| Shirting
Fabrics |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
POLYCOTTON
View
colour range |
- Large
colour range available
- Breathes
well
- Doesn't
shrink
or fade too quickly
|
- Crushes,
- Does
need ironing
|
| POLYESTER |
- Doesn't
need ironing
- Hangs
well
- Large
range of colours and
patterns available
|
- Doesn't
breath as well as polycotton
- Doesn't
last as long as other
fabrics
|
| COTTON |
|
- Shrinks,
creases and fades.
- Expensive
|
| DRILL |
- Wears
well
- Wide
variety
of colours
- Good
for
work wear
|
- Shrinks,
creases and fades slightly
- Heavy
fabric
- Doesn't
breath as well as polycotton
|
| STRETCH
POLYCOTTON |
|
- Creases
very badly
- Shrinks
- Fades
quickly
- Doesn't
breathe at all
- Doesn't
wear as well as other fabrics
|
| MICROFIBRE |
- Doesn't
need ironing
- Very
comfortable
- Doesn't
crease at all
|
- Doesn't
breath as well as polycotton
- Limited
colours
- Fairly
expensive
|
|
| Suiting
Fabrics |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| POLYVISCOSE |
- Doesn't
shrink, crease or
fade
- Good
for winter and summer
- Breathes
very nicely
|
|
POLYRAYON
View
colour range |
|
- Will
fade with time
- Slightly creasing
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| POLYWOOL |
- Looks
and feels fantastic
- Excellent
in winter
|
- Doesn't
breath as well as polyrayon
- Very
expensive
|
| MICROFIBRE |
- Doesn't
need ironing
- Very
comfortable
- Doesn't
crease at all
|
- Doesn't
breath as well as polyviscose
- Limited
colours
- Fairly
expensive
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