for enhancing the hand and aesthetic characteristics of fabrics in particular the process has been found to be particularly suitable in the enhancement of filament containing fabrics in one aspect of the invention it has been found that fabrics made substantially or substantially entirely from filaments can be made to feel and appear substantially like fabrics made from spun yarns this can be particularly desirable because fabrics having comparable levels of feel as those made from spun yarns can be achieved at greater levels of strength durability soil release and or levels of manufacturing ease and efficiency the fabric can be produced in any known manner including but not limited to weaving knitting and nonwoven manufacturing processes as will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art such fabrics include a plurality of fibers and or yarns that are interwoven interknit or otherwise associated with each other to form a coherent stable structure the invention contemplates the use of any type of fibers including but not limited to synthetic and non synthetic fibers e g polyester nylon rayon silk cotton polylactide based fibers ptt fibers wool aramids etc single or multi plied yarns or the like the invention involves pre abrading a fabric then treating it with a high energy fluid the pre abrasion can be performed in any of a variety of ways for example the pre abrading can be performed by processes including but not limited to sanding brushing napping wet sueding dry sueding or processing by the sanding methods and or apparatus described in commonly assigned u s pat no.