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A raised design or pattern woven into a fabric, jacquard has largely been replaced in womenswear by the common digital print. Despite the laborious toil, a group of mills have kept the French manufacturing tradition alive; unmatched for its exquisite drape and extreme durability across feminine silk, cotton and wool.
Efilan
Founded in 1969, Efilan is located in Italy in Prato’s rich textile region. A producer of luxury and decorative fabrics for use in women’s apparel, Efilan refuses to focus on one specific type of fiber or cloth: they are known for their luxurious silks but also create soft cashmere and camel hair textiles.
Efilan reinvents new ways of doing things. Based in-house, a team of creatives analyse fashion trends and research the qualities of raw and synthetic materials, before developing new textile types and designs.
But it is the firm’s old-age production of jacquard that is...