Modo Casual Mod dress 1990s

Dress
1980s
England
By ‘Modo Casual’
This dress is made from a double knit jersey fabric and has a printed and machine silk screened decoration.


Other information
Jersey (also called single knit) is the simplest plain knit fabric, with two distinct sides. The face has vertical ribs while the reverse has horizontal rows. Sometimes the fabric is used with the technical back on the outside. Jersey can be light to heavy and made of any natural or manufactured fiber, although originally wool. It gets its name from its history of being made on the island of Jersey, in the Channel Islands off
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The history of jersey knit fabrics traces back to the medieval times. They were originally traced to Jersey in the Channel Islands; hence the name. Jersey used to be one of the most recognizable centers of textile manufacturing in the world. In those early years, single knitting was the primary way through which the cloth was manufactured.

Jersey knit fabrics were historically made from wool. With the introduction of commercial knitting systems, cotton and other synthetic fibers were eventually incorporated into the process. This increased the versatility of the cloth as synthetic fibers added durability while cotton helped improve the cost of the manufacture of jersey fabrics.

Following the same knitting strategies as those used in medieval times, single knit clothing is used in making items such as t-shirts while double knitted products with more sophisticated interlocking knit patters that have less “give” and more volume become base materials for dresses, garments, tops, draping and more.
The wide array of jersey fabric types include: the single knit jersey fabric, double knit, interlock jersey, jacquard knit jersey and clocque jersey fabric. All of these derive from various incarnations and modifications to knitting methods from many parts of the world. The knitting strategy imparts specific properties to the cloth which enhances its applicability, particularly in situations where the fabric has to be tough but pliable, if not soft to the touch.
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