10 Types of Fabric with Pictures
Finding the right fabric isn’t just about its name; the way it looks, drapes and reflects light all contribute to how you’ll use it. Visual recognition is critical when either designing various styles of clothing or sourcing high-end upholstery. Below is a list of ten fabric categories to give you ideas for your next collection.
10 Types of Fabric with Pictures
Corduroys
Organic Corduroy is an exquisite textile defined by its stunningly parallel ridged texture, called ‘wales’. The raised tufts on this great textile lend it superb depth and an unbelievably velvety sheen. At Symphony Fabrics, we don’t just make Corduroy: we elevate corduroy. We are the world‘s expert and number–one manufacturer of corduroy. Our production facilities consistently produce the highest–quality corduroy in the world.
The Symphony Fabrics Advantage:
Completely AZO-Free: Only AZO-free dyes are used. Fluorine, bromine, and dangerous AZO chemicals are completely absent from our premium formulas. This ensures that our smooth corduroy is environmentally friendly, hypoallergenic, and completely safe to wear on the skin.
GOTS Certified: Since our fabric is organic, we are pleased to adhere to the
Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS),
which guarantees that every link in our supply chain satisfies
the most stringent global requirements for ethical
production and organic fiber harvesting.
100% Biodegradable: Woven from natural organic fibers, our corduroy is fully biodegradable, aligning with the highest standards of circular, slow fashion.
Regulatory Compliance: All international commerce,
safety, and environmental requirements are rigorously
followed by our facilities and completed textiles.
Color Fastness: Corduroy is prone to fading when piece-dyed, but our exclusive yarn-dyeing process ensures exceptional color retention, maintaining a strict fastness rating of 4 for lighter colors and 3 for darker colors.
Strength & Durability: Engineered with a dense, woven base layer beneath the plush pile, our corduroy boasts exceptional Bursting Strength and Tearing Strength, ensuring the wales do not easily rub away or degrade over time.
Dimensional Stability: Despite its heavy-duty texture, shrinkage is strictly controlled at a standard 4–5%, ensuring reliable garment construction and sizing.
Flammability: Achieves a 45° degree Pass, meeting stringent global safety regulations for premium apparel and outerwear.
Breathability & Moisture Management: While providing excellent insulation and warmth through its raised tufts, the organic woven cotton base ensures the fabric remains breathable and comfortable.
When expertly woven to surpass the highest standards of luxury, Organic Corduroy is the ultimate visually stunning material choice for custom–made winter jackets and tailored trousers.
Linen Fabric
Symphony Fabrics: Exclusive Woven & Yarn-Dyed Linen
The natural, graceful texture of European linen sets it apart visually. The “slow fashion” movement is well embodied by its clean, clear look. When you look at our linen, you perceive a fabric with an exquisitely organic, breathable aspect that effortlessly conveys high-end resort elegance.
Symphony Fabrics is a true expert in linen fabric, being the world’s top producer. Our concentration remains unwavering; we are solely focused on woven, yarn-dyed linen. We incorporate patterns into the fabric’s architecture by thoroughly coloring each flax thread before the weaving process even starts. Unmatched color depth, structural integrity, and richer, multidimensional hues that are just impossible to duplicate with simple printing or piece-dyeing techniques are guaranteed by this particular concentration.
Technical Specifications & Quality Standards
Completely AZO-Free: Only AZO-free dyes are used. Fluorine, bromine, and dangerous AZO chemicals are completely absent from our formulas. This unwavering standard ensures that our textiles are eco-friendly, hypoallergenic, and completely safe for delicate skin.
100% Biodegradable: Embracing the genuine essence of slow fashion, our pure woven linen has no negative impact at the end of its lifecycle.
Regulatory Compliance: Our procedures carefully follow all global international commerce, safety, and environmental requirements.
Color Fastness: Because we only employ quality yarn-dyeing procedures, our textiles have a long-lasting color fastness grade of 4 for lighter colors and 3 for darker hues.
Strength and Durability: Our fabric, woven from superior flax, has outstanding bursting and tearing strength, ensuring clothes retain their integrity after decades of usage.
Dimensional Stability: Shrinkage is rigorously controlled at 4-5%, resulting in consistent sizing and a clean drape.
Flammability: Achieves a 45° degree Pass, meeting the demanding safety requirements for high-end clothing and household textiles.
Breathability and Moisture Management: Our woven construction is naturally thermoregulating, providing excellent moisture wicking and airflow.
Velveteen
Velveteen is pure visual opulence. Unlike the high-shine of standard velvet, Velveteen features a shorter, denser pile that provides a sophisticated, rich matte luster. It looks exceptionally plush and inviting, making it the definitive choice for high-end hospitality decor—from luxury suites in Dubai to opulent evening wear globally.
At Symphony Fabrics, we don’t just manufacture textiles; we engineer elegance. We are proud to be the world’s expert and the number-one manufacturer of velveteen fabric. Our facilities consistently produce the highest-quality velveteen in the world because of our uncompromising specialization: we produce exclusively woven, yarn-dyed fabrics. By dyeing the premium yarns before they are intricately woven and the dense pile is cut, our velveteen achieves a profound depth of color, a remarkably uniform matte finish, and a structural integrity that standard piece-dyed velvets simply cannot replicate.
Technical Specifications & Quality Standards
Our woven velveteen is engineered to deliver both breathtaking visual appeal and uncompromising, heavy-duty performance for both apparel and high-traffic hospitality applications.
AZO-Free Dyes & Formulations: We only use dyes that do not contain any of the harmful azo chemicals, along with other highly toxic chemicals such as fluorine or bromine, in our premium products. Therefore, our velveteen has been carefully engineered to be hypoallergenic and safe for extended periods of time to come into contact with skin. Furthermore, it is eco–friendly!
GOTS Certification: We are proud to be in full compliance with the GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certification in order to maintain an ethical supply chain and processing of organic fibers in our products which meet the highest internationally accepted standards.
100% Biodegradable: Each piece of our velveteen is made from premium natural fibers and is 100% biodegradable to adhere to sustainable slowness as well as ethically responsible design principles.
Regulatory Compliance: We are compliant with all applicable laws governing global trade, product safety, and environmental concerns in the entire lifecycle of our products from production through distribution.
Dimensional Stability: The heavy drape of our velveteen is maintained with a standard shrinkage of only 4–5%, producing reliable sizing for garments and accurate measurements for upholstery.
Strength & Durability: Our velveteen exhibits outstanding Bursting Strength and Tearing Strength because its base layer design uses a tightly woven structure to support its short pile. The structural design of the material stops the pile from losing fibers through friction.
Dimensional Stability: Although this fabric has an extremely heavy drapery weight, we monitor it for shrinkage and it has a maximum amount of 4–5%; therefore all sizes of clothing and all measurements taken for upholstery will be exact.
Flammability: It passes at a 45 Degree level and has passed strict global safety requirements related to high end fashion and commercial hospitality.
Breathability & Moisture Management: Our natural woven base (unlike synthetic velvets which trap heat) offers superior breathability and moisture management providing ultimate comfort to the wearer or patron.
Organic Cotton Fabric
