Choosing Fabric for Tailor Made Suits
With a new year comes yet more events to fill the calendar. To ensure you look and feel your absolute best during social outings, you should consider investing in a beautiful new tailor made suit. With a wealth of experience producing high quality tailor made suits, here at Redwood and Feller we have a passion for high quality tailoring and are confident that we can produce the ideal corporate or casual suit wear. Perhaps the most important aspect to consider when looking for your new suit is which fabric to choose. Allow us to guide you through the various suit fabrics available on the market and the benefits and disadvantages of each.
Fabric Grading
Materials are distinguished by their grading with higher quality materials having higher numbers, generally 120+. The higher graded the fabric, the finer the material’s fibres. For a tight weave more material is required, hence higher quality fabrics are more expensive.
Fabrics that are commonly used in the tailoring of suits include:
Wool
Worsted wool is widely considered the finest suit material around. The wool is spun tightly to give it a strong and smoother feel. This durable material wears well and is generally ideal for wear all year round. Wool suit fabric is available in light or heavy depending on the weave but it is generally considered mid-weight.
Cotton
Cotton is one of the most commonly used fabrics for suit tailoring. As a fabric it generally provides ventilation and thus it ‘breathes’ well – making it ideal for summer wear. However, it is known to crease easily.
Polyester
Polyester is a synthetic material that should be avoided as a choice of suit fabric. The material traps body heat, making it very uncomfortable to wear after just a short time.
Microfiber
Similar to polyester, Microfiber is a synthetic material that provides an affordable solution. Whilst it provides more ventilation due to its fine fibres, the material tends to be of a lower quality.
We hope that our advice helps you when choosing a tailor made suit to wear on all manner of special occasions Birmingham or anywhere else. To discuss tailor made suits with our team of specialists, don’t hesitate to visit us here at Redwood and Feller today.
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