In February will be held in Moscowthe ninth edition of Textile Salon, the International Exhibition of Textiles and Accessories for the Production of Clothing.
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Retro Fabric: to create colorful costumes with vintage allure
The retro fabric, available on our website, is made of polyester, bright colors and prints of different patterns that evoke past eras: extremely versatile, in fact, lends itself to many possibilities of use, especially to create beautiful Carnival costumes.
The term “retrò” refers to the “old style” and, specifically, to styles ranging from the twenties to the eighties of the twentieth century. The wider connotation of the retrò style, however, comes to a return to fashion, the timeless one, made of unique pieces and iconic details.
The retro fabric made of polyester recalls the bold and colorful chintz of the ’40s and ’50s, the amazing psychedelic swirls of the ’60s and ’70s and the neon colors typical of the ’80s.
For this reason, the term retr is often associated with the term vintage: in fact, both are used interchangeably. 300 / 2000 à é è ì î ó ò ù Vintage, in fact, refers to objects that actually go back to a certain period of time, while retro refers to the elements associated with the ethics of design of a certain period, regardless of whether they were actually produced during that period.
The retrò fabric is therefore at the center of a wider aesthetic and follows the popularity of nostalgia, in which houses and fashion receive a vintage treatment so as to seem transported in previous decades.
Retrò fabrics: fancy prints and bright colors to make perfect costumes
Timeless black and white, geometric shapes, pink tones with bright references ranging from fluo yellow to deep blue: these are just some of the elements that dominate theretro-style fabrics, meticulously selected by the company Manifattura Foderami Cimmino.
These special fabrics can be used both to furnish your home with a style that leads us directly back in time, and to realize some of the main masks of Carnival, those that characterize the different Italian regional traditions.
The retro fabric lends itself to various uses, including scenographic ones: a triumph of colors to be declined in the field of clothing and furniture, events and costume design!
Discover now the retro fabric on Manifattura Foderami Cimmino!
Gabardine fabric: what is it and how to use it?
The gabardine or gabardina fabric is a real jewel of the textile industry. A fabric that stands out for its particular beauty, both in its initial and raw version and in the final stage of processing, when the textile element is transformed into a garment made in detail.
Manifattura Foderami Cimmino leads us to the discovery of the gabardine fabric, refined and versatile, and explains the many possible uses for this renowned fabric!
Gabardine: refined, compact and very resistant fabric
The gabardine fabric responds to the request of a garment suitable for mid-seasons, with soft colors and extremely elegant appearance. From a purely technical point of view it is defined as a medium-weight combed yarn and a dry hand in solid colour, with batavia armour and dominant warp. Relatively waterproof to air and water, it appears very closed and compact, crossed by an original diagonal stripe. A quality gabardine fabric is recognized for its thin ribs.
There are two types of gabardine, that of combed wool, or cotton gabardine fabric. Both the wool and cotton gabardine looks like a very elegant and very resistant fabric: thanks to its compactness it is used in the field of quality tailoring for the creation of tailored clothes for men and women with clean and simple lines, trousers, jackets, work uniforms, coats and trenches.
History of Gabardine fabric: from the Renaissance to the invention of Burberry
Where does gabardine tissue originate from? The medieval gabardine was a wide and long garment that was usually used over trousers and shirt, as further protection from the cold and tied around the waist. During the Renaissance in France gabardine was the name given to a popular wool cloak, derived from the Spanish word “gabardina” which indicated the tunic of the workers. So the term went on to indicate the resistant and warm fabric with which overcoats and overalls were made at that time.
Thomas Burberry, founder of the Burberry fashion house in Basingstoke, patented it in 1888. To create this new material, Burberry studied the dense texture of combed wool, smooth on the one hand, with finishing processes such as trimming and pressing, and characterized by ribbed fabric on the other side.
Breathable and waterproof, thecotton gabardine fabrichas presented itself as a revolution to create specific clothing elements against the elements, such as the famous trench coat in cotton gabardine and other fiber mixes, made famous by the likes of Humphrey Bogart. In gabardine is also made “Eisenhower jacket” a jacket model launched in the sixties, which ends just below the waist, with four pockets, pointed neck and high buttoning, which takes its name from the military jacket that was used to wear the famous general.
Gabardine, summer or winter fabric?
