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Some knowledge about polo shirts Teach you how to choose polo shirt fabrics

Jun 24, 2024 zitysports

Whenever summer comes, POLO shirts have become the first choice of men's wear, even in the heat of the day, it can give us a gentle touch, comfortable enjoyment. Its breathable refreshing light business attributes more and more favoured by business men, so for POLO some of the relevant fabrics do you understand it? Today zitysports  will take you from the new understanding of the POLO shirt of some key fabric propertie

About polo shirt fabrics, there are polyester cotton, cotton, mercerised cotton, lycra cotton, combed cotton and other fabrics.

① Among them, polyester-cotton is a blend of cotton and polyester. Its biggest feature is good wrinkle resistance and not easy to deform. Polyester-cotton fabric POLO shirt cotton content must not be less than 65% cotton, otherwise it will be uncomfortable to wear easy to pilling.
② Cotton fabric contains 100% cotton, skin friendliness, breathability, moisture absorption are very good, cost-effective and relatively high. The disadvantage is that it is easy to wrinkle and shrinkage deformation.

③ mercerised cotton is more breathable, light, comfortable to wear, soft, not deformed, good gloss, does not irritate the skin. The only drawback is that the elasticity is relatively poor.
④ Lycra cotton fabric feels very good not easy to pilling has elasticity, after rubbing by hand creases can be quickly recovered. The disadvantage is that the breathability is not very good. More suitable for making fashion style polo shirts.

(6) the quality of combed cotton fabric is very good, smooth feel, skin-friendly, in fact, breathability are better, suitable for making polo shirts.

The above is our daily life in the POLO shirt commonly used fabrics, suitable for use in the high definition of the POLO shirt fabrics should choose a good combed cotton fabrics and functional fabrics, such as sea island cotton, pima cotton, silk cotton and other fabrics.

What is sea island cotton?

Sea Island Cotton is native to South America, Central America and the Caribbean, because there was a large number of distribution in the southeastern coast of the United States and its nearby islands, so called Sea Island Cotton. After the gradual spread to the surrounding areas, into Asia and Africa and other regions, the more famous island cotton mainly from Egypt, so it is also known as "Egyptian cotton". Sea Island cotton in Egypt after a long time of breeding and domestication, good quality, high yield, planting area is also the most extensive. Sea Island cotton has a similar texture and luster of velvet, in the country also called sea island cotton long-staple cotton, and even some people say that the sea island cotton is the world's best cotton, it is a high oil content of plant fibres, fibre volume at high temperatures increase in low temperature conditions can also be tightened, therefore, determining the characteristics of the sea island cotton has a similar effect of velvet insulation. At present, the domestic sea island cotton is mainly produced in Xinjiang, and its quality and production of the world's top 10, many businesses use sea island cotton production of high-priced high-grade clothing.


What is pima cotton?

Pima cotton is Pima cotton, also known as Pima cotton. This is a kind of magic cotton, some people call it "cashmere cotton", some people call it "cotton in the noble". This kind of cotton only grows in the United States, Peru, Israel and Australia, etc., other places also have a small amount of growth, belongs to the fine wool fibre in the ultra-long fibre cotton. Pima cotton is known as "cashmere cotton" because it is in the softness, strength and colour are greatly superior to other cotton.

Pima cotton is the extreme long-staple cotton (ELS) of the general term, parts of the United States (mainly in the West and Southwest), Peru, Egypt, Israel, Australia and China are now pima cotton production. Pima cotton was formerly known as American Egyptian Cotton, is now in accordance with the southwestern U.S. Pima Indian cultivation and the tradition of hand-picked cotton Pima Cotton was formerly known as American Egyptian Cotton. Japan is the world's largest importer.

Due to the somewhat special timing of the production of Pima cotton, if planting is not possible due to the weather during the period from 10 to 15 April each year, it will not be possible to plant it again that year. Therefore, Pima cotton production is very limited each year, the entire annual production of Pima cotton only accounted for less than 3% of global cotton production. Japan and consume the pima cotton exports of 2/3 of the annual output, so exports to other countries of the pima cotton is even more scarce.PIMA cotton after dyeing, the colour is more distinctive and bright; natural soft texture, smooth feel, drape feeling strong, weaving out of the fabric toughness, finished products have a better drape effect. This cotton is an important raw material for the manufacture of mercerised cotton.


Pima cotton superiority


① more slender fibres, Pima cotton wool fibre length of 35% longer than ordinary cotton, which greatly increases the softness of the fabric and gloss. Pima cotton has fewer fibre ends exposed, which minimises wear and tear reducing the effects of pilling.

 

Through a general understanding of the POLO fabric, we buy polo shirts, you can combine their own needs, to choose the right conditions for their own polo shirts, the introduction of these polo shirts fabric is just a reference, however, in the selection of fabrics try to choose high-quality fabrics!

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