Ukotini waziwa ngokuguquguquka kwawo, ukusebenza nokunethezeka kwemvelo.
Amandla kakotini kanye nokumunca kahle kwenza kube yindwangu ekahle yokwenza izingubo nokugqokwa kwasekhaya, kanye nemikhiqizo yezimboni efana noseyili, amatende, amashidi ehhotela, imifaniswano, kanye nokukhetha kwezingubo zosomkhathi uma ungaphakathi kwe-space shuttle. Imicu kakotini ingalukwa noma ilukwe ibe yizindwangu ezihlanganisa ivelvet, i-corduroy, i-chambray, i-velor, ijezi kanye nefulaneli.
Ukotini ungasetshenziswa ukwakha inqwaba yezinhlobo zezindwangu ezihlukene zokusetshenziswa kokugcina, okuhlanganisa ukuxutshwa neminye imicu yemvelo njengovolo, nemicu yokwenziwa efana ne-polyester.