Depending on the fibers with which the gabardine fabric is made, the garments can be suitable for the coldest or the least rigid period of the year. Of this fabric it is generally said that it is perfect for the middle seasons, that is able to meet the style needs of those days from the uncertain weather and temperature. A soft, well-draped and well-ventilated material that does not deform when wet and resistant to wear, characteristics that make it suitable to be exposed to high percentages of humidity.
How to treat garments in gabardine? To wash and stain this fabric you can set a gentle cycle on the washing machine, but in the case of mixtures of gabardine with combed wool it is better to rely on dry cleaning to avoid shrinkage of the fabric. For the ironing phase, instead, we set the temperature of the iron on a low value, taking care not to press too much to not spoil the fabric.
Gabardine Cuoco
This cotton fabric with twill weave, is dyed in yarn with black and white pie de poule design. It is mainly used in the field of clothing and, more specifically, in the field of work uniforms, to make durable and versatile garments such as professional clothing for chef trousers.
Gabardine Lodi
A cotton fabric characterized by the soft hand: this gabardine fabric is perfect for making garments thanks to the excellent dimensional stability given by the process of sanitization to which it has been subjected. It is mainly used in the medical field.
Gabardine Astor
We find all the characteristics of strength and quality typical of gabardine in this version of combed yarn in solid color with soft hand. The color is solid thanks to the use of reactive dyes and the process of sanitizing ensures the dimensional stability of the fabric.
How to choose the most suitable gabardine fabric for the purpose you intend to achieve? Enter the world ofCimmino Lining Manufacture and let yourself be advised about the fabrics and materials that best meet your needs. A team of experts is ready to guide you through the different features that make the selected products unique.
What is the cady fabric? Characteristics and uses
Among the many fabrics used for women’s clothing stands out the cady, with its melodious name and refined appearance. Today Manufacture Lining Cimmino leads us to the discovery of cady fabric, particularly suitable for the realization of magnificent wedding dresses.
The name of this fabric comes from the city of Cadiz in Spain, the place from which its origins derive. The cady is a double-faced fabric consisting of a double warp with a high density of threads, while the weft is presented in combed frizz with several garments. On the one hand it appears rough and rough, on the other shiny and uniform.
The cady has always been used in the field of clothing, but in ancient times it was used mainly in the religious field to tunics and vestmentsthat were to appear as sacred vestments and of some importance, but was also widely used to make large palandrane with long sleeves, lined with fur, which were worn as cloaks of the richest people, belonging to the social classes of the nobility and the upper bourgeoisie.
Types of cady fabric
The cady fabric is available in different types: you can find the cady canvas or the cady satin, the cady wool or the cady silk, the cady cotton or the cady raion viscose. The silk cady is the most valuable and is used especially for evening dresses. It is particularly loved for its perfect fall and is presented in various weights and shades of color: in the variant white or ivory is used to make wedding dresses, while in the black version it represents the starting point for the creation of sheaths from the sliding line. In its infinite shades is the favorite fabric for the realization of draped dresses, with drip necklines and special cuts.
Cady fabric: what is it used for?
The cady is among the precious fabrics chosen for wedding dresses, in particular for the simple and essential models, such as the one worn by Meghan Markle. The wife of Prince Harry has opted for a minimal wedding dress characterized by the elegant boat neckline and three-quarter sleeves made of double-link silk cady: the fabric “shiny opaque” has managed to enhance the shade of pure white much desired by the protagonist of the wedding.
The biased cut gives the cady fabric for wedding dress a special elasticity, creating a snug effect that is much loved by brides who have chosen a simple ceremony, but chic, and they do not want to give up a touch of sensuality on the most important day of their life.
The cady fabric is also used to give shape to formal dresses, elegant and refined, designed for different occasions and special events to attend. This kind of clothes is asked for the maximum fit, an embrace of comfort and aesthetics: the movements must be fluid and precious details, to give back the image of value that you expect from a dress chosen for a special evening.
Making clothes using the cady is not an easy thing: it is a recommended fabric for expert seamstresses, because it is very slippery and tends to move while sewing, for which you use needle and thin thread.
You have to be very careful about the length and tension of the stitches: if the stitches are not adjusted exactly the fabric tends to curl and not respect the desired shape.
Being a particularly delicate fabric for washing it is good to read carefully the label that accompanies it: it is preferable dry cleaning or a specific program for delicate garments. The time of ironing is also to be considered, as steam tends to curl this type of fabric.
Crepe Cady Atena Fabric
Within the wide range of fabrics for formal dresses selected by Manifattura Foderami Cimmino stands out the fabric Crepe Cady Atena, a light and elastic material, declined in numerous trendy shades of color. It is used to make elegant pieces of clothing and entire ceremonial clothes to show off on occasions where maximum refinement is required.
