Lustrous and relatively crisp fabric of 35% silk and 65% wool, with the silk in the warp and the wool in the weft. The name Alaskine was trademarked in 1960, although used commercially starting in 1956. The trademark was cancelled in 2001. The elegant fabric was especially popular in the 1960s.
Uses: Suits, formal wear, dresses
A soft worsted suit fabric with a twill weave, barathea features a basket weave element: Two weft yarns cross each warp yarn. It can be called a basket twill or a hopsack twill. It is usually dyed black or deep blue.
Note that silk barathea is unrelated.
Uses: Coats, suits
Wool broadcloth is a fine twill weave woolen fabric (sometimes a wool blend) with a lustrous, velvety nap. Note that wool broadcloth is unrelated to cotton broadcloth.
Uses: Suits, coats, uniforms
See also:
Fleece
A warm fabric with a soft, close nap, flannel may be in a plain or twill weave. It is brushed to create the nap, and this may be on one or both sides. If woolen, it can be in a plain or twill weave, while worsted flannels are right-hand twills, finer and appreciably more substantial.
Flannel was originally always wool (the name is derived from the Welsh word for flannel, gwlânen, which is derived from gwlân, “wool”). It is now found in wool blends, often with cotton.
Uses: Jackets, suits (men’s particularly of worsted flannel), dresses, shirts, skirts
See also:
Flannel, cotton
