Cashmere fabric guide
Cashmere Tank Top Design with AI
A cashmere tank top is a specialist order: ask for cashmere jersey at 130 to 180 g/m², and expect fewer mills to take it on.
Of the 10 cloths this guide lists for this cut, it sits between polyester jersey and single jersey in weight.
Next to polyester jersey, it is heavier, more fluid, more matte and warmer to wear.
Cashmere Tank Top at a glance
- Cloth to ask your mill for
- Cashmere jersey
- Typical weight
- 130 to 180 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 tank top, in numbers
- Typical length
- 60 to 70 cm, from the high point of the shoulder
- Defining details
- Racerback or straight back, scoop or square neck, bound or ribbed edges
- Cloth needed
- about 0.6 to 1.0 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $33 to $220 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 tank top
On a tank top it skims the body without clinging, and gathers at a yoke or a cuff sit softly instead of standing up.
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 tank top in cashmere jersey, 130 to 180 g/m², with a soft drape and a matte surface, for autumn and winter.
If cashmere is not quite right
- Lighter: Polyester, in polyester jersey
- Heavier: Linen, in linen jersey
- Cooler: Cotton, in cotton jersey
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