The Cady Athena fits within the family of fabrics that take the generic name of crêpe fabrics: they are different fabrics in composition and weight, united by the rippled, grainy and wavy look.
The crepe fabric Zaira, for example, is lightweight, particularly suitable for making blouses and blouses, dresses and skirts, wide trousers, wedding and ceremony gowns. The Scuba Crepe Stretch fabric, however, is a soft and durable elastane polyester fabric, used in the field of casual and sports clothing.
Manifattura Foderami Cimmino is a guarantee of high quality and variety: the fabrics in the catalogue can be used in various fields, from furniture to clothing, through packaging and hobbies: discover the best Cimmino fabrics for wedding dresses, such as the Cady fabric, an elegant and versatile material, ready to be transformed into the most suitable dress for a great day!
Relaunch of the textile and fashion sector: Made in Italy is finally recovering
After the crisis of recent years which has also seen a fall in the turnover of the textile sector, the latter is finally preparing to restart and recover ground.
Made in Italy is no longer threatened, despite the prices of raw materials and the vertiginous increase in the cost of energy. These two factors, in fact, are redesigning the priorities of the manufacturing industries, which face the increases that affect heavily within the supply chain.
The future of the Italian textile and fashion industry was analyzed at the annual meeting of SMI (Sistema Moda Italia – Federazione Tessile e Moda), headed by the new president Sergio Tamboriniappointed on September 29.
SMI believes that, through an investment policy to be launched in a timely manner, it is possible to preserve and relaunch the supply chain. The association has thus elaborated a strategy based on three plans of participation, with total investments for approximately 8 billion euros: emergency participations, strategic participations of medium period, strategic participations of along period.
The main focus of the Tamborini programme is the increasingly topical theme of sustainability, conceived in synergy with the principles of the circular economy to be applied also in the fashion sector. Along with environmental sustainability, crucial for the relaunch of the sector, there is the need to implement new technologies. The latter must be accompanied by increasingly specific and avant-garde skills: in this way, it is consumed less respecting even those that are the needs of fashion, which always needs novelty.
In this regard, Europe and the European Commission have defined an instrument, the PEF, which measures the environmental impact of companies and then directs them towards new forms of circularity increasingly evolved and less impacting on the environment.
Manifattura Foderami Cimmino: ethics of recycling and eco-sustainable fabrics
Since fashion and the world of furniture are increasingly heading towards a turning point of an eco-sustainable type, Cimmino also presents its catalogue of biological and recycled fabrics, produced from the cellulose of trees or from waste from other production chains.
Fashion based on the minimum impact and on the model of the circular economy provides for the reuse of waste, eliminating only the bare necessities: it is precisely from therecycling of plastic and waste fibres that some of the Cimmino fabrics, ambassadors of the Made in Italy in the world are born. The eco-sustainable Cimmino fabrics are an indication of extreme quality, being carefully processed in detail, and in addition they are eco-friendly, as they are oriented to the environment, work and animal rights.
Discover now which Cimmino eco-sustainable fabrics are ready to make a difference!
Contemporary Gobelin fabric: between history and modernity
The Gobelin Contemporaryis a type of fabric made with a Jacquard frame, with different navets for the texture and different colors that, combined with each other, produce complex and articulated designs, with possible effects in relief.
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This meticulously studied fabric imitates hand-made tapestries and its name is inspired by an ancient French factory: the Manufacture of the Gobelins, which in the seventeenth century was active in Paris in the production of tapestries.
The elaborate and detailed structure makes the material particularly whimsical, rigid and wear-resistant.
Usually, the Gobelin fabricis used for heavy clothing (especially for vintage clothes or for jackets) and to make various accessories, such as bags, through the furnishings or products for animals. But what is the story behind this fabric? Let’s discover it together!
History of Gobelin fabric: from the royal family to different types
As early as the 15th century, the Gobelins family, originally from Reims, specialized in the production of red dye that was made from cochineal. In 1662, Louis XIV purchased the family’s buildings to start a production of luxury objects and furnishings for the French nobility and royal family, especially tapestries. Production ended with the Revolution. The Bourbons reopened the workshops during the Restoration for the realization of carpets, then merging it with another manufacture.
At the time of Louis XIV, the Gobelin was an unattainable fabric for modest people, in fact it cost so much depending on quality and size, from 50,000 to 200,000 francs.
