Casual sportswear fabrics are technical materials that help keep the wearer comfortable while exercising. The type of fabric needed depends on the intensity and activity of the workout.
Yoga clothing should use fabrics with good stretch for ease of movement, which may require a knitted construction. Long-distance running garments can maintain good wearer comfort if they have excellent moisture-wicking properties that allow perspiration to move from the inside to the outside of the garment. Performance apparel for winter outdoor sports or snow sports should use breathable fabrics with very good insulating properties.
The characteristics that sports fabrics need to have are nothing more than the following:
Fabrics with good thermal conductivity are not good insulators, so these fabrics will be cooler to wear. Air is one of the worst conductors of heat, which is why the more air a fabric can trap, the warmer it will be.
Wicking is the transmission of moisture through the fabric. Moisture can pass between fibers, yarns, or through the fibers themselves. The ability of moisture to pass through a fabric depends on the fabric structure and fiber type. Synthetic fibers tend to dry quickly and are the most commonly used fibers in sportswear today.
When doing high-intensity exercise, you sweat to evaporate heat from your skin. If the clothes are not breathable, there is nowhere for the moisture to escape. This can cause moisture to build up inside clothing and on the skin, causing the body to heat up. Another consequence is that when exercise decreases and the body stops producing heat, moisture (less insulating than still air) will rapidly increase heat loss, especially in cold environments. From this, we can conclude that clothing needs to keep rain and wind out, but at the same time allow the moisture inside to escape. This process is called water vapor transmission, and fabrics that can do this are called waterproof breathable fabrics.
Haining Xutong New Material Co., Ltd. is a corduroy fabric manufacturer from China. The company specializes in wholesale and retail of well-known honeycomb suit cloth.