How A Faux Fur Throw Is Being Made

By Brenda Hayes


Faux is a French word originally and it means fake, false, or a simulation. Fake products are being made by some manufacturers to just purely imitate or simulate items. They are really attempting to make these products to look like more closely as the original item. Their reason for this is for them to avoid some controversies about the over use of animal furs.

Faux materials can be produced in many different ways. This includes finishes that are made with marble dust. Some types of stones are being finished with spatter dash, sponging, or feather streaking techniques. Fake furs became popular because of its promotion for the animal welfare, thus, faux fur throw is being produced as an animal friendly and an alternative to the original clothing.

These are most commonly used for clothing, but aside from that, its other uses are for fashion accessories, pillows and bedding, and also for stuffed animals. Real furs are thicker compared to fake furs. And because of the thickness, special sewing machines are produced for this type, but this can also be made by hand.

Nowadays, these types of fur became a trend in most fashion designing. This is also considered now as a mainstream in winter fashion. Winter fashion would include hats and also jackets. Most designers today surely have started thinking about some other fashion types that they can collect in the future by the use of these materials. They would prefer on using fake than the real ones because it can be easily manufactured and controlled based on its color and volume.

Variations of different materials are being used in fake furs. Polymeric fibers are the most typical materials being utilized. These are being processed and are being dyed to achieve the desired texture and color. Modacrylic and acrylic polymers are common types polymers used.

Acrylic and modacrylic polymers have very useful characteristics since these are very light in weight and these are springy. These are also resistant to smoke, heat, and sunlight and it cannot be easily attacked by insects because it can resist to mildews. It also dries quickly because of its low absorbency. Silk, mohair, and wool are also natural fabrics used for the production because it improves the look of the garment.

I monitoring the production, raw materials are to be inspected first. Other features like resiliency, absorbency, pH, density, and appearance are monitored as well. While the fabrication is on going, every single time, manufacturers are doing a test for samples to ensure quality and to surely meet the requirements.

The technology has been improving many aspects of product quality. And according to some researchers, more and more fibers, finishes, and clothing will be developed. Such materials are improving in its quality such as the look and has lower cost. Methods for a quicker and more efficient production is also being studied.

Because of the increase in high quality production, what is faux or what is natural is hard to determine. So this would probably make the demand become higher. And for the manufacturers, they must continue on striving to create higher quality products in lower cost.




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