Bamboo fabric, silk, fabric content - what's the best for shirts?

Silk is a wonderful fabric, and I have washed all my silk shirts in the washer, but they really need to be hung up to dry simply because silk will have a tendency to shrink. Also, silk needs to be ironed and it does get wrinkled easily in a hot climate. I don't live in Vegas, but I live in an area that gets to over 100 degrees in the summer, and I found that the silk wrinkles and also will show the moisture from sweating. I will amend this by saying that the raw or nubbly silk doesn't wrinkle as much...it's a rougher silk in texture but is still soft against the skin. I would assume that that kind of silk would be more expensive as there are more steps in processing the fabric. Bamboo is a wonderful new fabric, which utilizes a plant that grows like crazy. It is very eco conscious which is wonderful. I tried on some bamboo shirts and fell in love with them (I didn't buy them because they were full price and I work at keeping to my clothing budget. I might treat myself to a couple this next pay period.) The wonderful thing about bamboo is that you can wash it and dry it in the dryer. It also doesn't wrinkle like silk. It seemed to be a fabric that would be absorbent and wouldn't show the moisture as much as silk. Mogul is a new fabric, and all that I could find on it on the net said that it is patent pending. It originated in India, as a high visability fabric for bicycle riders and people working in jobs where they needed to be seen. Since I haven't even seen the fabric in the local stores I can't pass judgment on how it would work for your husband. Of all of them I would say that the bamboo would be his best buy. It wears well, it is soft, wrinkle resistant, breathable, machine washable and dryable, and is very eco friendly. I hope this helps a little bit. I too have sewn for years and years. I now make teddy bears and am constantly at the sewing machine...I also am going to make some of my clothes again simply because a lot of the fabric I have been getting has been dropped in price to between fifty cents to a dollar a yard.

i have never worked as a seamstress before but i have always thought that it sounded like a fun career but i like sewing for fun i do not know if i would be able to do it for a job i am afraid that then it would become more like work than it would a hobby i am not sure what would be the best material to use for a shirt though i think that would be more of your personal opinion i have silk fabric shirts and i like them but the get picked so easily and i have never heard of bamboo fabric before

i know next to nothing about silks, but i do know some about bamboo. i love how soft it feels and its super stretchy. i actually bought a concert tee that is 100% bamboo. and its amazingly comfy and cool. mogul im not sure about either tho. i hope this helps you out some. oh, it might be hard to make a dress shirt with bamboo since its a really soft t shirt material, but im not much of a seamstress either hehe