How to distinguish the fabric of a garment and what kind of fabric is considered a good fabric?

When most people buy clothes, they can often only distinguish between pure cotton, linen, wool and other products.

However, the breakdown of a particular category is confusing, what with natural/non-natural, wool grades and so on.

For example, polyester 60% - cotton 30% - nylon 10%.

How can you tell the difference between good and bad fabrics in terms of percentage?

Today, we're going to help you to have a good eye for fabric.

 How do you differentiate between fabrics and what makes a good fabric? 
You won't find such a detailed, systematic and easy-to-understand guide in any Chinese clothing book!
 
Because most of them come from the self-learning summary when buying clothes for the leaders, combined with the practice of running factories and shops, a sum of tuition paid back.
 
 
1, the fabric is mainly divided into: non-textile fabrics and textile fabrics.
 
From another dimension, divided into natural fabrics and non-natural fabrics.
 
From a finer dimension:
 
Natural:

a, plant fibres, such as: cotton, hemp, fruit fibres
b. Animal fibres, e.g. wool, rabbit hair, silk
c. Mineral fibres, e.g. asbestos

Non-natural:
 
a, recycled fibres, e.g. viscose, vinyl, tencel, modal, lysol, bamboo fibres
b, synthetic fibres such as: nylon, polyester, acrylic, spandex, lycra, etc.
c, inorganic fibres, such as: glass fibres, metal fibres, etc.

2、From the textile process
 
Woven:
 
The fabric structure is stable, no elasticity (except for fabrics with elastic fibres), the cloth surface is flat, solid and durable, the appearance is straight and there is loose weight.
 
Simply put, it is not close to the body, hanging bad scraping will not be seen.
 
Knitted:
 
The fabric is elastic, soft to the touch, comfortable to the body, breathable and easy to disperse.
 
Simply put, it is the bigger it gets, and a hole is pulled when it hangs badly.
 
Personal opinion of the grade is: (do not distinguish the printing and dyeing process)

Low-level fabric: ordinary chemical fibre
Ordinary fabrics: general cotton, linen
Intermediate fabrics: Lycra, Tencel and other intermediate chemical fibre fabrics and natural and blended, Quercus silk, long-staple cotton, ordinary leather, etc.
Senior fabrics: wool, mulberry silk, (fabric), calfskin, lambskin and other high quality leather, fox fur and other common furs

3, personal summary of the shortcomings of some common fabrics fabrics
 
Cotton: ordinary long-staple cotton below, many times after washing will become hard
Color cotton: only brown green two colours
Hemp: not wrinkle-resistant, easy to fade, easy to shrink mold
Common silk: easy to shrink, not acid-resistant, sun-resistant
Wool/velvet: prone to insects
Rayon: easy to stick to body
Modal: easy to pucker and wrinkle
Tencel: hardens in hot and humid conditions
Ice silk: easily stripped and hardened
Bamboo fiber: easy to break down
 
4. The difference between good fabrics and normal fabrics is not so obvious, and even clothes made of normal fabrics may sell for more than those made of good fabrics.
 
But in the traditional luxury industry, any non-natural fabric is not on the table.
 
It is the same as in the traditional jewellery world, all semi-precious stones (including tourmaline and aquamarine) are not acceptable because they are 'semi-precious stones'.
 
So why is it necessary to add 2% of other chemical fibres to cotton fabrics? To compensate for some of the disadvantages of cotton fabrics.
 
The advantage is that you can enjoy it at a low price, either to achieve almost 80% of the feel of a good fabric or to solve some of the minor problems of everyday wear.