Purple Gauze....What a Lovely Thing it is.....

This time, we stay with a fundoshi fan favorite....gauze. 

Gauze is loosely woven, which gives this fabric the delicate and lightweight properties we like against our most private parts.  For the technically minded, the fabric uses a leno weave in which two warp yarns are twisted around the weft yarns. 

glossary time

warp:  the lengthwise yarns held in tension on a loom

weft:  aka woof....the yarn which is drawn through the warp yarns 

If you envision the warp yarns as vertical, the weft is the horizontal that is woven between the warps.

For more than you thought you might like to know, wikipedia actually does a good job of describing this weave with graphics and everything. Go here: Leno Weave.

This purple gauze (Island Breeze Gauze at Fabric.com) has a lovely deep color. When applying bleach, it goes to a beige, natural cotton looking color. 

For this particular fundoshi design, I dampened the cloth before starting. This allows the bleaching chemicals to have a more organic flow through the fabric. I used a cookie cutter to mark the circles by dipping the cutter in bleach, then applying it to the fabric. Once those were in place and visible, I used a small brush to increase the amount of bleach so the circles would be a bit bolder. I used a brush to remove the purple from the sides. 

For the shoot, I had just come home from dinner with friends and thought, why not do a shoot? You can tell from previous blogs that I sometimes do this....yes, another ‘stripping’ shoot. Some of the light settings aren’t the best, but I can’t blame the fact that I am learning. For this shoot, I have to blame the extra manhattan I was drinking!

Fundoshi...Deep Purple (search engines, deal with it)...

Fabric....gauze....again....won’t be the last time either....

Photography....a little dimmer this time

And now, the rest of the photos.....

Do you like the striped socks?

finally....we get down to business....

I know the slight hint of fundoshi is a fan favorite....

all fundoshi designs from the purple gauze

I moved the light....bad choice...look at the background....

Next time on fundoshi, fabric and photos: There is a Part Two of this shoot, so look for it in a couple of days. Part Two concentrates on some closeups and some changed lighting.