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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
About The Infinite Fabric
"My products are made from an acetate/lycra blend,
jersey knit that drapes beautifully. I am proud
of the quality and luxury of the fabric used in the
Infinite Dress and Infinite Pantsuit!"
--Lydia
Silvestry
Creator of The Infinite Dress