There would be bagging and sagging at the seat, knees & elbows of the garment.

You would never find mens suits made out of 100% wool as the woollen fibre is not strong enough. Wool is not really very strong as this article states – in fact it is the weakest of the natural fibres. Linen is expensive & wrinkles badly (needs ironing). That is why in Australia there is very strict labelling of childrens’ nightwear so people are aware of the dangers of this type of fibre/fabric combination. For example, fabrics made of cotton are very flammable, even more so when woven fabrics made of cotton are brushed (eg: flannelette) of are flowing in design. ** No disadvantages are given of the fabrics mentioned.

Nowhere is this clarification between fibres & fabrics made. There are many other construction methods used for making industrial use fabrics. Fabrics are made through either weaving, knitting, matting fibres together. Fabrics result from the combining of the fibres. Wool fibres can be matted or felted together to form fabrics (eg: like felts used for the walls of yurts). Fibres most often have to be SPUN together in yarns before they can be made into fabrics. Fibres are the building blocks of all fabrics & classified into 3 groups (natural – eg: cotton, wool, silk, linen, jute, hemp etc) man-made or synthetic (eg:nylon, polyester, acrylic, rayon, acetate etc) and mineral (eg asbestos & fibreglass). * Students need to know that there is a difference between FIBRES (Australian spelling) and FABRICS. Here are just a few of the questionable items. For a ‘School of Textiles’, some of the information outlined in this article is inaccurate & would be very confusing for students.

Textures for art brocade