How Gobelin fabric is used
The yarn that is used to make the Gobelin fabric is made of cotton, of different sizes, which can be thinner or more robust. Characterized by designs such as flowers, fruits, animals or landscapes, the fabric in question recalls a typically retro taste, accentuated by damped tones and patterns that are repeated.
The Gobelin fabric, in addition to being used in the production of clothes, accessories and objects, is widely used in upholstery, to cover sofas, armchairs and pillows, or in the production of bags and suitcases.
Granny fabric with fringe: the big trend “crochet tile”
When we talk about Granny Square, we mean the typical tile made in crochet by grandmothers, in cotton or wool, to make blankets, shawls and other garments. It’s one of the first crochet processes you learn because it’s simple to make and quite versatile: you can also create crochet bags, pillows, clothes and accessories.
The fringe manufacture embellishes this fabric to be able to package all the products that require it.
These are very colorful and showy creations, just because the grandmothers made them using leftover yarn, and now they are also returning to fashion: in summer, thanks to the large and colorful beach bags made with cotton yarn, and in winter to show off soft sweaters and blankets for a vintage style. More generally, all crochet creations are on trend: from tops to caps, from dresses to fabric earrings. Even celebrities, this year, have not resisted the fashion of the moment: characters like Chiara Ferragni and Cristina Parodi have shown off on social media their crochet garments.
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Granny fabric technique and tradition
Colorful, cheerful and funny, crochet clothes are simple to match because you just have to add a basic garment: you can match the crochet top with a jeans or a neutral pant, maybe in winter with a cardigan that recalls one of the main colors, or the crochet skirt with a t-shirt or monochrome top. But when was this technique born and how did it develop over time? But when was this technique born and how did it develop over time?
The technique of crochetwas already used in 1700 for the processing of blankets, but became famous especially in the 70s when it was used to create clothing and accessories, perfectly in line with the free and colorful style of the “children of flowers”. There are countless types ofGranny Square tiles, from the simplest to the most articulated: you start from the chain processing to create different motifs and designs each time.
Madapolam Butterfly cotton: fabric for matching bed linen
Madapolamolam is the name of a cotton fabric from India, precisely from the homonymous village near Narasapur, where the East India Company owned a factory that produced this type of fabric. England later specialized in its production.
The material is soft and light, mainly used for making bed linen sets or for personal use, but also to embroider handkerchiefs or as a base for printed fabrics, usually used in shades of white or pastel, like light blue and light pink.
The cotton canvas was made with fine and precious yarns and then whitened, using the weave typical of linen. The same texture and warp makes the fabric suitable to absorb liquids such as ink and paint.
Now, Madapolam fabrics are made everywhere, even dyed and slightly heavier: Italy, for example, is a major producer, especially as regards export.
Scopri il nuovo tessuto Manifattura Foderami Cimmino, il cotone Madapolam Butterfly!
Perché scegliere il cotone per la biancheria da letto
The best choice for sheets for your own bed falls on natural fibers, such as cotton, linen and hemp, as these absorb excess moisture and release it in small doses into the atmosphere, helping to keep your body dry, especially on the hottest and sultry days
Cotton is obtained from mature plant capsules and is composed of 95% cellulose.
It is light, soft to the touch and able to absorb sweat for good. In addition, it is not irritating to the skin and is very resistant to washing at high temperatures, which help to eliminate microorganisms responsible for skin infections and allergies. Synthetic fibres, on the other hand, accumulate moisture and make sleep less comfortable.
The same applies not only to sheets but also to pillow cases.
As for the plots, a great classic of bed linen for the bedroom are the printed sheets with flowers or delicate patterns, to ensure a romantic and relaxing atmosphere.
Cimmino fabrics: among the protagonists of the next edition of International Textile Fair
The Fast Textile International Textile Fair is the most important textile industry fair in Poland.
Born in response to the market demand for events dedicated to this sector, it quickly became the largest trade fair of its kind in Central Europe. During the exhibition, which will be held from December 1 to December 3, 2021 in Warsaw, hundreds of companies from different countries around the world will present their brands and products. Among these, there will also be the best fabrics made in Italy by Manifattura Foderami Cimmino: a leading company in the distribution of high quality fabrics and materials.
Christmas, countdown: discover the fabrics for the holidays
The most awaited period of the year is the one that includes the Christmas holidays: the countdown begins to decorate the house with all the Christmas-themed fabrics, available in numerous types and variations of fantasy and color.
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