About The Infinite Fabric
--Lydia
Silvestry
Creator of The Infinite Dress
Above: TV Show Host Falls In Love With The Luxurious Feel
of the Infinite Fabric
Fabric
Contents: 91% Acetate/ 9% Lycra Jersey Blend
Acetate:
The basic raw material for acetate is cellulose, made with
natural cotton linters and wood pulp, blended with lycra
for elasticity and complete comfort. Dissolving these
products into a solution and extruding it into fine
filament.
Lycra:
As synthetic rubber fiber (highly elastic fiber)
polyurethane, capable of elongating more than 200% and
returning immediately and almost completely to the original
form.
Our
fabric was specially developed for the Infinite Dress and
the Infinite Pantsuit to allow for any style change with no
clinging, wrinkling and snagging as well as to withstand
the pulling and tugging on the tails. Rigorous
testing of our fabric was performed by the Dr. Krishna
Parachuru, Senior Research Textile scientist at the Georgia
Institute of the Technology. Below are the results of
his testing.
Stitch performance
All samples were stretched in Instron tensile testing instrument. As stitching thread unravels or separates from fabric it shows sudden drop in load in Load vs. Strain Graphs.
As it further unravels it shows more discontinues in Load vs. Strain graph.
Our fabric was specially developed for the Infinite Dress and the Infinite Pantsuit to allow for any style change with no clinging, wrinkling and snagging as well as to withstand the pulling and tugging on the tails. Rigorous testing of our fabric was performed by the Dr. Krishna Parachuru, Senior Research scientist at the Georgia Institute of the Technology. Below are the results of his testing.
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Note
– Fabric with stitch type 3 did not break while
testing like other fabrics. But stitch thread in this
fabric completely unraveled at very low load and
extension.
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Stitch type 2 shows best performance in terms of both load and extension.
Conclusion
Rigorous
testing was performed on the fabric.
The research team was led by Krishna Parachuru, Ph.D.,
Senior Research Scientist at the Georgia Institute of
Technology.
Tensile
Tests: These tests measure how easily the fabric
recovered from the stretching. The readings were that only
11 ounces of stretch load were required for a 60% stretch,
indicating that the fabric easily recovers from pulling of
the tails.
Air
Permeability: The air permeability in the
un-stretched state of the fabric is around 90 cu. ft. per
square foot area of the fabric per minute. This is the
volume of air that passes through the fabric per unit
time.
Thread
Testing: Thread testing also merits mention as their
results indicate that the tails of your Infinite garment
can be pulled and tied without risk of damage or
breaking