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Choosing a Cloth

The first thing to remember is that all our cloths are Pure Swiss cotton with the crucial non-iron finish ! Most of our customers are happy with all or any of them but if you are not familiar with cloth types here's a short guide to help you choose:
POPLIN
A fine cotton woven from long staple yarn to produce a lustrous, smooth, silky fabric that is cool and comfortable to wear and can take strong and vibrant colour dyes.

Blue Poplin
OXFORD
A more rugged fabric woven from a heavier yarn than used in poplin. The threads in the warp (the vertical threads in the weave) are yarn dyed and are not as thick as those in the weft (horizontal threads), which are left a natural shade of white. The result is a heavier yet soft fabric.
Blue Royal Oxford
TWILL
A cotton where the weft threads pass over one and then under two threads to produce a diagonal rib which catches the light giving an attractive sheen to the fabric. Very soft.
Dark Blue Twill
HERRINGBONE
The same construction as a twill but the direction of the twill is alternated to give a zig-zag effect. It too has a rich, lustrous, sheen to it.
Dark Blue Herringbone
END ON END
End on end has the same properties as poplin, the only difference is that end on end features lighter coloured weft threads running in a horizontal direction on the shirt, giving it a subtle two-tone effect.

Pink End on End