Polyester fabric guide
Polyester Leggings Design with AI
For a polyester leggings, most mills quote polyester and elastane at 200 to 300 g/m²: a classic pairing.
Of the 7 cloths this guide lists for this cut, it sits between elastane jersey and cashmere knit in weight.
Next to elastane jersey, it is heavier, firmer, shinier and less stretchy.
Polyester Leggings at a glance
- Cloth to ask your mill for
- Polyester and elastane
- Typical weight
- 200 to 300 g/m²
- Drape
- Medium
- Stretch
- Slight
- Breathability
- Low
- Warmth
- Neutral
- Care
- Machine wash at 30 to 40 °C
- How common
- A classic pairing
- Typical cloth price
- $3-12/yard
Typical trade ranges, not one mill's figures: confirm them with your mill.
The leggings, in numbers
- Typical length
- 90 to 100 cm, from the waist
- Defining details
- High waistband, gusset, flatlock seams, no side seam
- Cloth needed
- about 0.9 to 1.2 m of 150 cm cloth, roughly $3 to $16 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 polyester behaves on a leggings
Cut into leggings, it holds a crease and keeps the line clean without feeling stiff.
Cut long, a medium-weight cloth falls in a clean column and needs a deep hem to hang straight.
It is neither warm nor cool, so it works across most of the year.
Care is simple: a machine wash at 30 to 40 °C.
It barely creases, dries fast and keeps its color, but it holds odour and can pill on brushed surfaces.
About polyester
Polyester is a synthetic fibre made from petroleum or, more and more, from recycled bottles. It can be engineered to imitate silk, wool or cotton, and to wick, stretch or shed water.
Recycled polyester is widely available and certified under recycling standards; ask the mill for the certificate, not only the claim.
It is itself the usual lining cloth; a polyester piece is lined only when it is sheer or when the face would cling.
Cutting, sewing and color
A microtex needle and polyester thread; it resists pressing, so seams are set with heat and a clapper.
It is dyed with disperse dyes at high heat or printed by sublimation, so bright colors stay fast.
It has a soft sheen that shows the folds without glare.
A description to start from
A leggings in polyester and elastane, 200 to 300 g/m², with a medium drape and a soft sheen surface, for most of the year.
If polyester is not quite right
- Lighter: Jersey, in elastane jersey
- Heavier: Velvet, in stretch velvet
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