Thread Count
Moreover, today, use of ultra-high thread counts -- not formerly attainable -- that achieve e.g. Has made the textile highly valuable, over 300 to 1000 threads per square inch thereby impart heightened shimmer and sheen, having been formerly somewhat attained (with less luster and sheen) by the addition of artificial e.g., nylon, acetate, orlon, polyester (this latter fiber appearing in the 1980s variants), as has been long used in most lower cost "artificial sharkskin" fabrics of the 50s, 60s ... and later in the 80's that dominated the market; many, using small percentage ratios of such fibers, with the largest percentage of fibers used, these days, being conventional wool or the coveted Marino wool fibers spun to new specifications.
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