WHAT IS CREPE FABRIC BEST FOR?
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Crepe is generally known as
Crêpe. It is naturally made from silk and is an expensive fabric; however, now
it can make it from any fibre. There are various kinds of crepes available,
varying from thin, light in weight, thick, and heavy in weight. Some crepe
fabrics have an amazing array and are more famous for suiting, home decor, etc.
Crepe is suitable for all the
occasions and seasons; mainly, our garments are made up of Crepe or have been
embroidered with Crepe previously. However, it is quite soft or slippery;
therefore, it is difficult to sew this crepe fabric.
What is Crepe.?
Crepe is a fabric created
from silk, wool, cotton or synthetic fibres like elastane and polyester. Crepe
word means small or thin pancake in the french. This fabric is generally light
in weight, but also it can be of any weight. The Crepe makes clothes like
dresses, suits, blouses, and many more. In addition, printed crepe fabric is used for the home decor
for items like curtains, pillows, etc.
Formation of Crepe
Whether it is a natural fibre
like cotton, silk, etc. or artificial fibre like polyester, rayon, etc., it can
make from both types of fibres. There are numerous ways by which you can get
this fabric crepe, and deliberately, this fabric has a creased presence.
Materials that are put in use to make crepe fabric and the process used in it
for the appearance describe the various types of Crepe.
Features of Crepe
Here are some of the features
of Crepe that can be changed depending upon the fibre content put in use.
Before doing the laundry of your crepe dress, always go through the care work.
When you touch this wrinkled
Crepe, it is soft, and it feels like this fabric is best for an unending range
of elegant mixture and designs. Crepe is porous. Therefore, it is that fabric
that you can wear in any season. Floral print crepe fabric is hugely
warped, and its crumpled surface gives the captivating effective finishing to
every designer dress.
You can make your own
designed dress using floral crepe fabric by giving it cuts and flares. The
astonishing fall of Crepe and the vigorous colour prints will give your dress
an amazing look as per today's modern designs. Moreover, you can make dresses like
maxis, ruffles, skater dresses and many more by yourself.
If you love to wear florals,
then create some floral print crepe fabric tops with your unique design. Wrap
tops, halters, spaghetti and many more will give a rich feel when the colour
matches the sparkling floral design. .
These perfectly fit crepe
pants go well with the tanks, halters, wrap tops, whatever you prefer. For the
daylight event, these crepe pants with a top having floral prints is the best
dress.
These fancy skirts have
floral crepe fabric having curly flares give you an alluring and comfortable
look. With these skirts on the upper portion, you can try out tank tops, crop
tops to get a boho-chic appearance.
Nowadays scarves are the
cloth which can go best with anything whether it is pants, skirts, shorts or
anything and for any function. Printed crepe silk fabric scarves are light in weight,
plus they have amazing patterns on them. Its softness, lightweight, makes it
wearable and breathable with every dress.
Various kind of Crepe
There are an endless number
of crepes available, which varies according to the preparation process and
fibres put in use.
Silk fabric is soft, gives a
matte finish with a little rubbing; it is not like the wrinkled surface of
other crepes. You can get this look by the crumpled yarns as a weft yarn in a
plain weave design.
This georgette crepe fabric
is also smooth, and gives an unwrinkled presence and is made from silk or
synthetic silk-like fibres, like rayon. Crepe georgette is mainly used for
making dresses.
This fabric is created from
wool fabric or some time with the wool and synthetic fabric and has a hard
surface. This fabric is generally used for suiting pants and is light in
weight.
It is created by using
synthetic fibre polyester. You can use polyester in making dresses like skirts,
blouses, etc. Polyester crepe fabric is light in weight, and it sometimes
absorbs elastane to make a stretch crepe.
This fabric's one side is
soft and smooth, while the other side is crumpled with a crepe.
Created this crepe
fabric from silk from china. It looks the same as that of Crepe de chine in its
presence but is slightly heavier than it. Since Crepe is made from
various fibres, you should follow the care instructions for your garment and a
household item. In some cases, you should wash crepes with cold water because
some of the floral print crepe fabric will shrink in the washing
machine.
You can use floral crepe fabric
for making:
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