Cashmere fabric guide
Cashmere Culottes Design with AI
A cashmere culottes is a specialist order: ask for cashmere flannel at 280 to 380 g/m², and expect fewer mills to take it on.
Of the 14 cloths this guide lists for this cut, it sits between ponte di Roma and scuba knit in weight.
Next to scuba knit, it is lighter, more fluid, more matte and less stretchy.
Cashmere Culottes at a glance
- Cloth to ask your mill for
- Cashmere flannel
- Typical weight
- 280 to 380 g/m²
- Drape
- Soft
- Stretch
- Slight
- Breathability
- High
- Warmth
- Warm
- Care
- Hand wash cold, dry flat
- How common
- Niche, usually a specialist order
- Typical cloth price
- $50-200/yard
Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.
The culottes, in numbers
- Typical length
- 70 to 85 cm, from the waist
- Defining details
- Wide leg, mid-calf length, waist pleats, side zip
- Cloth needed
- about 1.4 to 2.0 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $77 to $440 of cloth at typical prices
Typical figures for an adult size M. The pattern tier is set from the real piece count when you order.
How cashmere behaves on a culottes
Cut into culottes, it follows the leg loosely; pleats press softly and the hem moves as she walks.
At this length a soft cloth moves gently at the hem and falls in loose folds.
It wears warm, which places it in autumn and winter collections.
It wants a cold hand wash and drying flat, so say so on the care label.
It pills where it rubs, especially at first, and it is washed gently and folded rather than hung.
About cashmere
Cashmere is the fine undercoat combed from cashmere goats. It is warmer than sheep's wool for its weight and very soft, and the finest fibres are long and white.
Most cashmere fibre comes from Mongolia and northern China, and much of it is spun and knitted in Scotland, Italy and China.
Knitted pieces are not lined; woven cashmere coats are lined in silk or cupro.
Cutting, sewing and color
Knitted to shape or cut from double-face cloth; handle it lightly, because pressing flattens the fibre.
It dyes well in soft, natural shades; very dark colors can make the hand feel harsher.
Its surface is matte, so it photographs evenly under flat light.
A description to start from
A culottes in cashmere flannel, 280 to 380 g/m², with a soft drape and a matte surface, for autumn and winter.
If cashmere is not quite right
- Lighter: Jersey, in ponte di Roma
- Heavier: Neoprene, in scuba knit
- Cooler: Cotton, in cotton twill
- More structure: Denim, in rigid denim
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