<div dir="ltr">Corduroy and similar fabrics do have directionality, called "nap." Rub your hand one direction along (not across) the cords and they seem to smooth down a bit, rub the other way and they fluff up a bit. It is similar to (but less dramatic than) rubbing a cat "the wrong way" and making its fur stand up, or rubbing a cat the way its hair naturally goes.<div>
This is observable on velvet and even suede. But not so much on "crushed velvet" in which the nap is all smooshed down willy-nilly for a different visual effect.</div><div>-Fran<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Nicolas Ward <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ultranurd@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultranurd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Ranjit (3 + 0)<br>
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selcouth, n. A corded velveteen fabric distinguished from corduroy in<br>
that the cords run from bottom to top rather than top to bottom.<br>
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Elliot 2 "Are cords in corduroy *signed*? I had no idea. Inspired by SILK?"<br>
Jim 1<br>
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Hutch: "I'm pretty sure that corduroy doesn't have any 'directionality' to it?"<br>
Pierre: "Turnabout is fair play."<br><br></blockquote></div>
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