Faux fur
The faux fur , often fake fur is one of the velvet and plush related faux fur ( "faux fur" or faux fur) high pile .
Manufacturing
Faux fur is made from two different yarns. On the one hand, a heavily twisted base yarn, usually made of cotton, and a synthetic polyacrylic pile yarn . The pile threads are already twisted in the pile yarn and are brought up to the visible side when the two yarns are woven in special looms. In order to prevent the "hair" from falling out, an elastic adhesive (usually polyurethane ) is applied to the back .
The best-known manufacturers of faux fur in Europe are Girmes-Niedieck / Germany and Tissavel / France.
use
Faux fur is mostly used in the fashion industry as a substitute (imitation) for products made from real animal fur , rather than for complete items of clothing such as jackets and coats, often just for trimmings and collars . Some animal rights activists point to the possibility of using faux fur to replace animal furs from the generally or partially rejected keeping and killing of fur animals. This is rejected by fur lovers with reference to the completely different feel and quality. In the case of the British Guards' bearskin hats, animal welfare protests suggested the use of synthetic fabrics. These were then rejected because the resistance of the faux fur hats to the weather was questioned and static charges could possibly occur.
history
According to an encyclopedia from 1841, the French Vavasseur and Lenoir invented the imitation of fur, a felt made of hare or rabbit hair served as a base and a mixture of hare hair , silk hare and beaver hair as a surface. The result was evidently unsatisfactory, because “ this artificial fur did not bring any luck. "
Advantages and disadvantages
advantages
- Clothing with the appearance of protected animal species can be produced
- More economical to manufacture and purchase than high-quality furs
- Washable; Furs are usually cleaned with wood flour
- The energy consumption for the production of a fur coat from synthetic fur was given in a study by the research department of the automotive company Ford in 1979 as 120 MBtu (35 kWh), compared to 433 MBtu (127 kWh) for animals caught in a trap and 7,965 MBtu (2334 kWh) in animals kept on a fur farm.
- Faux fur does not smell when wet, unlike some wild animal pelts.
disadvantage
- Consumption of limited raw materials ( petroleum )
- Elaborate industrial production with complex and expensive machines
- Irreversible thermoplastic deformation from 60 ° C
- Static charge
Krimmer
The imitation of the curly half-Persian variety "Krimmer" was also called Krimmer . It's a plush .
One differentiates:
- Persian crimmer (for coat and jacket collars)
- Slink krimmer
- Karakul plush with flattened curls
- Ural crimmer with cut curls.
From 1850, Krimmer was manufactured by Davistan Krimmer-, Plüsch- und Teppichfabriken AG , among others .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inga Griese: Soft around the heart. In: Welt Online . Axel Springer AG, December 7, 2002, accessed on August 4, 2008 : “People like it soft and warm. And real. Polyester scarves and synthetic furs are only second choices. The original is more beautiful. No matter what the others say"
- ↑ Johannes Leithäuser: Animal rights activists - The guard to the fur . In: FAZ , September 2, 2008
- ^ FA Brockhaus: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts. Edited by JS Versch and IG Gruber, Leipzig 1841. Third Section O – Z, keyword “Fur”
- ^ The Humane Society of the United States: Questions and Answers about Fur . Washington DC 1998, p. 2 (English, PDF [accessed January 25, 2015]).
- ↑ Christian Franke / Johanna Kroll: Jury Fränkel ’s Rauchwaren-Handbuch 1988/89 . 10. revised and supplemented new edition, Rifra-Verlag Murrhardt, p. 297.
- ↑ Thomas Meyer to Capellen: Lexicon of tissues. Technology, ties, trade names . German specialist publisher, 4th, fundamental. act. u. exp. Ed., Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-86641-258-3 .