The paper presents a model which can be used for calculations of complex me
chanical behaviour of textile surfaces e.g. surfaces obtained from a drapem
eter. Fabric is treated in this model as a two-dimensional continuum. As ki
netic and kinematic measures are used these of the Cosserat continuum. Line
ar elastic, orthotropic constitutive equations which enable independent tre
atment of the in plane and out of plane deformations, describe material beh
aviour of the textile structure.