Poodle cloth is very loopy, curly surfaced fabric made to resemble the coat of a poodle. It may be woven or knitted, and the best is made of wool and mohair but it may be of other fibers.
Uses: Coats, suits, sweaters
See also:
Astrakhan
Bouclé
Last week we talked about chinchilla cloth, a fabric which has absolutely nothing to do with cute little furry chinchillas. By contrast, poodle cloth has everything to do with poodles—the way their coats look, thick with tight curls.
From a skirt suit sold by 1860-1960
Lilli Ann ad from 1952 featuring a poodle cloth suit
A Vogue Ginny doll from c.1952 wearing a pink poodle cloth coat and hat
Poodle cloth's heyday was the early 1950s, centered around 1952.
This is newspapers.com's timeline of mentions of poodle cloth.
Poodle cloth can easily be mistaken for faux astrakhan (persian lamb) and even sometimes bouclé. I'm running behind today, but I'll take those back up soon.
1952 again!
Any thoughts? Cute pictures of poodles?
Uses: Coats, suits, sweaters
See also:
Astrakhan
Bouclé
Last week we talked about chinchilla cloth, a fabric which has absolutely nothing to do with cute little furry chinchillas. By contrast, poodle cloth has everything to do with poodles—the way their coats look, thick with tight curls.
From a skirt suit sold by 1860-1960
Lilli Ann ad from 1952 featuring a poodle cloth suit
A Vogue Ginny doll from c.1952 wearing a pink poodle cloth coat and hat
Poodle cloth's heyday was the early 1950s, centered around 1952.
This is newspapers.com's timeline of mentions of poodle cloth.
Poodle cloth can easily be mistaken for faux astrakhan (persian lamb) and even sometimes bouclé. I'm running behind today, but I'll take those back up soon.
1952 again!
Any thoughts? Cute pictures of poodles?