk or rayon, degummed or semi-degummed, dyed, and twisted before weaving. We can also use cotton, Weaved from different raw materials such as eyeliner, viscose, polyester and nylon, it has a smooth feel and high gloss.

3. Velvet fabrics include floral velvet and plain velvet. Flower velvet is made by cutting some pile loops into piles according to the pattern. The piles and pile loops are alternated to form the pattern. The surface of plain velvet is all pile loops.

4. From the appearance point of view, velvet fabric has luxurious temperament and rich texture, which can create a magical fashion atmosphere. Some special velvet fabrics can be added with brightener during finishing to make the suede surface have a better luster.