Narrow Fabrics- For Decoration, Safety and Support

Narrow fabrics are specialized fabrics used for both- individual as well as industrial requirements. Individuals use them for decorating their garments and home furnishings while industries utilize them for adding value to their products. Narrow fabrics manufacturers know this very well and thus strive to create more and more innovative narrow fabrics in order to meet the requirements of various industries. Let's know what are the types of narrow fabrics and how they find applications in various industries.

Types and Applications of Narrow Fabrics

Narrow fabrics are thin strips of textile, not more than 45cm in width. They can be made of different fabrics including cotton, satin, velvet, nylon, polyester among others. There are many such common narrow fabrics that are used for one or the other purpose.

Tapes: Available in various patterns, designs, weaves, width and thickness, the long strips of fabrics called tapes are widely used in garment, furniture upholstery and home furnishings etc.

Webbings: They are flat strips or tubes of strong woven fabric, often made up of meshed fabric. Webbings are used in bags, sports products, furniture and automobile upholstery, parachutes, military apparels and industrial safety products.

Laces: Laces are narrow fabrics with open holes in them. Mostly used for decorative purpose, they find application in garment, handbags, lingerie and footwear industries.

Cords: They are lengths of fabrics, usually made of twisted strands or fibers and can be called an intermediate between rope and string. Some of the cords can be identified as drawstrings, piping cords, and elastic cords which are mainly used for binding, tying, connecting or supporting garments, handbags, luggage, sports clothing etc.

Elastics: These stretchable fabrics are further used for making other narrow fabrics such as tapes, laces, straps, trims etc. Elastic narrow fabrics can be braided, woven, knitted or corded which are used by various industries like furniture, automotive, garments etc.

Ribbons: These narrow strips or bands made up of fine fabrics like satin, velvet etc. and sometimes with leather too, are mainly used for binding and tying things together. However, their use for decorative and symbolic purposes (awareness ribbons) is also well known around the world. They are widely used in garments, footwear, handbags, lingerie, gift packing and even for decorating wedding cakes. Typewriter too have ribbons for holding ink.

These are only some of the narrow fabrics. There are many others like straps, trims, labels, wicks and mantles etc. that can be categorized as narrow fabrics.