What Kind Of Fabric Is Chiffon?

The scientific name of chiffon is georgette, which is a kind of silk fabric woven with strong twist crepe warp and crepe weft. The name georgette comes from England. The warp and weft adopt S-twisted and Z-twisted strong yarns with two different twist directions, arranged alternately according to ZS and SZ, interwoven with plain weave, and the warp and weft density of the fabric is very small. After scouring, the silk shrinks and crepes due to the untwisting effect of the silk thread, forming a georgette with uniform wrinkles on the silk surface and a loose structure.

According to the raw materials used, it can be divided into silk georgette, rayon georgette, polyester georgette and interwoven georgette. If the weft is only twisted in one direction, the woven georgette is called down-fiber georgette, and down-fiber georgette shows warp direction bumps irregular wrinkles, the cost is lower than gauze.

The texture of georgette is light and transparent, soft and elastic, and the appearance is light and elegant. It has good air permeability and drape, and it is elegant and comfortable to wear. The lightness, weight, thickness, thinness, transparency and crease effect of the silk surface of georgette mainly depend on the thickness of the silk thread, the number of combinations, the twist and the warp and weft density.

Georgette is suitable for making ladies' dresses, high-end evening dresses, headscarves, palace lantern crafts, etc. It is a textile product in silk products. The fabric is light, transparent, soft and elegant. The name comes from the transliteration of French CHIFFE, which means light and transparent fabric.