textured bulky yarns in both warp and weft directions in general abrasion resistance may be reduced by lowering the bulk but the higher tenacity of unbulked warp yarns provides this substantially unchanged abrasion resistance an illustrative embodiment provided by the teachings herein is a fabric of multifilament yarns comprising at least a first yarn in a first fabric direction and at least a second yarn in a fabric direction perpendicular to the first direction and wherein the yarn in the first direction is chosen to have substantially minimal bulk and the second yarn is chosen to have a bulk level in a range of about 6 cm 3 gram to about 12 cm 3 gram another illustrative embodiment provided by the teachings herein is a woven fabric of nylon multifilament yarns comprising a warp yarn and a weft yarn comprising a warp yarn chosen to have substantially minimal bulk and the weft yarn having a bulk level in a range of about 6 cm 3 gram to about 12 cm 3 gram another illustrative embodiment provided by the teachings herein is a fabric of multifilament yarns comprising at least a first multifilament yarn in a first fabric direction and at least a second multifilament yarn in a fabric direction perpendicular to the first direction and wherein the yarn in the first direction is chosen to have a tenacity in a range of about 1 7 to 6 3 grams per denier and the second yarn is chosen a tenacity in a range of about 2 to 7 5 grams per denier another illustrative embodiment provided by.