Message SellerCrepe textured weave with a crisp, yet soft hand. It drapes nicely without being ‘sloppy’, a durable fabric with less creasing and a more full texture. A mid-weight fabric with a textured detail, that drapes beautifully. Tencel is a type of rayon, like viscose and modal. These cellulose fibres are all made in a similar way: by dissolving wood pulp and using a special drying process called spinning. Before drying, the wood chips are mixed with a solvent to produce a wet mixture. This mixture is then pushed through small holes to form threads, chemically treated, then the lengths of fibre are spun into yarn and woven into cloth. Sounds simple enough—but what kind of environmental footprint does this process have? Tencel lyocell is better for the environment than other similar fabrics, but not more sustainable as top-tier fabrics like organic linen or recycled cotton. In production, Tencel requires less energy and water than conventional cotton. As a plant-derived fibre, Tencel is also biodegradable, but check that it isn’t mixed with other synthetic fibres like nylon when it comes time to dispose of the garment. Although, like most materials, it is often coloured with harmful conventional dyes, Tencel requires a lot less dye than cotton. It is also pure white when produced, so no bleaching is necessary and undyed is always an option. Original Fabric Supplier : Texstar Fabric Name : Slumber Crepe
