Fabric Abbreviations, Material Composition On Textile Labels

• WO – Wool (Sheep by default)
• WV – Virgin Fleece Wool
• WP – Alpaca Wool
• WL – Lama Wool
• WS – Cashmere Goat a.k.a. Kaschmir and Cachemire and (incorrectly) Kashmir
• WM – Mohair (Goat) Wool
• SE – Silk / Seide
• CO – Cotton / Baumwolle
• LI – Flax / Linen
• HA – Hemp / Hanf
• CV – Viscose
• CMD – Modal
• CLY – Lyocell
• PA – Nylon / Polyamid
• PES – Polyester
• PUR – Polyurethane
• EL – Elastane aka spandex
• ME – Metallic
• AF – Other Fibers

Some Italian Translations and Abbreviations:

• WP – can also mean baby alpaca Wool
• VI – also means viscose
• WK – camel hair wool
• WA – angora wool
• PBT -polyester
• EA – elastane
• PC – acrylic
• PM – polyester