A pure Georgette fabric is a textile made from Silk. It has the light crepe texture, which feels slightly rough, but makes the fabric a bit bouncy giving it a flowing look. The threads used in Georgette fabric are highly twisted, which gives a rubbery texture when rubbed, making the fabric almost appear to move on its own. Georgette is woven in highly twisted yarns of S & Z, in both warp and weft. Georgette is woven in two forms: Pure and Faux. Pure Georgette is woven out of Silk yarns, while the Faux Georgette is woven from Rayon and Polyester. Pure Georgette fabric is thin in nature and most expensive when compared to other fabrics. Traditionally these fabrics were worn by royal families as they were expensive, elegant and classy but with the passage of time, introduction of new machines and cost effectiveness; this fabric has become one of the widely used textile with many variations.
Types of Georgette:
- 80grms Georgette: This is the most pure and expensive one; generally used in heavy saris and suits where heavy work and embroidery is done on them. Since it is a bit heavy, it can easily hold heavy work on it. Generally wedding saris and lehengas are made in this fabric.
- 60grms Georgette: Though it is Pure Georgette the cloth is lighter than 8ogrms. This is ideal for embroidery work, digital and normal prints. It is suitable for heavy work in salwar suits and light work in saris.
- 40grms Georgette: This is the most extensively used fabric for printed tunics and dresses having light work and printed saris. This is again a pure form of Georgette and slightly cheaper than the above-mentioned Georgettes.
- Faux Georgette or Artificial Georgette: Since Pure Georgette is expensive; a new kind of Georgette was introduced which has polyester weaving done in the fabric and is called Faux Georgette. It is much cheaper than Pure Georgette and the cloth looks quite heavy and stiffer compared to the pure variety. This Georgette, when rubbed gives a crackling kind of feel. The difference in Pure and Faux Georgette can be identified with the roughness of the fabric. While Faux Georgette has hard roughness in fabric, Pure Georgette has soft roughness in the fabric. Faux Georgette is 5 times cheaper than the Pure one as the texture of the fabric gives more of a synthetic look and feel and also the fact that dyed Faux Georgette loses its colour easily making it look faded after a few washes or dry cleans, whereas Pure Georgette attains a self-shine and looks brighter after few dry cleans.
