topic Re: Rayon Content in Fashion

Rayon Content

Carolina925 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 12:19:25 GMT

Was wondering how the "new" fabric in D&Co would wear: rayon/cotton/spandex. Their cotton/spandex is my favorite fabric, covers my lumps and bumps well. This presentation of A675634 answers my questions about putting rayon in their shirts. If this new addition of rayon continues, guess I'll be buying my shirts elsewhere.

Re: Rayon Content

kze — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 13:12:46 GMT

I wonder if she's in a smaller size than she normally wears?

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millieshops — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:51:30 GMT

@Carolina925 I have a whole stack of tops from Chico's that are rayon, cotton, and spandex. They are not new, but they haven't pilled or faded. Some of mine seem outdated more by the colors and prints I loved when I bought them years ago, but then I remember a friend told me once that no one cares except a daughter if women over seventy wear outdated clothes! I'm more than a decade past 70 - and wore one of those outdated tops early this morning.

I still like the colors, so I'm making my closet an in-house thrift shop. I know I want to wear more current styles sometimes, but feel no need to buy a whole closet full of new.

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goldensrbest — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:19:10 GMT

I have actually started to like rayon content in clothes,not poly though.

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Kachina624 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:07:41 GMT

Rayon would have nothing to do with "wear". Do you really wear clothes out?

It does make them feel softer. Tonii is very busy and that shirt looks too small on her.

The thing I'd worry about is wrinkling, especially in the laundry. However, there are new finishes on Rayon so it doesn't always behave like it used to.

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Bookplate — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:47:13 GMT

Rayon always used to start wrinkling as soon as you (or, at least, I!) hung it in the closet, but as @Kachina624 says, there are now treatments that have mitigated this somewhat.

Re: Rayon Content

Carolina925 — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:35:42 GMT

@Kachina624 , I just used the wrong term, I suppose. I meant how it would fit the body. I don't think I've ever had anything actually wear out. I had a rayon top once that was so nice and soft but I had to iron it before each wearing. It wasn't as difficult to iron as cotton but I'm not a fan of ironing at all. Wondered if I'd have to iron the tee shirts in this fabric. I'm going to stay on the fence since it's easy to find cotton/spandex clothes outside of QVC.