Organza fabric guide

Organza Tunic Design with AI

A organza tunic is a specialist order: ask for organza at 25 to 60 g/m², and expect fewer mills to take it on.

It is the lightest of the 12 cloths this guide lists for this cut; chiffon comes next.

Next to chiffon, it is lighter and firmer.

Organza Tunic at a glance

Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.

Typical length: 75 to 90 cm, from the high point of the shoulder
Defining details: Side slits, split neck, long or three-quarter sleeves, hip to thigh length
Cloth needed: about 1.6 to 2.2 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $17 to $72 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.

On a tunic it stands slightly away from the body, so collars and cuffs hold their shape and a boxy cut stays boxy.

Cut long, a crisp cloth builds volume, the more so with every gore or pleat.

It wears cool, which makes it a spring and summer fabric.

The finished piece is usually labelled dry clean only.

It creases sharply and the creases stay, so it is pressed and stored with care.

Organza is a sheer, crisp plain weave made from tightly twisted filament yarns, in silk or polyester. It holds volume where chiffon would fall.

Silk organza for couture is woven in Italy, France and China; polyester organza is common and cheaper.

It is used as an overlay or an underlining more often than as a garment on its own.

French seams, because every seam shows through, and a 60/8 or 70/10 needle; it holds a pressed edge crisply.

Shot organza, woven from two colors, changes shade with the light and renders well in motion.

It has a soft sheen that shows the folds without glare.

A tunic in organza, 25 to 60 g/m², with a crisp drape and a soft sheen surface, for spring and summer.