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Curved Corduroys
instead of the corduroy running in straight lines, it runs in curves | |
Corduroy fabric has been limited by the straight line for too long. Why must corduroys always doggedly follow the straight, parallel line from love handles to loafers? Why must the shortest distance between two points always be the best? It's time for the corduroy industry to reassert itself by making
some corduroy fabric that breaks with tradition and follows the curve into the unknown.
A slow curve would be the first step. Not too radical, just different enough to stand out from the crowd. Next would be a wavy pattern that curves back and forth, or even traces more complex patterns, like the fractals of a branching tree or leaf.
What natural object follows a straight line? It is a purely human invention made inhuman by mass production. We are surrounded by straight lines, but curves comfort us. Look at Frank Gehry's architectural triumphs in returning buildings to more natural shapes and textures. Curved corduroys can be the next step in this direction.
(?) Chenille
http://shop.store.y...ating-chenille.html
For a close comparison to corduroy , click on the solid chenille sample pictures, and then a color like Chase Chenille Dresden.. [jurist, Oct 17 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
Fabric identifier
http://www.housefab.../defaultproduct.asp
It took a while to find it, but click on Fabric Glossary, lower right side of screen. [UnaBubba, Oct 17 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Isn't any corduroy-like cotton fabric that doesn't automatically conform to lengthwise cords or ridges automatically classified as "chenille", by default? I've certainly seen a lot of chenille bedspreads and bathrobes with curved designs.[link] |
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I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but it is baked. The fabric is known as a Frise or Frieze or Patterned Pile. Corduroy is simply a patterned pile that runs in straight lines. Other Pile fabrics are Terry Cloth, Chenille and Velvet. It's odd that you never see trousers made from interesting pile patterns. |
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<later> Same deal, [jurist]. Cotton is not necessary, as piles may be silk, linen, wool or synthetic. |
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[UB] Neither Corduroy nor Chenille are actually listed in the www. Housefabric.com Fabric Glossary you linked to. Did you mean to direct us to another area for additional education? Or did you just mean for the rest of us to drop the subject, remove the post and screw off, in general? |
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Oh, sorry, I didn't look for Corduroy or Chenille, there. I just found a site that dealt with Frieze and Pile fabrics. My wife's aunt is a fabric importer. She does soft furnishing design for a number of property developers who build highrise holiday apartment developments. |
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She provided us with a beautiful silk/cotton frieze velvet for all of our upholstery. I also had her supply a bas-relief cream wool/silk fabric for the tuxedo jacket I wore to our wedding. |
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I had no intention af asking you to leave, [jurist]. I reserve that sort of thing for special, homophobic friends. |
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In fact, could you make trousers with optical illusion-like lines of cord on them to make my bum look smaller? Maybe closer together on the big(ger) bits or curving slightly inward? One corduroy catsuit for me if so!(I've never seen a corduroy catsuit, have you?) |
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Starry night pants.... I'd buy. |
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Corduroy pillows? Pillow talk: "Whiff, whiff, whiff..." |
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I am at the moment wearing pants made from some old paisley curtain material,and they swish around like billy-o,but never opening enough to reveal anything outstanding. |
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The fabric may exist - but has anyone ever seen the trousers? I'd buy them - preferably bell-bottoms. |
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Hey UnaBubba, Isn't there an old joke about corduroy pillows making headlines? You knew that, didn't you? |
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//What natural object follows a straight line?// |
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