the author outlines various methods of producing crepe fabrics by the use of crepe yarns, crepe weaves, different lengths of yarn in the fabric and mechanical, physical and chemical finishing treatments together with fancy yarns and textured yarns. crepe effects are described which are produced by embossing, by applying caustic soda to cotton cloth, by using shrinkable and non-shrinkable synthetic spun yarns and with fancy twisted and textured yarns. functional and esthetic cloth properties are briefly discussed