You’ve probably looked at the tags on your clothes or bedding and tried to make sense of what it all means. These tags have a long list of terms and pictures that may look familiar but also ...

Not all polymers are good for making fabric, though. The polymers that are the building blocks of fabrics are special because they clump together to form long fibers. For thousands of years, people ...

New technologies and treatments are keeping cotton at the forefront of functionality, all the while maintaining its ...

Notice the strings that are woven or knitted together to make the fabric. These strings are called yarns. Each yarn is made of many fibers twisted together. Each fiber is made of very long molecules ...

In worsted wool, a classic choice for men’s suiting, longer lengths, or staples, of the fiber are finished to be straighter ...