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A2 terms

• Acrylic
  Acrylic is a synthetic fiber made mainly from acrylonitrile, and is a…
• Antibacterial DeodorizingAntibacterial deodorant
  Antibacterial deodorizing is a function or finishing that suppresses …

B5 terms

• Back BrushedBrushed back fleece
  Back brushed is the term used for a textile or finishing process in w…
• Bias
  Bias refers to the direction cut and laid out diagonally to the warp …
• Black Mother Of PearlBlack-lip pearl oyster shell
  Black mother of pearl is a shell button material made from the nacre …
• Broadcloth
  Broadcloth is a lightweight to medium-lightweight woven fabric made b…
• Buttonhole
  A buttonhole is the reinforced opening in a textile used to pass a bu…

C19 terms

• Canvas
  Canvas is a thick plain-woven fabric made by densely weaving relative…
• Carded Yarn
  Carded yarn is a spun yarn that is made by loosening short fibers in …
• Care Label
  Care label is a label that shows the proper handling methods for wash…
• Casein Button
  A casein button is a button molded from casein, a milk-derived protei…
• Cashmere
  Cashmere is an animal fiber made from the fine, soft wool of cashmere…
• Chambray
  Chambray is a woven fabric made mainly with differently colored warp …
• Chiffon
  Chiffon is a woven fabric made with tightly twisted threads and woven…
• Chinese ButtonChinese knot button
  A Chinese button is a decorative fastening with a Chinese-style desig…
• Chino Cloth
  Chino cloth is a woven fabric made mainly from cotton thread in a twi…
• Circular Interlock KnittingInterlock
  Circular interlock knitting is a representative weft-knit double-knit…
• Circular RibRib knit
  Circular rib is a type of weft knit that alternates knit and purl sti…
• Cloth ButtonCovered button
  A cloth button is a button finished by covering a metal or resin core…
• Color Fastness
  Color fastness is an indicator used to evaluate how resistant the col…
• Combed ThreadCombed yarn
  Combed thread is a thread spun by removing short cotton fibers and im…
• Combination Button
  A combination button is a decorative, three-dimensional button made b…
• Corduroy
  Corduroy is a woven fabric made by weaving pile yarns into the ground…
• Cotton
  Cotton is a natural fiber made from the fibers that grow around the s…
• Crest Button
  A crest button is a decorative button with designs such as shields, c…
• Cupro
  Cupro is a type of regenerated cellulose fiber made from cotton linte…

D5 terms

• Denier
  Denier is a unit mainly used for chemical fiber filament thread and t…
• Denim
  Denim is a thick twill fabric generally woven with dyed warp threads …
• DensityFabric density
  Density is an indicator of the number of warp and weft threads, or st…
• Dobby
  Dobby is a fabric, or a weaving method, that uses a dobby mechanism t…
• Double Weave
  Double weave is a fabric made by partially joining the two layers of …

F7 terms

• Fabric Width
  Fabric width is a specification that indicates the width of a textile…
• Filament Thread And Spun ThreadFilament and spun yarn
  Filament thread and spun thread are collective terms for thread made …
• Flannel
  Flannel is a textile made by applying a fuzzy finish to woven fabric …
• FleeceFrench terry
  Fleece is a knit fabric with a neatly knitted jersey-like surface on …
• Fleece
  Fleece is a mainly polyester fabric that is fuzzy on the surface of k…
• Four-hole Button
  A four-hole button is a flat button with four thread-through holes on…
• FuzzyBrushing
  Fuzzy is a finishing process that uses needles, brushes, or similar t…

G7 terms

• Gabardine
  Gabardine is a high-density twill fabric with fine diagonal twill lin…
• Gauze
  Gauze is a woven fabric characterized by a light, soft hand, made by …
• Georgette
  Georgette is a lightweight woven fabric made with strongly twisted th…
• Gingham
  Gingham is generally a plain woven fabric, or the check pattern itsel…
• Glass Button
  A glass button is a button made by molding glass, an apparel material…
• Glen Check
  Glen check is a traditional check pattern often seen in yarn-dyed wov…
• GrainlineGrain
  Grain refers to the fixed direction of the threads or knit structure …

