What about the lycra fabric used to make swimsuits?

There are generally three most basic types of fabrics for swimsuits: DuPont Lycra, nylon, and polyester, which are also the most common categories in the market. Qixing Textile will introduce you separately:

1. Nylon fabric - a fabric obtained by blending or interweaving nylon filament or staple fiber with other fibers, which has the characteristics and advantages of each fiber. Although the texture is not as strong and solid as Lycra fabric, its stretch and softness are comparable to Lycra. At present, it is the most commonly used swimwear fabric and is suitable for medium-sized products.

2. Polyester fabric - Polyester fabric is a kind of chemical fiber clothing fabric used in daily life. Its biggest advantage is that it has good wrinkle resistance and shape retention. Therefore, it is suitable for wearing in the sun.

3. DuPont Lycra - is a man-made elastic fiber with the best elasticity. It can be stretched 4 to 7 times freely, and after releasing the external force, it quickly returns to its original length with excellent stretch. Suitable for blending with a variety of fibers for enhanced texture drape and wrinkle resistance.

DuPont Lycra, which is chlorine-resistant, will make swimming, no longer than a normal swimsuit.

How to choose a good swimsuit fabric?

Qixing Textile gives some advice from a professional point of view: when buying swimsuits, you can touch them with your hands, or refer to the composition table of the material to see how the material is. The fabric of a good swimsuit is soft and elastic, the texture of the fabric is relatively dense, the cut is exquisite, and the sewing uses elastic threads, which will not cause the thread to break due to movement.

When trying it on, it is easy to carry the water if it is too large, which increases the burden on the body and the resistance when swimming, and if it is too small, it is easy to cause strangulation marks on the limbs and cause poor blood flow.

A good swimsuit is mainly about the fabric and structure. It is best to choose elastic fabrics with a spandex content of more than 15%, so that the swimsuit can stretch and contract freely with the movement of the body; Generally, swimsuits should be tighter and more elastic than normal clothing, on the one hand, there is sufficient elasticity to ensure a large movement in the water, on the other hand, elastic and close-fitting swimsuits can reduce the resistance of water, if not close enough, it will not only hinder the movement but also easily cause the swimsuit to slip off. Therefore, consumers can pull it by hand or try it on when buying, and feel that the fit between the swimsuit and their own ** and the body is not suitable for swimwear that is too loose, too tight, and has a strong sense of oppression.

It is worth mentioning that the elasticity of the swimsuit is not as large as possible, but the rebound recovery is better, and it can still return to the original shape after multiple stretches. It's not enough to just "pull out", a good swimsuit not only "pulls out", but also has to "take it back".

There are generally three materials used in the fabric of swimsuits:

Lycra (or elastic fiber, elastane, spandex, Lycra is just a product trademark of DuPont) - the more content, the more upscale, the more expensive, generally only 20% of the content.

Nylon - the most commonly used fiber for swimwear fabrics in the mid-range. Generally, nylon + elastic fabric is used as swimwear.

Polyester - mainly used in swim trunks or split swimsuits.