Latest Velvet Dresses Designs

The quality of the fabric has a great effect on your dress.If we talk about the types of fabrics so you must have heard about velvet fabric.Before we talk about some stylish dresses and trends made of velvet fabric
let us know some basic information related to velvet fabric.

A.What is velvet fabric ?

Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word velvety means "smooth like velvet." Velvet can be made from either synthetic or natural fibers.

B.Properties of velvet fabric :

Velvet fabrics are specially manufactured and process because of its distinctive properties. Velvet fabrics are used in variety of appliances like clothing including sarees, gowns and many more. It is also used in bed sheets, covers, curtains and etc

C.The most common types of velvet are as follows :

1. crushed and panne velvet
2. velveteen
3. corduroy
4. embossed and burnout velvet
5. rayon and silk velvet
6.Cotton velvet
7.Pile-on-pile velvet
8.Plain
9.Ciselé
10.Polyester

•Crushed : Lustrous velvet with patterned appearance that is produced by either pressing the fabric down in different directions, or alternatively by mechanically twisting the fabric while wet.

•Panne : Also a type of crushed velvet, panne is produced by forcing the pile in a single direction by applying heavy pressure. Sometimes, less frequently, called paon velvet. However, since the 1970s, "panne velvet," as used in ordinary fabric stores, has referred to a pile knit, perhaps better called a velour, with a short pile that falls in many directions, usually of polyester.

•Velveteen : Velveteen is a type of imitation velvet. It is normally made of cotton or a combination of cotton and silk. It has a pile that is short and is closely set. It has a firm hand and a slightly sloping pile. Unlike true velvet, this type has greater body, does not drape as easily, and has less sheen.

•Corduroy : striped ridged form of velvet fabric.

•Embossed : A metal roller is used to heat-stamp the fabric, producing a pattern.

•Burnout : A velvet treated with a caustic solution to dissolve areas of the pile, creating a velvet pattern upon a sheer or lightweight base fabric.

•Nylon/rayon blend : Nylon/rayon blend velvet has much of the feel and drape of silk-based velvet, but is usually much less expensive; also, it is easier to care for than silk velvet.

•Silk : Silk velvet is more expensive than plain velvet, and is usually shinier and softer than the cotton variety.

•Cotton : Cotton velvet is highly durable but lacks much of the luxuriousness of other varieties of velvet; also, its colors tend not to be as deep or rich.

•Chiffon velvet : Very lightweight velvet on a sheer silk or rayon chiffon based.

•Pile-on-pile : A particularly luxurious type of velvet woven with piles of differing heights to create a pattern.

•Plain : Commonly made of cotton, this type of velvet has a firm hand and can be used for many purposes.

•Ciselé : Velvet where the pile uses cut and uncut loops to create a pattern.

•Polyester - Polyester velvet (often called "stretch velvet") can be made of polyester with a small percentage of spandex to allow it to stretch in one or two directions.

Now let's talk about some of the latest dresses made of velvet fabric.Velvet fabric itself is a very good fabric.Many types of dresses are made from this fabric such as kurtas,suits,lehngas,capes,gowns,etc.Here are some of the latest dresses made from that fabric

#1 Velvet Kurti with Palazzo