| Bathrobes are used by millions of people in the world. | | | | clothing in order to substitute for the natural fiber cloth. |
| Choose the best kind of bathrobe for you according to | | | | Modern types of microfibres are enhanced to |
| your taste. | | | | maximize water absorption and breathe ability. |
| Bathrobes are also called dressing gowns. They are | | | | Bathrobes made of microfibre are soft and lightweight |
| typically robes worn after taking a bath or swimming in | | | | just like silk bathrobes. It is usually thin in and much like |
| the pool. Bathrobes are usually worn at home where | | | | a strand of hair. |
| there is privacy because usually the user is wearing | | | | Silk is a type of fabric also commonly used in making |
| nothing underneath it. They are worn to preserve | | | | bathrobes. It is a lustrous and fine fiber. It is mainly |
| modesty or to keep the wearer warm whenever | | | | composed of fibroin. Secretions of silk worms or insect |
| there is no urgent need to be fully dressed. | | | | larvae forms into an elastic and strong thread produce |
| As with dressing gowns, bathrobes are open in the | | | | this so-called fibroin. The cost of producing this material |
| front and are closed with a belt put over the | | | | is very expensive thus making silk bathrobes more |
| nightgowns when rising from the bed. Men started to | | | | expensive than the usual cotton bathrobes. Silk robes |
| wear robes too on a regular basis from the banyan, | | | | are lightweight and think like the microfibre robes. This |
| an 18th century custom as a means of orientalist | | | | type of robe is not recommended for wet places or |
| imitation. A type of cotton kimono called the "Japanese | | | | environments primarily because the fabric lacks the |
| Yukata" is worn as outdoor summer clothing and a | | | | polarity and surface area needed to absorb water. Silk |
| bathrobe. There are various types of bathrobes | | | | robes are traditional and a very popular choice in |
| available in the market today. Bathrobes are now | | | | women for it is not worn after showers or baths. |
| categorized into the type of weaving and the type of | | | | Weave Styles of Bathrobes |
| textile used. | | | | There is the flannel, a woven fabric is very soft to |
| Styles of Bathrobe Fabrics | | | | touch. It is loosely made from spun yarn usually wool |
| Bathrobes are made out of different fabrics. These | | | | or cotton. |
| are cotton, wool, microfiber and silk. | | | | Velour is a design with cut loops. Bathrobes made of |
| Cotton is perhaps the most widely used fabric in the | | | | velour are commonly made with terrycloth inside for |
| world. It is a natural fiber primarily consists of cellulose. | | | | the terrycloth absorbs the water faster and more |
| In textile manufacturing, cotton is perhaps the generally | | | | efficiently than velour. This weave style gives |
| used fiber. Due to cellulose polarization, bathrobes | | | | bathrobes a luxurious feeling for it makes this garment |
| made of cotton easily absorb water. Cotton bathrobes | | | | soft to touch. |
| are mostly used in the pool, beach or after taking a | | | | Terry is a type of pile fabric commonly woven from |
| shower. Bathrobes made of this material are suited in | | | | cotton. On both sides of the bathrobe, it has uncut |
| temperate climates since cotton absorbs perspiration. | | | | loops. The denser and longer the loops are, the |
| Wool is a type of material suitable in colder countries. It | | | | spongier the garments are. |
| is thick and could absorb heat well. It is comfortable to | | | | Waffle fabric has a distinctive grid-like appearance. A |
| wear on winter or spring. | | | | type of waffle called "pique" may be applied in velour, |
| Microfiber is a synthetic material made of polyester or | | | | silk, cotton as well as any other fabrics. |
| cellulose. It can be woven into different types of | | | | |