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Sep. 15th, 2011 07:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
frualeydisOn Tuesday I went to Borås, a town ca 70 kilometres from here to teach at the college there - we have a course in dress history together and I lectured on 20th century fashion. Borås is also, since the 18th century, the centre for mail order textile and clothing industry (back then it was sold by itinerant sellers known as "knallar") so it's a good place to look for fabric. Unfortunately the for me most important factory outlet is only open on Wednesdays, but I still managed to score some finds in the sales bin at another shop:
The pleated fabric is polyester and is sold in cut skirt pieces and that's what it's going to become. The grey and burgundy is cotton, has very small woven checks and will become a dress, as will the brown rayon with blue flowers. To the far left there's a remnant in 100 % wool, which will become a skirt. In the middle there's five metres of striped velvet which will become a 16th century gown and finally a green and black houndstooth rayon which will be made into a blouse.
The pleated fabric is polyester and is sold in cut skirt pieces and that's what it's going to become. The grey and burgundy is cotton, has very small woven checks and will become a dress, as will the brown rayon with blue flowers. To the far left there's a remnant in 100 % wool, which will become a skirt. In the middle there's five metres of striped velvet which will become a 16th century gown and finally a green and black houndstooth rayon which will be made into a blouse.