Reaching out to the hosiery experts out there ! I've been wearing for most of my life (and that's 40+ years !), and fancy myself a conniseur of different brands and styles of pantyhose, but this one stumps me - what's double covered lycra, and what's the difference between it and so called 3D ??!!
Cheers,
Alex
Hello Alex,
Here is an explanation for double covered lycra.
Double-covered yarns are created by wrapping two Fulgar polyamide strands around the LYCRA® fibre, one in a clockwise direction and the other in an anticlockwise direction. Parallel or textured polyamide yarns can be used to create the double covering. Double-covered yarn is used for the high-end and top-quality clothing, lingerie and hosiery markets.
3D lycra is a different type of weaving and is usually loaded with Lycra with the yarn with wonderful stretch quality in all directions providing very good cling and body forming functioning.
Here is a good article showing the tech on the yarn.
https://www.fibre2fashion.com/industry-article/1715/3-d-fabrics-an-overview
Double covered yarn is a very high quality yarn and when we mention it in the product description you will know you will have a great fitting, smooth, fit rebound and anti-pull pair of pantyhose. They do have an increased cost but you will love the feeling and look of these fine pieces of legwear.
Robert
Thank you Robert! That's a great explanation. Clinginess is a key factor in my purchases. I do have many different pairs of pantyhose with double covered Lycra but what brands and styles come with 3D in your stock ?
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