Avoca Luxury Deadstock Fabric
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Crepe de Chine - Flame Orange
Price is per HALF metre. 1 unit = 0.5metres. For 1.5metres, add 3 units.
All cut length orders are sent as one continuous length.
Order a sample of this fabric first to make sure it's exactly what you expect.
Description
Specifications:
Weight: Light
GSM: 116
Composition: 100% Polyester
Width: 150cm / 59inch
Colour:
Flame Orange This one will never cease to be a favourite among dressmakers and fashionistas. With its lightly grained crepe finish and texture, this translucent and beautifully drapey fabric is extremely elegant.
Colour:
Boasting a red-hot (almost molten) firey orange hue with subtle coral undertones. Add the exotic heat of a tropical holiday to your wardrobe of bespoke makes, without even visiting the airport with the delicious and vibrant warmth this Crepe de Chine exudes.
Properties:
Woven from superfine polyester crepe yarns- producing a diaphanous, light and airy fabric with a lightly textured crepe feel and delicate translucence. This fabric is stable width and lengthwise with slight bias ease. It drapes with a softly elegant drape quality.
It will form fine gathers, tucks and softly layered details and is ideal for combining with dress weight crepe de chines, satins and silks to create occasion wear that requires translucent, soft details; alongside structured areas.
Garment Suggestions:
Start with wardrobe builders, such as floaty, breathable overblouses, as well as tie bow and gypsy styles, and simple but beautiful tea dress styles with easy, elasticated waists, lined with soft touch jersey.
For something more of a statement, drapey styles with fitted silk bodices and delicately draped over layers, be sure to use a structured underdress! For something a little more adaptable think floaty maxi dresses with a ‘70s style and consider using soft touch silky and fine jersey fabrics for the underskirts.
Other Uses:
Don't forget to utilise the drama of this firey diaphanous beauty and create the most imaginative dance wear costume details, carnival wear and of course pumpkin orange - fire inspired- Halloween costumes!
Create matching ruched headbands, scarves and scrunchies for a fully coordinated effect!
Sourced As Deadstock:
This fabric is from the Fabworks x Avoca collaboration for A/W 2024, that features a collection of deadstock luxury dressmaking fabrics & trimmings.
Delivered to Fabworks straight from the Avoca garment makers, this fabric has very limited stock availability and cannot be repeated once sold out. If you've spotted something you like, don't leave it too long before ordering!
Fabworks x Avoca
Fabworks’ association with Avoca began in 2011, when Fabworks Mill Shop was only a fraction of what it is today, and way before Fabworks Online existed. We were approached by Avoca with an offer to buy their surplus fabric from the previous seasons' collections. What an opportunity! A deal was struck, and what arrived at our warehouse a few weeks later was the most amazing selection of Irish-made pure wool fabrics, plus all the accessorising elements within the Avoca ladieswear collection (elaborate trimmings, gorgeous embroidered silks, lightweight satins, Liberty jerseys) and the cherry on top of the cake – Irish-made Donegal Tweed!
The working relationship between Fabworks and Avoca blossomed over the next few years and allowed Fabworks to develop its focus on high end ladies’ dressmaking fabrics and away from the lower end of the textiles market.
Four years and several thousand metres of fabric later, Fabworks took a bigger step than ever before, and collaborated with Avoca to commission its own range of Irish-made pure wool fabrics which marked the launch of Fabworks Online, November 16th 2015. This was a defining moment for Fabworks, being the very first collection of fabrics that we commissioned ourselves. With a range of herringbones in iconic Avoca colour-rich palettes, this was Fabworks’ first taste of proper manufacturing in the 21st century.
Find out more & read our blog article announcing the return of the Fabworks x Avoca collaboration & see behind-the-scenes of our visit to Ireland in summer 2024
