Re: Acrylic is NOT a high end material.....

NYCLatinaMe · ‎01-14-2017

@ROMARY wrote:
I don't know for sure........but I have a feeling that some (maybe even many) high-end, fairly expensive items are made of polyester and other man-made fabrics/yarns.

I'm not a high-end person, so I'm out here, just thinking.

I agree that I also think many high end items are made out of polyester. Polyester can be finished to look good, takes color very well, and most important to me, the item will retain its good looks while it is worn. That makes it a good material to make clothes out of, including high end clothes. I own lots of polyester, some better quality than other, and it all serves its purpose. But that does not make it a high end material. Cotton is natural and breathable, IMO the most comfortable material to wear. But I don't know f it is used in high end fashions. IMO, cotton is not a high end material. But it can feel so nice against the body!

NYCLatinaMe · ‎01-14-2017

@Foxxee wrote:
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IMO, wool has special characteristics that nothing else can beat. A natural fabric obtained from animals, it's going to be more expensive, most likely the reason it's called high end. It's also a favorite fabric of expensive designers.
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I have never heard of wool as "high end". It is durable and warm. Also itchy.

Whosits · ‎05-19-2014

Wool is high end. It breathes, it is warm, but not suffocating. It lasts forever. It does not carry static electricity as much as synthetic fabrics do, if at all. And it need not be itchy. Depends on how it is processed. Merino wool is soft and not at all itchy. Anyway, most wool things are made to wear something under them, so the wool is not on your skin

Whosits · ‎05-19-2014

It's sad that high end fabrics are expensive. Sad, because they are warmer, cooler, (depending), wear well and look better. QVC seems to be great at cheapening things down, hence the acrylics, the polyester, the spandex. That's partly the customer's fault because they do not want to pay for quality so they start complaining how expensive something is.

depglass · ‎03-10-2010

Does anyone remember moths? Those nasty things that go after wool? And worse yet, moth balls? Hideous smell, enough to get me off wool for life.

NYCLatinaMe · ‎01-14-2017

Maybe QVC does read the posts. I had Isaac on this evening and he was featuring a couple of pima cotton tops (a crew neck tunic and a turtleneck) and the frst ti e presented them he stated someting like "I am so proud of this, I read in the textile dictionary that pima cotton is a high end material..." And he repeated what a high end material it was several times. I have bought some of Isaac's pima cotton and it does have a nice, silky hand, but I found the material too bulky and stiff for my taste, and I don't wear the top much. So I was curious about what the dictionary said and loked it up.

From the online textile dictionary:

"Cotton - A unicellular, natural fiber that grows in the seed pod of the cotton plant. Fibers are typically 1/2 inch to 2 inches long. The longest staple fibers, longer than 1 1/2 inch, including the Pima and Egyptian varieties, produce the highest quality cotton fabrics."

https://www.fabriclink.com/Dictionaries/Textile.cfm#C

A pima cotton website states that it is "a premium fabric that is both luxuriously soft and incredibly strong."

I guess Isaac can call it "high end", but it would be more accurate to say high quality, which is a nice thing to say too.

As long as I was in the textile dictionary, I went ahead and looked up acrylic, wool and polyester:

"Acrylic - A manufactured fiber derived from polyacrylonitrile. Its major properties include a soft, wool-like hand, machine washable and dryable, excellent color retention. Solution-dyed versions have excellent resistance to sunlight and chlorine degradation."

"Wool - Usually associated with fiber or fabric made from the fleece of sheep or lamb. However, the term "wool" can also apply to all animal hair fibers, including the hair of the Cashmere or Angora goat or the specialty hair fibers of the camel, alpaca, llama, or vicuna. Commonly used in slacks and outerwear."

"Polyester - A manufactured fiber introduced in the early 1950s, and is the most commonly used manufactured fiber worldwide. The fiber-forming substance in polyester is any longchain, synthetic polymer composed of at least 85% by weight of an ester of dihydric alcohol and terephthalic acid. Polyester has high strength (although somewhat lower than nylon), excellent resiliency, has high abrasion resistance, and resists shrinking, stretching and wrinkles. Polyester's low absorbency allows the fiber to dry quickly. Polyester fabrics are used in apparel and home furnishings (i.e. bedspreads, bedsheets, draperies and curtains). Industrial polyesters are used in ropes, tire reinforcements, safety belts, and plastics. Polyester fiberfill is used as stuffing in cushions, comforters, and pillows."

Just sharing.

aroc3435 · ‎09-30-2010

@NYCLatinaMe Thank you for sharing that interesting information. I love wearing cotton, wool, angora, and linen, though, of course, I do have polyester, acrylic, and nylon in my wardrobe.

aroc3435

Washington, DC