Metallic Yarns for Decorative Textile Applications
topic
Decorative metallic yarns consist of metallised polyester film slit to 0.1 to 1.0 millimetre width and wrapped around a core yarn, providing silver and gold metallic appearance in woven and knitted fabrics for fashion apparel, upholstery, and home textiles; real gold and silver wire wrapped yarns and lamé fabric represent the luxury segment with precious metal wire of 50 to 150 micrometre diameter.
Role
Provides the decorative metallic effect yarns used in fashion fabrics, theatrical costume, military and ceremonial dress uniform braiding, religious textile embroidery, and luxury upholstery where metallic visual effect is the primary performance requirement and the polymer film laminate construction provides washability and colour consistency advantages over tarnish-prone real metal wire alternatives.