Before we can learn about Women's Smock Panel Flannel Shirts, we must understand the meaning of "flannel". Flannel is a soft woven fabric that can be produced in a wide variety of fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Flannel may be brushed to create extra softness or remain un-brushed. Although brushing can add to the softness, it is important for manufacturers to keep in mind that over brushing can weaken the fibers.
- Brushing is a mechanical process wherein a fine metal brush rubs the fabric to raise fine fibers from the loosely spun yarns to form a nap on one side or both sides.
Flannel is commonly used to make plaid (tartan) clothing. Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colors. However, flannel does not have to be a plaid pattern. The association between flannel and plaid has led to the incorrect use of flannel as a synonym for plaid. Flannel can be solid color, stripes, etc.
- You can learn more about plaid from our plaid shirts page.
Now, let's learn more about Women's Smock Panel Flannel Shirts.
The word smock has a few meanings.
Smock-frock, a coatlike outer garment, often worn to protect the clothes. Smocks are often worn by painters to keep paint of their regular clothing.
A chemise or shift is a classic smock, or a modern type of women's undergarment or dress. Historically a chemise was a simple garment worn next to the skin to protect clothing from sweat and body oils, the precursor to the modern shirts commonly worn in Western nations.
A smock dress is a type of dress. A smock dress is a relaxed style of dress that tapers out from the neckline/bust. The top may be gathered into a yoke or through smocking at the bust. This type of dress typically has a loose and rather shapeless construction.
All of the above can technically be manufactured using flannel fabric.
You may want to also understanding a similarly sounding term. The word smocking is different than a smock.
- Smocking is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Before elastic, smocking was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable. Smocking developed in England and has been practised since the Middle Ages and is unusual among embroidery methods in that it was often worn by laborers. Other major embroidery styles are purely decorative and represented status symbols. Smocking was practical for garments to be both form fitting and flexible, hence its name derives from smock — a farmer's work shirt. Smocking was used most extensively in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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