Fundoshi of Voile, a fabric by any other name.....

Cotton voile by definition is a sheer fabric. The word comes from the French word for veil. The brown voile in this shoot was purchased from fabric.com. Another voile was purchased in a different color, and that one does not share the same amount of sheerness. Unfortunately, it is a crap-shoot when ordering online. The good news is if you are serious about this, most online fabric stores allow you to purchase small swatches so you can order only when you are certain you like the color, fabric, feel, etc. 

It doesnʻt bother me too much, since I like different types of fabric for different reasons. Both voiles that were purchased were light-weight, so made great fundoshi. 

Voile, like last blogʻs lawn, is a plain weave fabric....even pattern with even thickness of threads being used. In theory, the yarns used in voile should be thinner than lawn, making it more sheer. The normal historical order of fabric by thickness is voile (sheer), lawn(semi-sheer) and then batiste (we havenʻt covered that yet). Of course, a manufacturer can call their fabric any old thing they like, so you should not always trust the descriptions being given. 

Today, we are bare-bones. No fancy designs. No trick photography. Back to the black backdrop. I think the brown would look better against the white backdrop, but I was tired of figuring out a way to deal with the wrinkles.

Fundoshi... semi-sheer brown and very comfortable. 

Fabric....brown voile from fabrics.com. This is quickly turning into my favorite fabric to wear.

Photography....black backdrop....no fancy tricks....posing limited to putting on the fundoshi....

The rest of the shoot after the break....

Next time on fundoshi, fabric and photos, I try my hand at adding color instead of my normal discharge techniques.