![]() It’s heavier in weight than mirror lamé and, because it’s a stretch fabric, it can drape differently too. Spandex lamé fabric is made specifically for dance wear, so it can put up with a lot more abuse than mirror lamé. But when the fabric is stretched, it doesn’t fall apart like mirror lamé does. It’s an elastane fabric that has been coated with lots and lots of tiny metallic dots – so many that it looks like a solid surface. There’s a fabric that’s specifically designed to move a lot and take the strain: metallic Spandex. The flat lining will stop the fabric from stretching and remove the risk of laddering. A light-weight cotton of a similar color to the base is the most obvious choice. Or you can flat-line the lamé with something that isn’t going to stretch. Use it for garments that aren’t tightly fitted to the body – skirts and trousers and even short capes, but not long ones as they’d be too heavy. That’s the easiest way to avoid laddering. First of all, don’t use tricot lamé for a costume that needs to stretch and move a lot. ![]() Source: įortunately, there are workarounds. This fabric can stretch without ruining the metallic finish. Namely, if you over stretch it, it’ll “run” like a pair of tights and permanently ruin the fabric. It’s often called “mirror” lamé, because it’s so super-reflective, and it’s a really popular fabric because it has a very liquid hand and dense color saturation with the metallic finish. Then there is the beast that is lamé with a knit base. Use fabric weights or basting spray to keep your pattern paper in place while cutting it and make sure that when you’re pinning it together to sew that you keep your pins inside the seam allowance. If it’s a plain-weave base then you’ll have a slightly easier time of it. The challenges in sewing it really depend on the base on which the metallic finish has been applied. If you’re doing any kind of sci-fi or anime cosplay, sooner or later, you’re going to use lamé. Holographic finishes are also a thing, which makes the fabric even MORE space age. To the delight of costumers everywhere, you can find it in a rainbow of solids, and even in patterns like multicolored leopard print. It used to be you could only find lamé in two colors: gold and silver. In classic Star Trek, if you were a good-looking lady alien, you were generally wrapped up in lamé or lurex. The base fabric is always some artificial fiber – usually polyester – as it can tolerate the manufacturing process.
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