Chambray
Cotton fabric in a plain weave with a colored, usually blue warp and a white weft. It looks like lightweight denim, but does not have its diagonal twill rib and is thinner and softer. Typical are shirts for the whole year.
In Chambray in the catalog
From the Guide
- Light blue goes with almost any trousers: beige, sand, taupe, olive, gray and navy are safe. With jeans and brown it works, but is not the first choice.
Related terms
- Chambray shirtShirt made of chambray, which from a distance looks like lightweight denim.
- WorstedWool whose fibers are combed and aligned in parallel before spinning.
- FrescoWorsted in an open plain weave made of highly twisted yarns.
- HopsackWool fabric in a basket weave, in which two or more threads are interlaced together.
- FlannelSoft wool fabric with a brushed, matte surface, often made of woolen yarn.
- GabardineDense fabric in a steep twill weave with a fine, steep diagonal rib on the face.