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Textile Labelling: Stretch Pants

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

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.