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2. Denim - Wikipedia

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   Denim fabric dyed with indigo Denim fabric dyed with indigo and black dyes and made into a shirt. Denim is a sturdy cotton warp-faced [1] textile in which the weft passes under two or more warp threads. This twill weave produces a diagonal ribbing that distinguishes it from cotton duck. Denim, as it is recognized today, was first produced in ...

3. Dungaree (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Although dungaree now also refers to denim, [6] it is unclear whether traditional dungaree was a precursor to denim. In the late 17th century, most dungaree produced was either washed and bleached, or dyed after weaving. [1] Denim refers to cotton twill which may be warp dyed, undyed, or dyed after weaving. Denim may be 2x1 or 3x1 twill. [7]

4. Units of textile measurement - Wikipedia

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   Textile fibers, threads, yarns and fabrics are measured in a multiplicity of units.. A fiber, a single filament of natural material, such as cotton, linen or wool, or artificial material such as nylon, polyester, metal or mineral fiber, or human-made cellulosic fibre like viscose, Modal, Lyocell or other rayon fiber is measured in terms of linear mass density, the weight of a given length of ...

5. J.L.Stifel and Sons - Wikipedia

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   J.L.Stifel & Sons was an American textile and jeans manufacturing brand which was prominent from 1835 to 1956 and a precursor in indigo-dyed cotton calicos.Smoother than canvas or denim but very resistant, calico earned success in work wear clothing.

6. Ounce - Wikipedia

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   Ounces are also used to express the "weight", or more accurately the areal density, of a textile fabric in North America, Asia, or the UK, as in "16 oz denim". The number refers to the weight in ounces of a given amount of fabric, either a yard of a given width, or a square yard, where the depth of the fabric is a fabric-specific constant. [18]

7. Jeans - Wikipedia

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   A pair of jeans Microscopic image of faded fabric. Jeans are a type of trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "jeans" refers to a particular style of trousers, called "blue jeans", with the addition of copper pocket rivets added by Jacob W. Davis in 1871 [1] and patented by Davis and Levi Strauss on May 20, 1873.