Fibre

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A single fibre the product is made of.

What it holds

  • Attribute id: material.fibre-name
  • Holds: a choice from a fixed list

Allowed values

  • Cotton — Natural fibre from the seed hairs of the cotton plant.
  • Wool — Natural fibre from the fleece of sheep or other wool-bearing animals.
  • Viscose — Regenerated cellulose fibre made from wood pulp.
  • Polyester — Synthetic fibre spun from polyethylene terephthalate.
  • Polyamide — Synthetic fibre spun from a polyamide polymer, also sold as nylon.
  • Elastane — Synthetic fibre with high elasticity, also sold as spandex.

Where it applies

Apparel

Mandatory A column of Fibre composition.

Legal basis

Each constituent fibre must be named, so every row of a fibre composition carries a fibre name.

“A textile product shall be labelled or marked with the name and percentage by weight of all constituent fibres in descending order.”

CELEX:32011R1007, Article 9(1)

Cited from Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products, retrieved 2026-09-08. To be read again by 2027-09-08.

Official terms

  • schema-org: https://schema.org/material — retrieved 2026-09-07
    • Read as: Read as one constituent textile fibre, narrower than schema.org, which admits any material at all.