Help Please
- Thread starter Jan Hand
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themerchantsofvintage
Alumni
Welcome to the forms, Jan.
It's hard to tell what the fibre content is from photos. Here is a link
to our Fabric Resource Guide, Determining Fibre:
http://vintagefashionguild.org/determining-fiber/
Good luck!
It's hard to tell what the fibre content is from photos. Here is a link
to our Fabric Resource Guide, Determining Fibre:
http://vintagefashionguild.org/determining-fiber/
Good luck!
Circa Vintage Clothing
Alumni
Welcome to the forums Jan.
Here's a thread which gives you lots of information about how to get the best results to your queries, eg best to limit one item per thread so we can stay on a single topic.
Like Deborah, I can't tell the fabric composition from your photos but the fact that they both say "Dry clean only" suggest they might be pure wool. To be sure you could do a burn test (there are many online, try google) or my simple test which is to wet the fabric and sniff. Wet wool has a distinctive smell. If you're not sure what it is, wet something you know is pure wool and then something acrylic and ideally, something that is a mix - you'll see what I mean.
Here's a thread which gives you lots of information about how to get the best results to your queries, eg best to limit one item per thread so we can stay on a single topic.
Like Deborah, I can't tell the fabric composition from your photos but the fact that they both say "Dry clean only" suggest they might be pure wool. To be sure you could do a burn test (there are many online, try google) or my simple test which is to wet the fabric and sniff. Wet wool has a distinctive smell. If you're not sure what it is, wet something you know is pure wool and then something acrylic and ideally, something that is a mix - you'll see what I mean.
that is one possibility, but another possibility is that some companies would label "dry clean only" on garments to protect themselves from returns from buyers who had laundered them incorrectly, and ruined them.
for some people, laying a garment flat to dry or hanging something to dry, was just common sense, but many customers (if they didn't see a dry clean only label on something) would toss garments in the wash and in the dryer, and then wonder why something would shrink up.
a burn test, as Nicole suggests, will be your best bet for fiber content.