Fake fur

The faux fur is a velvet and plush faux fur related ( " faux fur " ) with a high pile.

Production

Webpelze are made of two different yarns. Firstly, a strong base yarn yarn twisted usually made ​​of cotton and a synthetic acrylic pile yarn. In the pile yarn, the pile threads are already twisted and brought to the overview page for the weaving of both yarns in Spezialwebstühlen up. To avoid precipitation of the " hair ", an elastic adhesive (usually polyurethane) applied to the back.

The best-known manufacturer of Webpelzen in Europe are Girmes-Niedieck/Deutschland and Tissavel / France.

Use

Webpelze ( imitation) are mostly in the fashion industry as a replacement for used products made ​​of real animal fur, instead of complete garments such as jackets and coats often just for trims and collar. Some animal rights activists point to the possibility of replacing by Webpelze animal furs from the general or partially rejected and killing of fur animals. This is rejected by fur lovers with regard to the completely different feel and quality.

In the case of the bearskin hats of the British guards the use of synthetic substances have been proposed on the basis of animal welfare protests. These were but then rejected because the resistance of the Webpelzmützen was doubted to weathering and possibly static charges occur.

History

According to a lexicon of 1841, the imitation of fur, the French Vavasseur and Lenoir invented a felt made from hare or rabbit hair served as a base and a mixture of rabbit hair, Angora rabbits and beaver hair as a surface. The result was obviously not satisfactory, because " this artificial fur but has brought no happiness. ".

Pros and Cons

Benefits

  • Clothing produced with the look of protected species
  • Cost-effective to manufacture and purchase as high-quality furs
  • Washable; Furs are usually cleaned with wood flour
  • The energy consumption for the production of a fur coat made ​​of synthetic fur was indicated in a study by the research department of the car manufacturer Ford in 1979 with 120 MBtu (35 kWh), compared to 433 MBtu (127 kWh) in captive -trapped animals and 7,965 MBtu ( 2334 kWh) when held in a fur farm animals.

Disadvantages

  • Consumption of finite resources ( oil )
  • Complex industrial production with complex and expensive to purchase machinery
  • Irreversible thermoforming of 60 ° C.
  • Static Charge

Krimmer

The imitation of a curly Halbpersianersorte was called Krimmer. It is a plush.

We distinguish:

  • Persianerkrimmer ( for coat and Jackenkrägen )
  • Slinkkrimmer
  • Karakulplüsch with pressed flat curls
  • Uralkrimmer with cut curls.

Krimmer was produced from 1850 onwards, among others, the Davistan Krimmer, plush and carpet factories AG.

Textile industry Collar (clothing) British thermal unit
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