100% polyester taffeta fabric for bag lining fabric and polyester taffeta cover fabric

Product Overview

This 100% polyester taffeta fabric is a lightweight woven material developed primarily for bag linings, luggage components, lightweight covers, garment linings, and selected home-textile applications.

The available range includes plain-dyed fabric and silver-, PA-, PU-, or PVC-coated versions. Its smooth texture, low weight, and lustrous appearance can help manufacturers create clean-looking interiors and lightweight protective or decorative layers without adding excessive bulk.

Because the page lists several densities, coatings, and functional properties, buyers should define the required construction and finish during quotation. Waterproof, flame-retardant, anti-static, tear-resistant, and shrink-resistant performance should be treated as specification-dependent rather than automatically present in every version.

Product Specifications

• Product name: Custom-color 100% polyester taffeta fabric
• Fabric type: Polyester taffeta
• Composition: 100% polyester
• Density: 190T, 210T, and other densities
• Weight: 45–60 gsm
• Width: 57–67 inches / 150–170 cm, as stated on the source page
• Width note: The inch and centimeter ranges are not exact equivalents. Confirm the required finished and usable width before ordering.
• Color: Produced according to the customer’s requirements
• Available constructions and finishes: Plain dyed; silver coated; PA coated; PU coated; PVC coated
• Surface and hand feel: Smooth, soft, lightweight, and lustrous or glossy, as described on the original page
• Source-listed functional properties: Waterproof, flame-retardant, anti-static, tear-resistant, and shrink-resistant
• Functional-property note: The exact treatment, test method, performance level, and supporting documents must be confirmed for the selected specification.
• Main applications: Bags, luggage, linings, garments, bedding, home textiles, sofas, and related uses
• Additional page tags: Purses and totes, coat and jacket applications, interlining, outdoor products, umbrellas, toys, sleepwear, wedding and bridal products
• MOQ: 2,000 meters per color
• OEM service: Available depending on the buyer’s requirements
• Logo customization: Available subject to project confirmation

Material, Construction, Appearance, and Hand Feel

Polyester taffeta is a tightly constructed woven fabric with a characteristically smooth surface. In this 45–60 gsm range, it offers a lightweight profile that is useful when a lining or cover must add minimal bulk.

The listed 190T and 210T densities give buyers options for different appearance, compactness, and handling requirements. Final opacity, firmness, drape, tear behavior, and abrasion performance can also change with yarn selection, density, dyeing, coating, and finishing, so approval samples should represent the intended bulk specification.

The original product page describes the fabric as soft, smooth, easy to cut and sew, durable, and resistant to everyday wear, abrasion, and puncture. These descriptions are commercially relevant for bag development, but buyers should communicate any measurable tear, tensile, abrasion, puncture, or seam-strength requirement before sampling.

Plain-dyed taffeta provides the lightest and most flexible option. Silver, PA, PU, and PVC coatings can change the fabric’s appearance, stiffness, weight, water resistance, air permeability, sewability, and suitability for direct skin contact. The coating type and target performance should therefore be stated clearly in the purchase specification.

Key Product Features

• Lightweight construction: The 45–60 gsm range is suitable for linings and light layers where weight and packing volume need to be controlled.
• Smooth handling surface: The smooth face can help bags, garments, and luggage slide more easily over their contents or underlying layers.
• Lustrous appearance: The glossy taffeta surface can create a clean, decorative finish for visible linings and selected cover applications.
• Custom color development: Colors can be produced according to buyer requirements, with lab-dip and approval-sample support for plain colors.
• Multiple finishing routes: Buyers may select plain-dyed or coated constructions according to the required appearance and end use.
• Quantity-based sourcing: Pricing is determined by the selected quality and order quantity, with more favorable rates indicated for larger volumes.

Detailed Applications and Use Cases

Bag, Purse, and Tote Linings

Bag lining is a primary application for this product. Its lightweight construction helps limit the additional weight of handbags, totes, backpacks, travel bags, and organizers. The smooth surface can provide a neat interior and make it easier to insert or remove contents.

For pockets, zip compartments, and frequently handled interiors, buyers should evaluate seam strength, tear resistance, abrasion resistance, colorfastness, and potential snagging. Reinforcement may be needed around zipper ends, handles, attachment points, and other stress zones.

Luggage Linings and Interior Components

The fabric can be considered for suitcase linings, divider panels, internal pockets, protective layers, and lightweight luggage components. A coated version may be useful where easier surface cleaning or additional moisture resistance is required.

The selected construction should be tested with the intended foam, board, adhesive, zipper, hook-and-loop fastener, or laminated backing. High-abrasion luggage areas may require a heavier fabric, reinforcement, or a different construction.

Lightweight Bag Covers and Outer Panels

The original page presents the fabric for both bag lining and bag cover use. Its lustrous surface and custom colors can support decorative covers, dust covers, promotional bags, storage covers, and light-duty outer panels.

