Why blend fabrics? i.e. Polyster and cotton?

Blending fibers in a fabric can help prevent wrinkling or lower the cost of a garment. Here are a few examples of blends and their advantages:

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What is a denier rating?

 

Denier is a unit of measurement that is used to determine the fiber thickness of individual threads or filaments used in the creation of textiles and fabrics.

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Cotton vs. Linen vs. Polyester – What's the Difference?

While cotton, from the cotton plant, and linen, from the flax plant, are both natural plant fibers (cellulose), there are many differences between them. 

Polyester fabrics are synthetic fabrics that are produced from an array of chemicals.

 Below we compare cotton, linen and polyester in a non-exhaustive array of categories

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