What are the best fabrics for suiting such as blazers, coats, jackets, skirts, suits, tailcoats, and tuxedos?
Suitings Blazers, coats, jackets, skirts, slacks, suits, tailcoats, tuxedos
barathea (also called basket herringbone gabardine twill, twilled hopsack)
pincheck or pinhead
homespum
simplex
basket weave
sharkskin (worsted)
hopsack
check, including glen, houndstooth, etc., in tweed or worsted
bedford cloth
suede, suede-like
leather, leather-like
corduroy (thickset, wide wale)
birdseye
tartan
linen, linen-like, linen-look
covert
blazer cloth
tricotine
melton
covert cloth
broadcloth (wool)
tropical worsted
nailhead
crash
dobby
twilled hopsack
double face, double woven
twill, steep
élastique
worsted suiting
doubleknit
whipcord
flannel