Textiles and articles and processes for making the same

A textile, comprising:

• a thermoformed network of yarns comprising a first core yarn and a first thermoplastic composition, wherein the first thermoplastic composition consolidates the thermoformed network of yarns by surrounding at least a portion of the first core yarn and occupying at least a portion of spaces between yarns in the thermoformed network of yarns, and wherein the first thermoplastic composition is a thermoplastic elastomeric composition comprising a thermoplastic elastomeric styrenic copolymer;
• wherein the thermoformed network of yarns is a thermoformed product of a first textile comprising a first network of yarns including a coated yarn comprising the first core yarn with a coating surrounding the first core yarn, the coating including the first thermoplastic composition, wherein, in the thermoformed network of yarns, the first thermoplastic composition consolidating the thermoformed network of yarns is a re-flowed and re-solidified product of the first thermoplastic composition of the coating of the coated yarn;
• wherein the first core yarn comprises a second thermoplastic composition, the first thermoplastic composition of the coating has a first melting temperature, the second thermoplastic composition of the first core yarn has a deformation temperature, and the deformation temperature of the second thermoplastic composition of the first core yarn is at least 20 degrees Celsius greater than the first melting temperature of the first thermoplastic composition of the coated yarn.