Textile structure for protective clothing

Clothing to be worn, protective against penetration by stabbing, fragments or bullets, said clothing comprising a plurality of textile structure layers, at least an outermost layer and an innermost layer of said plurality of textile structure layers comprising a woven fabric, said fabric comprising warp and weft wrapped yarns, said wrapped yarns comprising a core comprised of penetration resistant filament yarn selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide fibers, high-strength polyolefin fibers and mixtures thereof, and an outer sheath comprising at least one layer made of readily color-modifiable fibers selected from the group consisting of cotton, wool, viscose staple fibers, polyamide staple fibers, polyester staple fibers polyacrylonitrile staple fibers and mixtures thereof, wherein said textile structure layers comprising a woven fabric provide said clothing with protection against penetration by stabbing, fragments or bullets.

A fencing vest comprising at least one fabric layer, said fabric layer comprising wrapped yarns having a yarn titer ranging from about 600 dtex to 4,000 dtex, said wrapped yarns consisting essentially of a core of penetration resistant filament yarn selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide fibers, high-strength polyolefin fibers and mixtures thereof, and an outer sheath comprising at least one layer of readily color-modifiable fibers selected from the group consisting of cotton, wool, viscose staple fibers, polyamide staple fibers, polyester staple fibers, polyacrylonitrile staple fibers and mixtures thereof.