Last month, an order was placed online for a relatively large sample of one of our superabsorbent washable fabrics, with delivery to the Vaudeville Theatre, in London’s West End. The Head of Wardrobe for ‘SIX the Musical’ had been looking to enhance the absorbent fabric liners they use in the costumes – that are worn sometimes twice a day – and selected one of our lighter fabrics to trial.
Our superabsorbent fabrics are already used commercially for sweat management and evaporative cooling, and so the fact that they are working well as a costume liner makes sense. The fact that they are being used daily in a West End Production, just makes it a little more exciting!
“The costumes we use are made out of plastic,” said Carol, “which leads to some rather sweaty cast members. To help protect the costumes, we’ve encased the fabric in some lightweight cotton to create washable absorbent liners. We’ve been using them for a couple of weeks now and it’s definitely helping the sweat not soak through to the main body of the costume. So far, so good!”
