My love for skirts is renewed every time as it remain an all time favourite item of clothing worldwide, closely trailing behind dresses in popularity. Fortunately, skirts have been around since revolution of mankind.The rectangular piece of animal skin leaves interwoven together and the earliest form of fabric loosely woven tartans; all used to be wrapped around the waist and where the initial basic form of skirts.
Fabric For Skirts
If you are wearing skirt in summers it will be in
– Light to medium weight 100% cotton fabrics such as poplin sheeting linen or denims in 5oz to 8oz.
– A few kinds of skirts are also made in the lighter weight cotton like cambric and voile or in polyester fabrics like georgettes, chiffons or net.
However skirts made in light weight and transparent fabrics are normally lined to provide additional strength and prevent too much transparency. Also due to the fabric strength limitation, these are normally not converted into very tight fitting designs.
– For the colder months skirts may be made in heavier weight cotton fabrics such as canvas, twills and denims in weight 8oz to 12oz. Heavier weights and tight constructions of poplins and sheetings are also common.
– Warmer fabrics which are less permeable and trap air like silk satin taffeta or heavier fabrics like worseted wool , different wales corduroy, uncut. Corduroy velvet are also good choices for skirts for colder months.To give added warmth to the wearer, skirts can also be teamed up with leggins & stockings.
– Skirts in knit fabrics such as cotton viscose or a blend of viscose /lycra, cotton lycra are also very popular. Knit gives the benefit of taking the shape of the wearer.
