Velvet has been around for a long time, and even today it is considered to be one of the most luxuriest fabrics you can own.
It’s look and feel are hard to match and that is why it has been so timeless throughout it’s history. It has been used through-out the middle ages by Kings and Knights, and today by the wealthiest and most elite of our culture.
It is not known for sure when the first record if Velvet was created or reported in history but most people agree that velvet weaving most likely started in the land Kashmir near the start of the 14th century.
Velvet is not a source of fabric but is actually the results of a type of woven fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed in a dense pile which gives it the velvet feel.
The actual fibers that can make up velvet range greatly from natural to synthetic fibers. The highest quality velvet will be from silk, but you can also use cotton, polyester, nylon and many others.
It is made from a special type of loom that will weave two seperate pieces of these fibers together.
Velvet is infamously tough to clean, but ever since the invention of dry-cleaning it isn’t as big of an undertaking as it once was.