For an exposed bag shell, the 45–60 gsm base may require backing, quilting, lamination, or reinforcement, particularly around corners and load-bearing areas. Buyers should not assume that every plain-dyed version is waterproof. Specify the required coating and confirm water-resistance, abrasion, tear, and seam-performance requirements through sampling and testing.

Garment Linings, Interlinings, Coats, and Jackets

The smooth, low-bulk structure can be evaluated for coat and jacket linings, garment linings, selected interlining functions, costumes, occasionwear, and bridal constructions. Its lustrous appearance may be useful when the lining is intentionally visible.

Plain-dyed versions are generally more appropriate for conventional garment lining than heavily coated versions. For sleepwear or products worn directly against the skin, confirm hand feel, breathability, chemical requirements, colorfastness, seam comfort, and care performance using the final specification.

Bedding and Home-Textile Components

The source also lists bedding and home-textile uses. Potential applications include lightweight backing, internal lining, decorative layers, storage-product linings, dust covers, and concealed components.

Suitability for direct and prolonged skin contact should be evaluated separately, especially when a coating is selected. For sofa or upholstery projects, this lightweight taffeta is more likely to serve as a backing, internal layer, dust cover, or decorative component than as a high-abrasion upholstery face unless testing supports the intended use.

Toys and Decorative Products

Custom colors and a smooth, lustrous surface can support toy linings, lightweight decorative components, gift packaging, costumes, and display products. Buyers must confirm destination-market requirements for toys or children’s products before production, including chemical, flammability, physical-safety, and labeling requirements where applicable.

Umbrellas and Outdoor Applications

The page tags include umbrella and outdoor applications, while the specification lists several coating options and waterproof functionality. These uses require a purpose-selected coated construction rather than an assumption that all versions provide outdoor performance.

Before approving an umbrella or outdoor program, confirm water resistance, hydrostatic-pressure requirements, coating adhesion, UV exposure, colorfastness, seam leakage, tear strength, dimensional stability, and aging performance.

Design and Manufacturing Considerations

• Confirm the exact width: The listed 57–67-inch and 150–170 cm ranges are not precise conversions of one another. State the required usable width in the purchase order.
• Approve the final construction: Density, color, coating, and finishing can affect weight, drape, opacity, stiffness, gloss, and sewability.
• Control fraying and slippage: Lightweight taffeta may require suitable edge finishing, seam construction, and handling controls.
• Select needles and threads by sample testing: Use an appropriate sharp needle, thread, stitch density, and seam allowance for the selected weight and coating. Excessive needle penetration can weaken lightweight fabric or create leakage points in coated material.
• Reinforce stress areas: Bag corners, handles, zipper ends, pocket openings, and load-bearing seams may need reinforcement or a heavier supporting layer.
• Test coated versions after sewing: Needle holes and seams can reduce water resistance. Seam sealing or another construction method may be necessary when leakage control is required.
• Check compatibility: Evaluate coatings with printing inks, adhesives, lamination films, foams, backing materials, embroidery, and heat-processing conditions before bulk production.
• Approve color and performance: Confirm lab dips, approval samples, shade tolerance, colorfastness, dimensional stability, coating adhesion, and other buyer-specific tests before production.

Customization, Sampling, and Bulk Ordering

• Color customization: Colors can be produced according to the customer’s requirements.
• Finish customization: Plain-dyed and silver-, PA-, PU-, or PVC-coated options are listed. Confirm the available coating weight, appearance, functionality, and minimum quantity.
• Density options: 190T and 210T are stated, with additional densities indicated as available.
• OEM and logo service: OEM service and logo customization are available depending on the request and production feasibility.
• Packaging customization: Roll length and packing details can be adjusted according to buyer requirements.
• Lab-dip lead time: Normally 3–5 days.
• Plain-color approval sample: Normally 7–10 days.
• Bulk-production lead time: 3–20 days, subject to specification and order requirements.
• Production capacity: More than 3 million meters per month.
• Stated daily output: Up to 150,000 meters.
• Standard roll packing: 50, 100, or 200 meters per roll.
• Usual container quantity: Approximately 200,000 meters per 20GP and 380,000 meters per 40GP. Confirm the loading quantity for the selected width, weight, roll length, and packing method.
• Shipping: Express and sea freight are listed. Confirm the route, incoterm, transit time, and freight responsibility during quotation.
• Sample payment: Confirm the accepted payment method when requesting the sample.
• MOQ: 2,000 meters per color.
• Pricing: Determined by quantity and selected quality. The source states that online pricing is divided into three quantity levels and that larger quantities receive more favorable pricing.

Payment-Term Confirmation

The source page contains two payment descriptions:

• The detailed specification states 30% advance payment by T/T and 70% after receipt of a copy of the bill of lading.
• The purchasing summary states that first-time customers typically pay 30% down and 70% before shipping by T/T. L/C may be considered for repeat customers, and other terms may be negotiated.

