Perfect Fabrics For Father’s Day – Our New Range Of Kingston Fabrics

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With Father’s Day rapidly approaching, it’s likely that you’ve already begun your search for something to get your Dad this Sunday. We’ve got no shortage of options for you here at Acorn Fabrics, but our latest recommendation is something brand new: our Kingston solid fabric. It’s a type of Gabardine fabric, which is famous for its toughness and durability. Historically Gabardine fabrics have typically been used for heavier items of clothing, but Kingston is a little bit different.

What Is Gabardine Fabric?

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Gabardine has been a favourite for cotton shirting fabrics for centuries now – the first variants of Gabardine fabric date as far back as the 15th and 16th century, though it wasn’t patented until 1879 by one Thomas Burberry. (Yes, that Burberry.)

Gabardine is a tough heavyweight cotton, a twill-weave fabric traditionally made from wool. Like all twill weave fabrics, it has a smooth surface on one side and a diagonal rib on the other. The diagonal rib is closely spaced and slightly raised, and only obvious on close inspection. Gabardine fabrics are traditionally used in uniforms and workwear; it’s famously durable and long wearing, making it well suited to the frantic, sometimes stressful nature of the working day. But alongside its physical capabilities, it holds its shape pretty well too and doesn’t wrinkle too easily. This also makes it useful for articles of clothing like overcoats, which are subject to more punishment than, say, the average silk shirt.

As such a versatile and hardy fabric, it’s little wonder that Gabardine has seen such widespread and long-term use. It’s just one of the reasons we decided it was a perfect basis for our Kingston range of cotton shirting fabrics.

What Is Acorn’s Kingston Fabric?

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Essentially, our Kingston fabric is a fine Gabardine. To briefly dip into specifics of Kingston’s yarn count, it uses 2 fold 60’s yarns, and is only 215 grams per square metre. This means it’s not quite as coarse or heavy as many of our Gabardine fabrics, making it useful for shirts and a variety of other garments (not just suits or coats).

At the moment, our priority at Acorn is building up a good spectrum of colours, so that you have the maximum number of options when it comes to picking out your favourite shade of Kingston fabric. We’ve already got an impressive number of options, including Kingston Red and Kingston Forest Green, so we’re sure you’ll be able to find something to your Dad’s tastes.

Of course, if you’re looking for something a little different, we can cater for that too. We’ve got a collection of over 500 fabrics in our range, and to celebrate Father’s Day this coming Sunday 18th June, we’re offering all our customers 20% off all orders over £100. There’s no better time to splash out on a quality gift for Father’s Day!

If you need any help or advice, at Acorn we’re always available to help answer any questions you might have. You can get in touch with us by calling 01282 698 662, or emailing us on sales@acornfabrics.co.uk.

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Henrique Barbone
22:13 17 Dec 21
Acorn Fabrics is one of the only shirting mills that engages with and sells directly to end customers. Aside from this, the quality of their fabrics is on par with the likes of Thomas Mason and other big players in the market. Their collection has some uniquely interesting colours and patterns such as a red striped heavy Oxford (my shirtmaker in Naples couldn't find a similar fabric from any other mill) or the cotton-linen Aruba denim. Having browsed through shirting swatches from many other mills, I also think that Acorn has the best collection of Tattersall shirtings anywhere. I've taken several of Acorn's fabrics to Naples with me and had them made into beautiful shirts.
sal b
06:09 17 Oct 17
My Acorn fabrics arrived in Sydney today - including the Malham 280 royal. The staff at Acorn are professional and generous, and head an extraordinary company with excellent quality cloth. I feel blessed to have discovered them and will definitely look forward to using them again in future. Sal B in Sydney
Jamie Campbell
21:41 31 Jul 17
I can't praise Acorn Fabrics highly enough. A wonderful company, I didn't think such companies still existed. Five stars are just not enough!
Tim Jones
08:28 14 Jun 17
I have always found Acorn Fabrics to be a splendid company. Their product is of the highest quality, offered across a wide, comprehensive range of fabrics and colours and the 'team' are both veryfriendly and extremely efficient. It is a pleasure to do business with them.
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