ahh stinky silks....brings back lovely memories of wearing a beautiful silk fiber sweater to jr high, having it rain, then suffering the rest of the day with gaggles of 14 yr olds commenting on the terrible fishy smell in the room. melody Kimiko Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think our dupioni has more sizing or something, cause when I buy it is hangs pretty stiffly similar to taffeta (but definitely not the same), but when washed and pressed it goes limp like nothing.
And taffeta has a nasty chemical smell when washed, and the wrinkles in taffeta never goes away (yeah, I washed it once) even with lots of high steam, but becomes fairly crisp upon drying. I prefer shantung over dupioni, but dupioni is so much easier to find in lots of colors, including metallics. Shantung does seem to be a nicer, finer silk to work with. I also like taffeta, but not so happy with how to work with it. I like working with washed silks that don't stink. Kimiko --- Suzi Clarke wrote: > This may well be so in the U.S. but, like Bjarne, I > have always > understood shantung to be the finer fabric. In > England, most dupion > is not stiff like taffeta, but more inclined to be > floppy. Shantung > is a fabric used for shirts, blouses etc., like a > finer dupion. They > do both ravel like mad though. > > Like I say, that is what I understand to be the U.K. > comparisons. > > Suzi ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
