Fabric, particularly for items of clothing and shoes

A fabric particularly for items of clothing and shoes, comprising:

• a first inner layer, to be directed toward the body of the user, which is substantially hydrophobic and breathable and is suitable to direct liquid-phase and vapor-phase perspiration away from the user of an item of clothing or the like produced with said fabric;
• a second intermediate spacing layer, which is substantially hydrophobic and transfers the liquid-phase perspiration from said first inner layer toward a third outer layer and defines preferential passages for vapor-phase perspiration from said first layer outwardly;
• and
• a third outer layer which is substantially hydrophilic and is suitable for permeation of vapor-phase perspiration, for absorbing liquid phase perspiration that arrives from the first layer, and for distributing said liquid-phase perspiration over a large surface thereof so that it can evaporate outwardly,
• said layers being joined so as to form a single body.