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What's the weave of this fabric?

smilence

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Commissioned this jacket recently, curious what the weave should be called? Hopsack?

https://hallmadden.com/loro-piana-giacche-ss18/3g8hclng5ry4jpj8edy34bzaidzf8l

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robert in LA

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Some people would think of that as one of the 'nailhead' weaves. The fabric tends to be heavy, with the exposed second color as a mid-weave between the top and bottom layers. Like traditional Harris Tweeds, nailheads were more common one hundred years ago, in colder climates, and before central heating worked as well as it does now. In this century nailhead weaves are more common as upholstery fabrics. On this specific garment, in the photo, the fabric us is cut on the bias, probably with the intention of allowing the thick fabric to drape better, and follow the form of the wearer more closely.
 

robert in LA

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Commissioned this jacket recently, curious what the weave should be called? Hopsack?

https://hallmadden.com/loro-piana-giacche-ss18/3g8hclng5ry4jpj8edy34bzaidzf8l

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Here is example of Hopsack weave, (URL below), and the pattern you get is orthogonal, like a 'nailhead' but if you look closely, you will see, I think, that there is no mid-weave, or intermediate layer: the layer of contrasting color thread gives a nail head pattern the distinctive pattern. I think that a lot of people would call the fabric you chose for your jacket a 'nail head'. What is perhaps unusual about your jacket is that the fabric is cut 'on the bias'. The cloth is cut so that the warp and weft of the weave run at a 45 degree angle to the vertical. This is done when the tailor wants to emphasize drape in the fabric. In similar jackets, in prior decades, more structure would have been desired and the warp would be vertical.

You chose a lovely fabric by the way. I enjoy seeing these weaves from past decades being brought forward, in modern fabrics, that are lighter weight, are more flexible and slightly elastic.

https://www.huddersfieldfinefabrics.com/soft-hopsack-weave-tweed-fabric--ab31-696-p.asp
 
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