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Textile Labelling: Stretch Pants

A all cotton pants with trade-marked elastic yarn Stretch Pants Illustration

Example:

These pants are made of cotton with spandex (elastic yarn) throughout. The spandex makes up less than 5% of the weight of the pant fabric. The brand of spandex is Lycra. This article requires a permanent label.
Any of these fibre content declarations would be acceptable:
Note: The fibre content information must generally be bilingual.
96% Cotton
4% Spandex		 All cotton
exclusive of elastic
96% cotton
4% other fibre
 96% Cotton
4% Lycra Spandex
100% cotton
exclusive of elastic

For more information on this type of garment see the General Worksheet.

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Date Modified: 2009-08-05

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