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The best fabrics for summer dresses

29 January 2024

Choosing fabrics for summer dresses

Summer is not only a time of vacations, bright colors and a sea of positive emotions, but also very hot weather, so summer clothes should not hinder your movements, be comfortable, but also beautiful. The materials used by designers in their work play an important role in this case.

Usually, the choice of style for a summer dress depends on the features of the figure, but the fabric for a summer dress should have certain hygienic properties: absorb moisture and allow the body to breathe. Natural fabrics for summer dresses can boast of all this, but they have their drawbacks, such as high cost, impracticality, and fragility, so the textile industry often uses blended fabrics - 5 to 20% polyester or elastane is added to natural fabrics, which makes the fabric stronger, more durable, and stretches well.

Speaking of natural fabrics, you can buy fabric for a summer dress from the following materials:

cotton is a great option for sewing sundresses and office clothes, because the products are light and comfortable, which is extremely important for summer. It is a fabric of different density, so it is divided into the following types: satin, flannel, cambric, chintz, calico, denim;
silk - has an incomparable look and unique properties, in particular, it absorbs moisture well, is pleasant to the body, and dries quickly. Summer silk dresses perfectly outline the figure, have a festive look and flow seductively while walking;
chiffon is a lightweight translucent fabric that is best suited for summer holiday dresses;
linen is one of the oldest materials, but the process of obtaining the fabric is very laborious, so linen clothes are expensive, but they are worth it because of their excellent properties.

Pictured multi chiffon 2000000315997 and multi chiffon 2000000317700