stretch jeans
What are Stretch Jeans?
Stretch jeans are pants made from denim fabric that contains elastic yarn that makes them soft and more stretchable than, for example, cotton, which is stiffer and has less mobility. The stretch fabric or stretch denim as it can also be called is available in many different degrees of stretch, normally it usually contains between 1-4% stretch yarn and can sometimes also contain synthetics such as polyester for better durability.
What is stretch good for?
Comfort in the main, mobility increases and the trousers become significantly more comfortable to use when they contain stretch yarn.
Why is stretch bad?
The stretch jeans do not quite have the same durability as a pair of 100% cotton jeans and if you want to compost a pair of stretch jeans, it is important that they contain degradable stretch yarn, otherwise they will not rot at the same rate as biological material.
How much stretch should a pair of jeans have?
Jeans that contain 1-3% stretch usually have a relatively good durability, but this also depends on the thickness of the jeans fabric, which can vary quite a lot, many stretch jeans are unfortunately made of quite thin material, which means that they wear out and break within a year if they are used diligently.
Jeans with stretch have become a common feature in the jeans range and today there is everything from super stretch jeans to jeans with comfort stretch.
The market with stretch jeans is large and in principle all established jeans brands have qualities with stretch denim of various kinds.
When we use stretch denim, we try to find qualities that are not too thin and we think it is important that the jeans fit well even after a period of use and do not stretch too much and become baggy and flabby.
In general, it can be said that stretch denim that is thinner can get a thin, comfortable stretch feeling as the fabric does not withstand as much as a thicker one, but at the same time the durability is worse on thinner denim qualities, which leads to tears in the fabric quite quickly.
Somewhere around 11.5 oz, denim tends to be more durable, but the proportion of stretch in the fabric also affects how it wears and you can say that more stretch makes the fabric more sensitive and less durable over time.
We stay between 1-3% stretch and together with cotton yarn mainly, 1-2% stretch, you can call comfort stretch because it does not stretch as much but still gives a nice comfort when you bend your legs, for example, sit down or make other movements where the fabric flexes compared to, for example, a pair of trousers in 100% cotton.
At 3% stretch, there starts to be a little more elasticity in the fabric and especially with the weaving mills that make fabrics that shrink after washing and heat treatment gets an extra good elasticity as it easily stretches but at the same time holds together well.
Superstretch denim often contains 4% stretch or more, but also polyester and other synthetic materials so that the trousers are able to stretch as much and not break. Stretch yarns are made of elastic material and today there are many different names or brands on these, some common brands used in connection with stretch fabrics include spandex, lycra, elastane and more.
Stretch jeans are pants made from denim fabric that contains elastic yarn that makes them soft and more stretchable than, for example, cotton, which is stiffer and has less mobility. The stretch fabric or stretch denim as it can also be called is available in many different degrees of stretch, normally it usually contains between 1-4% stretch yarn and can sometimes also contain synthetics such as polyester for better durability.
What is stretch good for?
Comfort in the main, mobility increases and the trousers become significantly more comfortable to use when they contain stretch yarn.
Why is stretch bad?
The stretch jeans do not quite have the same durability as a pair of 100% cotton jeans and if you want to compost a pair of stretch jeans, it is important that they contain degradable stretch yarn, otherwise they will not rot at the same rate as biological material.
How much stretch should a pair of jeans have?
Jeans that contain 1-3% stretch usually have a relatively good durability, but this also depends on the thickness of the jeans fabric, which can vary quite a lot, many stretch jeans are unfortunately made of quite thin material, which means that they wear out and break within a year if they are used diligently.
Jeans with stretch have become a common feature in the jeans range and today there is everything from super stretch jeans to jeans with comfort stretch.
The market with stretch jeans is large and in principle all established jeans brands have qualities with stretch denim of various kinds.
When we use stretch denim, we try to find qualities that are not too thin and we think it is important that the jeans fit well even after a period of use and do not stretch too much and become baggy and flabby.
In general, it can be said that stretch denim that is thinner can get a thin, comfortable stretch feeling as the fabric does not withstand as much as a thicker one, but at the same time the durability is worse on thinner denim qualities, which leads to tears in the fabric quite quickly.
Somewhere around 11.5 oz, denim tends to be more durable, but the proportion of stretch in the fabric also affects how it wears and you can say that more stretch makes the fabric more sensitive and less durable over time.
We stay between 1-3% stretch and together with cotton yarn mainly, 1-2% stretch, you can call comfort stretch because it does not stretch as much but still gives a nice comfort when you bend your legs, for example, sit down or make other movements where the fabric flexes compared to, for example, a pair of trousers in 100% cotton.
At 3% stretch, there starts to be a little more elasticity in the fabric and especially with the weaving mills that make fabrics that shrink after washing and heat treatment gets an extra good elasticity as it easily stretches but at the same time holds together well.
Superstretch denim often contains 4% stretch or more, but also polyester and other synthetic materials so that the trousers are able to stretch as much and not break. Stretch yarns are made of elastic material and today there are many different names or brands on these, some common brands used in connection with stretch fabrics include spandex, lycra, elastane and more.