Our chambray fabric
It’s a fabric that I really like and you’ll understand why.
Chambray
THE chambray is a cotton canvas moderately heavy and woven with a ecru thread and a colored thread . This weave avoids transparency . Besides, I tend to make the connection with poplin.
Chambray is a little lighter And more textured than poplin however.
When speaking of resemblance, we often confuse the chambray and denim .
Chambray comes from a simple weave canvas (also called plain weave).
As a quick reminder, textiles, which include chambray , are characterized by their armor but also by the number of warp and weft threads.
Armor refers to the mode of interweaving warp and weft threads.
Chambray fabric
THE weft thread is a wire placed in the width direction. Its opposite is the warp thread arranged in the length. It is the interweaving of these two threads which gives a fabric.
In the case of chambray, the warp threads and the weft threads overlap as simply as possible: the weft thread is above then below the warp threads.
A little anecdote to know.
This overlap is the result of a similar shade on the right side and the reverse side of chambray .
I like to wear chambray because it is a ideal fabric for summer so much by his lightness that by his candy in contact with the skin. It very often brings a side “casual chic” . Besides, chambray Lightweight can have a dressy or casual look.