Because the stated balance-payment points differ, buyers should confirm the applicable terms in the quotation, proforma invoice, and sales contract before placing an order.

FabricsTrades Sourcing and Development Support

FabricsTrades is located in Wujiang District, Suzhou, within one of the world’s most concentrated textile-manufacturing regions. The company’s location provides access to specialized weaving, dyeing, printing, coating, finishing, lamination, and related production resources.

The source page states more than 10 years of experience with polyester taffeta, satin, Oxford fabric, and related materials, as well as supply experience with customers in the Middle East, South America, and Europe.

In addition to FabricsTrades’ own manufacturing capabilities, its regional supply-chain network can help buyers evaluate alternative densities, coatings, colors, widths, packing methods, or product-development routes when a standard taffeta does not meet the project requirement. Availability and feasibility should be confirmed for each custom request.

Factory visits are welcome. The source page also states that airport or railway-station pickup can be arranged; confirm the visit schedule in advance.

2024–2026 Fabric Regulations & Compliance Update

Regulatory and retailer requirements depend on the destination market, intended product, consumer group, coating chemistry, production date, and final use. This product page does not establish that every taffeta specification is certified or compliant with a particular standard.

For coated, waterproof, water-repellent, oil-repellent, or stain-resistant programs intended for the EU, buyers may need to review evolving PFAS and PFHxA controls. PA, PU, or PVC coating names alone do not confirm whether separate fluorinated chemistry has or has not been used. See the EU REACH Universal PFAS Restriction and the China Fabric Supply Chain resource for sourcing context.

Buyers working across multiple markets can also review Navigating Fabric Regulations of the 2024–2026 Global Textile Compliance when establishing destination-specific testing and documentation requirements.

Before sampling and quotation, communicate any applicable restricted-substance list, retailer standard, flammability requirement, toy or children’s-product standard, packaging rule, traceability requirement, or performance test. Depending on the final specification and production batch, buyers may request available:

• Fiber-composition and product-specification documents
• Coating or finishing declarations
• Safety Data Sheets or Technical Data Sheets for relevant chemicals
• Restricted-substance or PFAS-related test reports
• Colorfastness, tear, tensile, abrasion, shrinkage, coating-adhesion, or water-resistance reports
• Certificates, declarations, traceability information, or third-party testing support

Confirm the required standard, method, limit, sample type, and testing stage before bulk production. Document availability may depend on the selected construction, finish, batch, destination market, and testing request.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this polyester taffeta fabric?

It is a 100% polyester woven taffeta offered at 45–60 gsm in 190T, 210T, and other densities. The range includes plain-dyed and several coated versions for bag linings, luggage, lightweight covers, garment linings, and selected home-textile applications.

Can the same fabric be used for both bag lining and outer cover fabric?

Yes, but the correct specification depends on the position and performance requirement. Plain lightweight taffeta may suit interior linings, while exposed covers or load-bearing panels may require coating, backing, lamination, reinforcement, or a heavier alternative.

Are waterproof, flame-retardant, and anti-static properties standard?

They should not be assumed to be standard on every version. These properties are listed on the source page, but the exact finish, performance level, test method, and documentation must be confirmed for the ordered specification.

How long does a lab dip take?

A lab dip normally takes 3–5 days. An approval sample for a plain color normally takes 7–10 days.

Can FabricsTrades provide OEM service?

Yes. OEM service depends on the project requirements, and logo customization can be evaluated for the product.

What is the production capacity?

The source page states a monthly production capacity of more than 3 million meters and daily output of up to 150,000 meters. Actual availability depends on the selected specification and current production schedule.

What is the bulk-production lead time?

The stated mass-production lead time is 3–20 days. Confirm the schedule for the required color, density, coating, quantity, testing, and approval process.

Can buyers visit the factory?

Yes. Factory visits are welcome, and airport or railway-station pickup may be arranged. Contact FabricsTrades in advance to confirm the visit schedule.

How is the product price determined?

Pricing depends on the required quality and order quantity. The source states that online pricing uses three quantity levels and that larger quantities receive more favorable rates. Request a quotation based on the final specification.

How long is one yard in meters?

One yard equals 0.9144 meters.

Request a Quote or Sample

For an accurate quotation, please provide:

• Intended application and product design
• Plain-dyed or coated construction
• Required density, weight, and usable width
• Color or lab-dip reference
• Required coating or functional performance
• Order quantity and roll-packing preference
• Destination country and shipping requirements
• Applicable testing standard or restricted-substance list
• Certificate, declaration, or documentation requirements
• Target sample and bulk-delivery dates

Contact FabricsTrades to request a quotation, lab dip, approval sample, available test report, certificate, declaration, technical information, or custom-development evaluation.