Fashion: the history of Moleskine fabric
Date et lieu de création XVIIe siècle en France.
History Moleskine designates a very tight woven cotton canvas, sometimes covered with a coating imitating the grain of leather.It takes its name from "mole skin" (taupe skin in English) which refers to the lustrous aspect of this material.Unlike the English moleskin which is scratched and has a fluffy touch, the French is smooth.
Si elle a longtemps été utilisée pour des couvertures de livres ou pour des doublures de vêtements, la moleskine est utilisée à partir du XIXe siècle pour fabriquer les vêtements de travail en raison de sa densité qui la rendait très résistante et même déperlante.Quite expensive for purchase, pants and jackets made in this thick and robust material paved endlessly, according to their owner sometimes a lifetime.To repair them, the latter often would see stops, who were able to recreate the frame of the fabric.
Au début du XXe siècle, les vêtements de travail en moleskine se sont parés de couleurs déterminées en fonction des professions : noir pour les charpentiers, blanc pour les peintres et bleu pour les mécaniciens et les chauffeurs.Moleskine work clothes will be worn by workers until the years 1970-80.
Material La Moleskine française is a very tight and thick woven cotton satin.Dense and heavy, this fabric is neither elastic nor breathable and the cotton stores humidity.Comptoir jackets (the work jacket three traditional French pockets) and the pants were therefore wide.
Price There are beautiful pieces in flea.The plowman still offers pants (94 euros, on the heating of aTravail.com) and there are also jackets at the Lyon blouse (from 99 euros).Photo: Pants from the 1960s at Filochard (private collection).
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