Sabtu, 17 September 2016

The Popularity Of Faux Fur Throw In Todays Fashion

By Brenda Hayes


Faux is a French word originally and it means fake, false, or a simulation. Fake products are being made by some manufacturers to just purely imitate or simulate items. They are really attempting to make these products to look like more closely as the original item. Their reason for this is for them to avoid some controversies about the over use of animal furs.

Faux materials are produced in many different variations or ways. This would include finishes in which it is made from marble dust. Marbles and other stone types are finished with feather streaking, spatter dash, and sponging techniques. Fake furs became more popular because it is promoting the animal welfare. Faux fur throw is being utilized now to replace those real ones and become animal friendly.

Aside from its purpose in some clothing, these are also use in stuffed animals, home decorations such as bedding and pillows, and as well as for fashion accessories. Real furs are a bit thicker. So for this reason, special sewing machines for its production are used.

In this generation, popularity of these fur types is increasing, especially when talking about fashion designing. It is considered today as popular for winter fashion which includes jackets and hats. For sure, modern designers are already thinking on some ideas for future fur collections. Most of the designers would prefer on using these faux materials due to its color and volume that can be easily controlled during production.

Fake furs are usually made out from different variations of materials. The typical materials that are being used are polymeric fibers. These fibers are being processed and dyed to be able to acquire the desired texture and color. Different types of polymers are also being used, and these are acrylic, modacrylic, and some other polymers.

Modacrylic and acrylic polymers have useful characteristics and these include its lightness and it is springy as well. Other characteristics include heat, smoke, and sunlight resistance. It also can resist to mildews and reducing insect attacks. It can also be dried quickly because it is fast absorbent. Mohair, silk, and wool are naturally made fabrics that are also used in the production and it improves the garment looks.

I monitoring the production, raw materials are to be inspected first. Other features like resiliency, absorbency, pH, density, and appearance are monitored as well. While the fabrication is on going, every single time, manufacturers are doing a test for samples to ensure quality and to surely meet the requirements.

The modern technology has a big part for the continuous improvement of high quality products. According to researchers, more products will be developed in future years and these products will have improvement when it comes to the quality and cost. New methods are still investigated for more efficient and quicker production.

Since there is a continuous growth of the demand of these products, it would not be easy for a person in distinguishing faux from natural. And these may be one reason for the increase in the demand. Lastly, the manufacturers must strive in producing products that are of higher quality but have lesser cost.




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