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13 Muslin: Muslin is a loosely-woven cotton fabric. It’s made using the plain weave.

14 Organza: Organza is a lightweight, sheer, plain-woven fabric that was originally made from silk.
15 Polyester: Polyester is a man-made synthetic fiber created from petrochemicals, like coal and petroleum.
Polyester fabric is characterized by its durable nature.

16 Satin: Satin fabric is characterized by a soft, lustrous surface on one side, with a duller surface on the other
side.
17 Silk: Silk is a natural fiber produced by the silk worm, an insect, as a material for their nests and cocoons. Silk
is known for its shine and softness as a material.
18 Spandex: Also known as Lycra or elastane, Spandex is a synthetic fiber characterized by its extreme elasticity.
Spandex is blended with several types of fibers to add.
19 Suede: Suede is a type of leather made from the underside of the animal skin, giving it a soft surface.
20 Taffeta: Taffeta is a crisp, plain-woven fabric made most often from silk, but it can also be woven with polyester,
nylon, acetate, or other synthetic fibers.
21 Tweed: Tweed is a rough woven fabric usually made from wool. It is an extremely warm, hard-wearing fabric
that is thick and stiff. Wool tweed is often woven using different colored threads to achieve dynamic patterns
and colors, frequently with small squares and vertical lines.
22 Twill: The distinguishing characteristic of the twill weave is a diagonal rib pattern. Twill weaves have a distinct,
often darker colored front side and with a lighter back. Twill fabric has higher thread count.

Fashion illustration

A fashion designer must be a good communicator. The primary three types of illustration are used to communicate
design ideas.
1 Croquis
2 Finished Drawings
3 Flats

Croquis
A quick illustration that depicts the general silhouette, proportions and look of a garment having the drawings in a
rustic form usually in pencil on white paper or in a sketch book without too much detail and used in the conceptual
phase of the design process.(Fig 1)

Fig 1

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