Seersucker

How it is used

Use for the fabric structure, and state the fibre separately when ordering summer shirting.

Example sentences

1. The blue seersucker keeps its puckered stripes after a gentle wash.

   The stripes describe a physical texture rather than a printed pattern.

2. She chose cotton seersucker for the unlined summer jacket.

   Cotton identifies the fibre while seersucker identifies the fabric construction.

Common collocations

• cotton seersucker
• seersucker shirt

Related terms

• fabricCloth made by weaving, knitting or bonding fibres or yarns together, used to make clothes, home textiles and many other products.
• weaveThe pattern in which the lengthwise warp yarns and crosswise weft yarns are interlaced in a woven fabric, such as plain, twill or satin.

More terms: Fibres & Fabrics

• fibre
• cotton
• polyester
• woven
• knit
• composition
• GSM
• denim
• jersey
• elastane
• viscose
• linen