One of the most popular fabrics, used in the manufacturing process is cotton. It is a material of natural origin. This material is practical, comfortable to wear and a versatile thing in women's wardrobe.

Main properties of cotton fabrics

Cotton fabric consists of short thin fluffy fibers, slightly twisted around its axis. The material has high strength, resistance to external chemical influences, and at the same time it does not change its characteristics under the influence of high and low temperatures and high humidity. Cotton fabric does not set in flames up to 130 degrees (without direct influence) and has hygroscopicity up to 20%. An important feature of cotton is small elastic deformation, therefore, cotton products wrinkle quickly.

Types of commercial cotton

Cotton is made from a seed box of cotton fruit, which is grown in many countries of the world. The technology of cultivation and manufacturing process inluence the final quality of the fabric and, consequently, its cost. The most common types of cotton, which are used in the manufacture of women's clothing:

Long-fiber. It is durable and homogeneous in structure with a staple length of 32-60 mm. Such cotton is produced in a small enough volume, but it is ideal for the production of clothes. Such cotton is grown and produced in China, India, USA, Brazil and Uzbekistan;

Rude. The length of the staple is 26-27 mm. Clothes from such cotton are applied for manufacturing inexpensive clothes and for materials for dressing;

Small. Staple 9-25 mm, it is produced in Asian countries and is used to produce not the most high-quality clothing and technical purposes.

If you want to sew women's clothing of high quality, then Peruvian cotton, hand-picked, Icelandic cotton (from it is made muslin and lace) and mercerized (additionally artificially purified) is used.

Advantages and specificity of the use of cotton fabric

Cotton fabric is successfully used for the production of women's clothing, as it has a lot of advantages, among which you can note the light weight, air permeability, the ability of painting in any color.