H4 terms

• Hand Feel
  Hand feel is a term that refers to the texture and characteristics un…
• Herringbone
  Herringbone is a woven structure or pattern in which the diagonal rib…
• High-twist YarnHard twist yarn
  High-twist yarn is a thread made by applying more twist than usual to…
• Houndstooth
  Houndstooth is a classic type of check pattern, usually created mainl…

I1 term

• Industry WeightFabric weight
  Industry weight is a value that indicates the weight per unit area of…

J2 terms

• Jacquard
  Jacquard is a fabric and weaving method that expresses complex patter…
• Jersey
  Jersey is a basic weft-knitted textile with V-shaped stitches on the …

K1 term

• Keyhole Buttonhole
  A keyhole buttonhole is a buttonhole with one end of a straight slit …

L9 terms

• Lace
  Lace is a general term for highly decorative fabrics that use thread …
• Laminate BondingLaminate and bonding
  Laminate bonding is a process that adheres and integrates multiple la…
• Lawn
  Lawn is a lightweight plain weave textile made with fine thread at a …
• Leather Button
  Leather buttons are buttons that use genuine leather on the surface o…
• Ligne
  Ligne is a traditional unit used mainly to indicate the outer diamete…
• Linen
  Linen is a natural fiber made from bast fibers harvested from the ste…
• LoomstateSheeting
  Loomstate is a relatively coarse plain weave fabric made mainly from …
• Lot-to-lot VariationLot difference
  Lot-to-lot variation refers to differences in color, hand, width, thi…
• Lyocell
  Lyocell is a type of regenerated cellulose fiber made mainly from woo…

M6 terms

• Melton
  Melton is a textile made by fulling a thick woven fabric, mainly usin…
• Mercerization
  Mercerization is a process that primarily treats cotton with an alkal…
• Metal Button
  A metal button is a button made from metal or a metal-look material, …
• Mohair
  Mohair is an animal fiber made from Angora goat wool, and it has lust…
• Moisture-wicking And Quick-dryingMoisture wicking
  Moisture-wicking and quick-drying is a function that absorbs sweat an…
• Moss StitchPique knit
  Moss stitch refers to a knitted fabric with a continuous surface of s…

N2 terms

• Nut ButtonCorozo nut button
  A nut button is a button made by carving the endosperm of the tagua p…
• Nylon
  Nylon is a synthetic fiber whose main component is polyamide, and it …

O3 terms

• Organic Cotton
  Organic cotton refers to cotton grown using methods that minimize the…
• OrganzaOrgandy
  Organza is a thin woven fabric made in plain weave with fine threads,…
• Oxford
  Oxford is a woven fabric made with a basket-weave-like structure, wov…

P11 terms

• Piece Dyed
  Piece dyed is a method of dyeing woven or knitted textile after it ha…
• PilePile fabric
  Pile is a general term for textiles in which threads are formed into …
• Pilling
  Pilling is a phenomenon in which surface fuzz on a textile becomes ta…
• Pique
  Pique is a woven fabric with a three-dimensional feel and moderate th…
• Plain Weave
  Plain weave is the most basic weave structure, made by alternately pa…
• Polyester
  Polyester is a type of synthetic fiber made mainly from petroleum-der…
• Polyester Button
  A polyester button is a button made by molding and processing polyest…
• Polyurethane
  Polyurethane is a synthetic fiber with elasticity that stretches and …
• Ponte
  Ponte is a type of double knit with a smooth front and back and incon…
• Poplin
  Poplin is a plain-weave fabric that often uses fine warp threads and …
• Print
  Printing is a process of expressing patterns, motifs, and text on the…

