Search Results for: Woven fabrics of artificial staple fibres mixed with wool
from wool . the two main yarns produce worsteds (where the fibres are combed before spinning to produce a smooth, hard wearing cloth) and woollens (where they are not combed, thus remaining comparatively fluffy in texture). these can be woven in a number of ways producing flannel , tweed , gabardine
, and fresco among others. these fabrics all have different weights and feels, and some fabrics have an s (or super s) number describing the fineness of the fibres measured by average fibre diameter, e.g., super ; however, the finer the fabric, the more delicate and thus less likely to be long-wearing...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit_(clothing)