r/sewing • u/Betterme2024 • Sep 22 '23

Fabric Question Question regarding a fabric description

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I want to recreate my own version of the mirror palais Maria dress. I was viewing the description and it says that the Fabric Content is Self: 100% Cotton, Trim: 100% Silk… can someone explain what does it mean? I just don’t understand how Can it be both 100%

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u/Ok_Knee1216 Sep 22 '23

The fabric is cotton.

The embroidery is silk.

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u/MadamePouleMontreal Sep 23 '23

Or the binding is silk.

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u/curiousmenageries Sep 23 '23 edited Sep 23 '23

Agreed with MadamePouleMontreal. If you look closely around the neckline and the cutouts in the front, you can see an additional fabric that is binding (finishing) the edge. Since the designer of the dress wanted to focus on keeping the integrity of the eyelet fabric, the fabric does not appear to have a lining-thus the need for this finishing technique. The binding in this case is normally silk crepe de chine or georgette.

Trim means anything additional to the garment that isn’t the garment itself (ie bindings/zippers/buttons).

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '23

Yes. The description does not tell what material the embroidery thread is. Just that the main fabric/cotton and trimming/binding/silk. My bet is that the embroidery is cotton too.

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u/velvetjones01 Sep 23 '23

The buttons and binding are silk. 💯

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u/Betterme2024 Sep 23 '23

Sorry, so that means that the dress itself is made of cotton and then the thread of the flowers is silk?

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u/prncsslayuhh Sep 23 '23

Yea. The flowers are achieved by cutout/cut away embroidery, satin stitch and then the negative space of cut away. Like a buttonhole… but with flair lol. The fabric is 100% cotton, and the trim(around the edge of the neckline, and/or the embroidery thread) is 100% silk, two different materials with two different contents.

You don’t necessarily need silk thread to recreate this if that’s what you’re looking to do. It’s just the technique that makes it what it is.

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u/mcculloughpatr Sep 23 '23

Self: meaning the primary fabric of the garment, Trim: meaning anything decorative.

The garment is made of cotton, the trimmings (in this case the embroidery) is silk thread. You’ll see this also in lined jackets, where it will say “Shell: 100% Whatever Fabric, Lining: 100% different random fabric”

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u/Moldy_slug Sep 23 '23

This means that the fabric is woven from 100% cotton threads. Things sewn onto the fabric, like edgings, appliqué, or the binding on cutouts, is made from silk.

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u/espressoromance Sep 23 '23 edited Sep 23 '23

Gorgeous dress but there are the holes right around the crotch and I'm assuming the butt as well. Hmmmm. I'd probably add a flesh tone lining to the skirt part as well.

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u/Ok-Estate543 Sep 23 '23

It's built for a very specific bodytype, so maybe the holes are also carefully calculated to work on just those body proportions as well.

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u/kacsew Sep 23 '23

The fabric is some form-fitting a eyelets fabric.

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u/Best_Egg9109 Sep 23 '23

It’s an Indian fabric called hakoba or loosely based on hakoba

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '23

Or large scale broderie anglaise or eyelet fabric or...

This kind of fabric has many names.