R6 terms

• Rayon
  Rayon is a regenerated cellulose fiber made from materials such as wo…
• Real Buffalo Horn ButtonHorn button
  A real buffalo horn button is a natural-material button made by proce…
• Recycled Polyester
  Recycled polyester is a polyester fiber made by reusing used products…
• Ring ShankLoop shank
  A ring shank is a shank button foot shape in which a ring-shaped foot…
• Ripstop
  Ripstop is a woven fabric, or weaving method, in which thick reinforc…
• RollBolt (tan)
  A roll is a distribution and trading unit for textile with a fixed wi…

S16 terms

• Satin
  Satin refers to a woven fabric, or more broadly the fabric itself, ba…
• Satin Weave
  Satin weave is one of the three basic weave structures, created by fl…
• Seersucker
  Seersucker is a woven fabric in which flat sections and puckered sect…
• Selvage
  Selvage is the part formed at both edges when weaving fabric, which h…
• Shank Button
  A shank button is a button attached by passing thread through the sha…
• Shank WrappingThread shank
  Shank wrapping is a button-sewing method in which a thread shank is m…
• Shape-retaining FinishWrinkle resistant finish
  Shape-retaining finish is a treatment applied to textiles and product…
• Shell Button
  A shell button is a button made by processing shell, and it is a garm…
• Shrink-proofingSanforizing
  Shrink-proofing is a process that stabilizes shrinkage in advance to …
• Shrinkage Rate
  Shrinkage rate is a quality control indicator that shows, as a percen…
• Silk
  Silk is a natural animal fiber obtained from silkworm cocoons, charac…
• Single Yarn And Two-ply YarnSingle and plied yarn
  Single yarn and two-ply yarn are thread structures that affect the ap…
• Skew
  Skew is a phenomenon in which the direction of the warp and weft thre…
• Slubbed ThreadSlub yarn
  Slubbed thread is a thread with intentional uneven thick-and-thin var…
• Straight Buttonhole
  A straight buttonhole is a straight buttonhole reinforced at the edge…
• Stretch
  Stretch refers to the property of textile or a product to stretch in …

T11 terms

• Tack Button
  A tack button is a mainly metal button that secures fabric by sandwic…
• Taffeta
  Taffeta is a woven fabric that is densely plain woven with fine threa…
• Textile DefectsFabric defect
  Textile defects are a general term for defects that occur during proc…
• Toggle Button
  A toggle button is a button with a long, slender bar-shaped body that…
• Tricot
  Tricot is a representative warp-knit fabric made by knitting multiple…
• Trochus Shell
  Trochus shell is a material for shell buttons made by processing the …
• Tunnel Shank
  A tunnel shank is a button shank shape with a tubular or bridge-like …
• Tweed
  Tweed is a general term for woven fabrics made mainly with spun wool …
• Twill
  Twill is a woven structure in which the intersections of the warp and…
• Twill Weave
  Twill weave is one of the three basic weaves, in which warp and weft …
• Two-hole Button
  A two-hole button is a flat button without a shank, sewn on by passin…

U2 terms

• UnderbuttonBacking button
  An underbutton is a small button attached behind the position where t…
• Urea Button
  A urea button is a button made by molding urea resin, and it is easy …

V2 terms

• Velvet
  Velvet is a pile fabric, or a knitted fabric with the same texture, m…
• Voile
  Voile is a lightweight woven fabric made mainly with strongly twisted…

W7 terms

• Waffle Knit
  Waffle knit is a knit textile with a raised lattice pattern created b…
• Warp And Weft
  Warp and weft are the two directions of thread that make up a woven f…
• Water-repellent FinishWater repellent finish
  Water-repellent finishing is a treatment that makes the surface of th…
• Waterproof And BreathableWaterproof breathable
  Waterproof and breathable refers to a material or processing that has…
• White Mother Of Pearl ShellWhite-lip pearl oyster shell
  White mother of pearl shell is a natural material made from the nacre…
• Wood ButtonWooden button
  A wood button is a button made by processing wood, and it is an acces…
• Wool
  Wool is an animal fiber made primarily from sheep's wool, with excell…

Y2 terms

• Yarn Count
  Yarn count is a general term for units and notation methods used to i…
• Yarn Dyed
  Yarn dyed is a dyeing method in which thread is dyed at the thread st…