What is "fusable interfacing" and who uses it to make kilts?

[Paul Henry]

regardless of Dixiecat's points (because in time the fusible does leave a dimpled surface after time and sewn in doesn't), but in answer to the original question, very few would use any form of fusible interfacing in a quality kilt, and very few quality tailors would use it in quality garments eiher

[vorpallemur]

regardless of Dixiecat's points (because in time the fusible does leave a dimpled surface after time and sewn in doesn't), but in answer to the original question, very few would use any form of fusible interfacing in a quality kilt, and very few quality tailors would use it in quality garments eiher

Nonsense. Fusible interfacing of high quality, properly applied, will not come off before the cloth it's attached to falls apart. I've got shirts that have been through the laundry a couple hundred times with no evidence of fusing failing. No dimpling, no wrinkling, no separation until the thread falls apart.

hand-made garments tend not to have it, but that's little to do with actual properties of the stuff, and more to do with tradition. (And I've seen Saville Row suits with fully fused fronts, so don't think it doesn't happen.) There are places where a floating structure -- chest fronts, lapels, collars - - is much nicer. There are places where fusible is better (shirt collars and cuffs that are supposed to be crisp). And there are places where fusibles make things possible, like allowing pockets in places that wouldn't otherwise have the internal structure for it.

I wouldn't use fusible in a tank. but in modern kilts, I use it for pocket cut outs, pocket welts, and in waistbands.