Fake Cotton Fabric — What It Is, and How We Knit It

Fake cotton is a polyester-based circular knit engineered to look and feel like cotton. It is brushed or peach-finished to give a matte surface and a soft, cotton-like handfeel, while keeping polyester’s colour retention, dimensional stability, low shrinkage and lower landed cost. DG Knitting knits fake cotton across roughly 140 to 300 GSM at 60 inch width from its mill in Surat, Gujarat, India.

Why buyers specify fake cotton

Three reasons come up repeatedly:

• Shade consistency across a repeat programme. Polyester holds colour more predictably than cotton batch to batch, which matters when a garment reorders season after season.
• Lower shrinkage. Dimensional stability is easier to control, so finished measurements hold after wash.
• Landed cost. For the same handfeel, the delivered cost per kilogram is lower than an equivalent cotton knit.

The trade-off is breathability. For a garment worn directly against skin in high heat, cotton or a PV blend may still be the better call — and we will say so.

How it is finished

The cotton-like surface comes from finishing, not from the yarn. Two routes are common:

• Peach finish — a light abrasive treatment that raises a very short surface nap, giving a dry, matte, slightly powdery handfeel.
• Brushing — a heavier mechanical treatment that raises a longer nap, giving more warmth and a softer, fuller hand.

The same base construction finished two ways will feel like two different fabrics. Worth deciding before sampling.

Where it sits in the weight range

• 140–180 GSM — summer T-shirts, inner layers, kidswear
• 180–240 GSM — everyday T-shirts, polos, co-ord sets, casual tops
• 240 GSM and above — sweatshirts, joggers, winter co-ords, thermal styles

What we tell buyers before they sample

Fake cotton articles currently in the range

Live from our catalogue — specifications are lab-verified and updated as the range develops.

140 GSM DG COT CCD NEW DG CIR 0007 Fake Cotton · Lightweight · 60 inch Activewear, Casual Tops, Polos 140 GSM DG COT Air Grid DG CIR 0022 Fake Cotton · Lightweight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Casual Tops, Kidswear 160–170 GSM DG COT CCD DG CIR 0003 Fake Cotton · Lightweight · 60 inch Polos, Shirts & Tunics, Travelwear 170 GSM DG COT Biscof DG CIR 0015 Fake Cotton · Lightweight · 60 inch Activewear, Shirts & Tunics, Kidswear 190 GSM DG Cotton 190 DG CIR 0018 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Casual Tops 200 GSM DG COT Line DG CIR 0013 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Co-ord Sets 200 GSM DG COT Mesh DG CIR 0014 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Activewear, Polos, Co-ord Sets 200 GSM DG COT Soft Grain DG CIR 0026 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Casual Tops 210 GSM DG COT Looper DG CIR 0027 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Casual Tops 220 GSM DG Miss Dot DG CIR 0016 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Co-ord Sets, Casual Tops 220 GSM DG COT Ramp DG CIR 0019 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Casual Tops 220 GSM DG COT Twill DG CIR 0020 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Sweatshirts & Hoodies, Joggers, Co-ord Sets 220 GSM DG COT Lilen DG CIR 0021 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Co-ord Sets, Loungewear 220 GSM DG COT Box DG CIR 0024 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Co-ord Sets 230 GSM DG COT Bubble DG CIR 0008 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Polos, Shirts & Tunics, Co-ord Sets 230 GSM DG COT Starline DG CIR 0009 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Co-ord Sets 230 GSM DG COT Wako DG CIR 0025 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Light Outerwear 240 GSM DG COT Soft Rib DG CIR 0002 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Casual Tops, Co-ord Sets, Sweatshirts & Hoodies 240 GSM DG COT Mini Grid DG CIR 0004 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Casual Tops, Polos, Co-ord Sets 240–250 GSM DG COT Boomer DG CIR 0006 Fake Cotton · Heavy-weight · 60 inch Casual Tops, Shirts & Tunics, Co-ord Sets 240 GSM DG COT Dry Line DG CIR 0011 Fake Cotton · Mid-weight · 60 inch Co-ord Sets, Shirts & Tunics, Casual Tops 250 GSM DG COT Peach Touch DG CIR 0001 Fake Cotton · Heavy-weight · 60 inch Co-ord Sets, Sweatshirts & Hoodies, Joggers 250 GSM DG COT Fine Rib DG CIR 0012 Fake Cotton · Heavy-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Polos, Co-ord Sets 250 GSM DG COT Miss Dot DG CIR 0017 Fake Cotton · Heavy-weight · 60 inch Shirts & Tunics, Co-ord Sets, Loungewear 270 GSM DG COT Miss Dot Heavy DG CIR 0023 Fake Cotton · Heavy-weight · 60 inch Polos, Shirts & Tunics, Light Outerwear 290–300 GSM DG COT Thermal Grid DG CIR 0005 Fake Cotton · Heavy-weight · 60 inch Sweatshirts & Hoodies, Co-ord Sets, Joggers

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Related

• GSM guide
• Fabric for T-shirts and polos
• Fabric for hoodies and sweatshirts
• Full catalogue

Published 13 August 2026. Last reviewed 13 August 2026.