The London Lounge

Gentlemen,

What cloth weaves are better suited for spring/summer and autumn/winter suitings respectively, weight and yarn type aside?

Thanks in advance.

Plain weave is best for summer as it allows te air to circulate through.

Pretty uch any weave, other than plain, is suited for other seasons.

Leonard

The weave types I am thinking of are fresco, barathea, nailhead, birdseye, hopsack etc. Fresco is really light and airy, but I am not sure about the others.

Any other observations from the forum?

Hopsack is more open and airy, but typically made in weights too heavy for the depths of summer. Barathea is tight and hot. So are gabardine and most twills. The others are really plain weaves into which a pattern is woven. The differences have much more to do with looks than cooling properties.

I think that at the margins, a birdseye is more porous than a nailhead. Holding samples up to the light would provide more information.

Agreed, the nailhead is usually a finer cloth and a closer weave, although there are some superfine birds eyes around