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Satin

Satin is a cloth that typically has a glossy surface and a dull back. It is a warp

Warp (weaving)

In weaving, the warp is the set of lengthwise yarns through which the weft is woven. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end....
-dominated weaving

Weaving

Weaving is the textile arts in which two distinct sets of yarn, called the Warp and the filling or weft , are interlaced with each other to form a textile....
technique that forms a minimum number of interlacings in a fabric. If a fabric is formed with a satin weave

Satin weave

Satin weave is one of the three important textile weaving. The satin weave is distinguished by its lustrous, or 'silky', appearance. Satin describes the way the threads are combined, and the yarn used may be silk or polyester, among others, giving different fabrics....
using filament

Staple (textiles)

Staple is a term referring to naturally formed clusters or locks of wool fibres throughout a fleece that are held together by cross fibres. The staple strength of wool is one of the major determining factors when Spinning yarn as well as the sale price of greasy wool....
fibers such as silk

Silk

Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be weaving into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from Pupa#Cocoons made by the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity ....
, nylon

Nylon

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides and first produced on February 28, 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont....
, or polyester

Polyester

Polyester is a category of polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although there are many polyesters, the term "polyester" as a specific material most commonly refers to polyethylene terephthalate ....
, the corresponding fabric is termed a "satin".

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Satin is a cloth that typically has a glossy surface and a dull back. It is a warp

Warp (weaving)

In weaving, the warp is the set of lengthwise yarns through which the weft is woven. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end....
-dominated weaving

Weaving

Satin weave

Staple (textiles)

Silk

Nylon

Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers known generically as polyamides and first produced on February 28, 1935 by Wallace Carothers at DuPont....
, or polyester

Polyester

Staple (textiles)

Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
, the fabric formed is considered a sateen

Sateen

Sateen is a cotton fabric with a satin-like finish, often found in bed sheets.Sateen is usually made of cotton, or sometimes rayon. Better qualities are mercerized to give a higher sheen....
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A satin-woven fabric tends to have a high luster due to the high number of "floats" on the fabric. Floats are "missed" interlacings, where the warp

Warp (weaving)

In weaving, the warp is the set of lengthwise yarns through which the weft is woven. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end....
yarn lies on top of the weft

Weft

In weaving, weft or woof is the yarn which is drawn under and over parallel Warp yarns to create a textile. In North America, it is sometimes referred to as the "fill" or the "filling yarn", and in India, it is referred to as "baana"....
yarn, or vice versa. The floats tend to make the fabric look glossier as well as give it a smoother "hand" in most cases.

Many variations can be made of the basic satin weave including a Granite weave and a Check weave. Satin weave

Satin weave

Twill

Twill is a type of textile weaving with a pattern of diagonal parallel ribs.It is made by passing the weft thread over one or more Warp threads and then under two or more warp threads and so on, with a "step" or offset between rows to create the characteristic diagonal pattern....
weaves, and plain

Plain weave

Plain weave is the most basic of the three fundamental types of textile weaving. It is strong and hard-wearing, used for fashion and furnishing fabrics....
weaves are the three basic types of weaving by which the majority of woven products are formed.

Satin is commonly used in apparel: satin baseball jackets, athletic shorts

Shorts

Shorts are a garment worn by both men and women over their pelvic area, circling the waist, and covering the upper part of the upper legs or more, sometimes extending as far as mid-calf, but not covering the entire length of the leg, either as outer or undergarment....
, women's lingerie

Lingerie

Lingerie is a term for fashionable and alluring women's undergarments. It derives from the French word linge, "washables" ? as in faire le linge, "do the laundry" ? and ultimately from lin for washable linen, the fabric from which European undergarments were made before the general introduction of cotton from Egypt and then...
, nightgown

Nightgown

A nightgown is a loosely hanging item of nightwear nowadays mostly for woman. Its length may vary from hip-length to floor-length but is typically knee-length....
s, and evening gown

Evening gown

An evening gown is a long, flowing lady dress usually worn to a formal affair. It ranges in length from tea and ballerina to full-length. Gowns are often made of a luxury fabric such as chiffon , velvet, satin, or silk....
s, but also in some men's boxer shorts

Boxer shorts

Boxer shorts are a type of underwear worn by men. The term has been used in English since 1944 for all-around-elastic shorts, so named after the shorts worn by Boxing, for whom unhindered leg movement is almost as important as the completely free arm movement of the barechested fighters....
, shirts and necktie

Necktie

The necktie is a long piece of cloth worn around the neck, resting nowadays under the shirt collar and knotted at the throat. The modern necktie, ascot tie, and bow tie are descended from the cravat....
s, interior furnishing fabrics, upholstery, and bed sheet

Bed sheet

A bed sheet is a large piece of cloth used to cover a mattress. It is this sheet that one typically lies on.In many areas of the world a second flat bed sheet is laid on top of the sheet covering the mattress....
s. It is also used in the production of pointe shoes

Pointe shoes

Pointe shoes, also commonly referred to as toe shoes, are a special type of shoe used by ballet dancers for En pointe. They developed from the desire to appear weightless and sylph-like onstage and have evolved to allow extended periods of movement on the tips of the toes ....
for use in ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a formalized type of performative dance, the origins of which date lay in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form....
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Origins

Satin originated in the Middle Ages as a term for the more lustrous types of the heavy and luxurious silk fabric samite

Samite

Samite may refer to :* Samite, a heavy silk fabric, of a twill-type weave, worn in the Middle Ages* Samite , Ugandan-American musician* SS Samite, a...
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Satin

Origins

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