Notte Buia - Double Crepe Italian Wool - Fil de Fer

Specifications:

Weight: Medium / Heavy

GSM: 351

Composition: 100% Virgin Wool

Width: 150cm / 59inch

Introduction

Notte Buia is a top-notch designer wool double crepe that oozes quality! You can tell a quality product when the fabric features a woven logo selvedge. This outstanding beauty came from a company that made garments for top high-street ladies' wear designers.

Colour:

Notte Buia literally translates as dark night and boasts the richest navy colour-infused hue, like the dark skies over the rolling Italian hills. Classic addicts will adore this stunning fabric.

Properties:

Notte Buia this divine double, dress crepe has a classic crepe feels fine with a grain. It is malleable with a sumptuous and heavy drape, has excellent resistance to creases, is stable and is easy to sew. There is slight ease across the width due to the crimped yarns. This incredible quality double crepe boasts excellent opacity thanks to its double construction. Woven from fine 100% virgin wool crimped yarn in super close weave construction. This brilliant fabric that never dates can be used for a plethora of timeless designs.

Wool crepe of this quality is hard to find because it is so versatile, its redeeming qualities of temperature-regulating warmth, excellent drape and resistance to creases, good stability and heavyweight, mean there are multiple things you will want to make from classic shift dresses to boxy kimono-style jackets and edgy contemporary styles.

Garment Suggestions:

We think that Notte Buia will make elegant occasion wear; mother-of-the-bride outfits such as Vogue - V9266 will look flawless and super stylish. The figure-skimming dress and matching bolero are ideal for this double-dress crepe and perfect for spring weddings. Add some beaded embellishments for a bespoke touch.

Other classic styles are: shift dresses, angular A-line '60s inspired dresses, tailored pencil skirts and matching cropped French couture style jackets. For something a little different, shirt dresses or loose long-line sleeveless waistcoats made in this dreamy Notte Buia fabric will become essential key pieces.

If dresses and skirts aren't for you, Notte Buia will also make the most stylish pleat fronted trousers The Pattern Stash - Cordelia Trousers - without the paper bag, or slimline cigar pants or trousers with a matching blazer too. Choose classic cuts for wardrobe keepers, you will never tire of.

Combine the other colour choices of Double Crepe Italian Wool  Peach Bellini, Alpine Sky, Tuscan Sky, Aranciata Rosso, Dolce Vita Coral superb colour-blocked styles like Sew Different's - Colour Block Dress Pattern.

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