PILE FABRIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME

The present invention relates to a pile fabric that includes: a ground structure; and pile fibers that are tangled with ground yarns constituting the ground structure and that stand on a front surface side of the ground structure. The pile fibers include acrylic fibers and/or modacrylic fibers and have a lower softening point than fibers constituting the ground structure. The pile fibers standing on the front surface side of the ground structure are not fused, whereas at least parts of the pile fibers located on a back surface side of the ground structure outside of the ground yarns constituting the ground structure are fused. 0.4 parts by weight or more of an organically-modified silicone-based softener is adhered with respect to 100 parts by weight of the pile fibers located on a back surface side of the pile fabric. The organically-modified silicone-based softener is at least one selected from the group consisting of amino-modified silicone-based softeners, epoxy-modified silicone-based softeners, and carboxyl-modified silicone-based softeners. The present invention provides a pile fabric having improved softness while preventing pile fiber loss, and a method for producing the same.