Underrobe Fabric?

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Underrobe Fabric?

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I'm getting ready to start work on my underrobes and am curious about the fabric. All the CRL says is "cloth". Does this mean that a lighter-than-velvet fabric like cotton or linen is approvable? Summers in Maryland are brutal humid to be wearing that much heavy material.
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wordweaver21 wrote:I'm getting ready to start work on my underrobes and am curious about the fabric. All the CRL says is "cloth". Does this mean that a lighter-than-velvet fabric like cotton or linen is approvable? Summers in Maryland are brutal humid to be wearing that much heavy material.
You are looking for a heavier weighted fabric such as Gaberdine. A lightweight cotton will not hang properly.
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What do you guys make of the color? I was looking at so many, I started losing perspective. The red velvet is an approximation for comparison, probably not what I will actually buy.

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wordweaver21 wrote:What do you guys make of the color? I was looking at so many, I started losing perspective. The red velvet is an approximation for comparison, probably not what I will actually buy.

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That colour is not bad matched with that velvet.
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