Coat, suit and upholstery fabric bouclé. Features and characteristics

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

Boucle fabric is definitely the queen among suit and coat fabrics. This material has won the love of millions of fans around the world in less than a century. In many ways, this became possible thanks to the inimitable Coco Chanel. It was she who brought the bouclé to the level of top fabrics, and products from it very quickly moved from the fashion stage to the dressing rooms of such beauties as Audrey Hepburn and Sophia Loren. US First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and even modern ladies from Buckingham Palace are ardent supporters of warm suits, for tailoring which tailors use boucle fabric.

Cozy knots

Boucle is a very recognizable type of material. What is its peculiarity and why this fabric cannot be confused with any other? The fact is that the surface of the material has a non-uniform, rough surface, as if it is covered with a scattering of small knots, which were created during the manufacturing process of the thread, which is called boucle.

Thanks to speci altechnologies on store shelves, there is a huge selection of boucle. The fabric (the description of each type requires a detailed deepening into the subject under consideration), can be both plain and colored, with and without a pattern, have different thickness and porosity. Its appearance and features are highly dependent on how the yarn is made, as well as on the raw materials.

Yarn can be knotted - in this case, the thread is twisted in the production in a special way, the machine turns it into a kind of spool. There is also a split boucle. In this case, a kind of “fluffiness” is given to the material by the edges of the threads, which appear on the surface of the fabric after it is woven. In the second version, the boucle turns out to be less durable than the nodular one, it requires special care and careful operation. Finer types of fabric are woven from twisted thread.

In any case, whatever the manufacturing method, boucle fabric is characterized by a high level of breathability and friability, due to which it warms perfectly in bad weather, which is why it is most often used for sewing demi-season and winter clothes.

From what, how and by whom is it made?

Among inexperienced seamstresses and simple buyers of fabrics, there is an opinion that boucle is an exceptionally coarse coat or suit fabric. But if you seriously ask yourself a question and find out about such material as boucle fabric, what it is and what it happens, you can find out a lot of interesting things.

To create a dense suit or coat fabric, plain weave is used. In the same place wherethere is a need to create a pattern, or if a thin twisted thread is used in the production, a patterned weave of yarn is mainly used.

Boucle can be made from:

• wool;
• cotton;
• silk;
• viscose;
• polyester.

It is quite simple to meet a one-component boucle fabric woven only from wool or cotton, but more and more often manufacturers add synthetic impurities to the main raw material. This is done in order to add practicality to the matter and increase its durability.

Roll fabric is produced in industrial enterprises, on the Russian market you can find Turkish, Italian or Chinese fabric. In addition to woven material, boucle can also be handmade, then it is knitted on knitting needles either by knitting machines according to special patterns or from a ready-made boucle thread.

Main use

Boucle is a fabric, the characteristics of which greatly affect the possibility of its use for certain things. Despite their rich appearance, clothing made from this material is extremely delicate. Fashion designers sew cozy coats and jackets from thickened boucle. At the same time, patterned material is very popular among women, it can be a rather simple pattern created using a multi-colored twisted thread, or a more complex variation with a geometric ornament.

The material has the following features:

• highlooseness level;
• fabric is almost wrinkle-free;
• has good stretch;
• has a clear textured surface.

The beauty of the boucle is that manufacturers offer their customers not only muted and dark tones of the canvas, but also quite bright samples that look even more impressive due to the combination of fibers of two or more contrasting colors.

For tailoring suits, dresses and sundresses, it is customary to use a thin boucle. These are mainly those fabrics that include cotton, silk or especially fine woolen yarn.

Unexpected use

Synthetic types of boucle are not suitable for tailoring or hats, but it is a wonderful material from which curtains and upholstered furniture are made. The composition of such a fabric includes only synthetic components, due to which it is distinguished by its durability.

Thick material is used for upholstery of sofas, armchairs and poufs. In production, the fabric is first woven, and at the second stage it is dyed in the desired color. Boucle fabric for curtains and home textiles is very soft, warm and pleasant to the touch, compared to furniture fabric it is more delicate and thin. Due to the ability to drape well, this material has earned great respect from designers, because it opens up a good scope for imagination.

What you need to know about working with boucle?

Like any fabric, bouclé fabric has a number of pros and cons. The positive features includethat such material is easy to work with. Looseness allows you to hide the flaws of the seamstress, and the fact that the fabric fits beautifully, that it is supple and light, makes it possible to create things with a complex cut.

At the same time, the boucle fabric (the cut photo is above in the article) is very loose. To avoid the unpleasant consequences of this feature of the material, the edges of the parts must be processed immediately after cutting, in addition, things from boucle need to be hemmed with a lining.

Features of care

And finally, a few tips for owners of a coat or jacket made of a beautiful fabric called boucle. The beautiful volumetric texture of the material is, of course, its great advantage, but several pitfalls are hidden behind it. So, boucle products need careful cleaning. It is best to entrust this matter to professionals, at home it is permissible to walk on the surface of the product with a dry brush, otherwise you risk crushing the pile.

For the same reason, you can not iron clothes, especially on the front side, smooth out wrinkles and irregularities, and also refresh the surface, it would be wiser to use a steam generator. Another boucle scourge is puffs. They remain on clothes after resting on a park bench and traveling in crowded public transport, even wearing massive jewelry can ruin a sleeve or collar, forming a sloppy loop on it. Therefore, stylists recommend carefully choosing accessories for clothes made of bouclé fabric and wearing it with extreme care.