Geotextiles are soft engineering materials. From the end of 1970, geotextile's application in geotechnical engineering has grown rapidly and become a great tool for solving geotechnical problems. Geotextile includes polymer, textile and geotechnical engineerings, although used by geotechnical engineer, its properties and behaviors are related to polymer materials and textile manufacturing process. It is an important topic on how to use geotextile properly. In this paper, using AASHTO M 288-96 Specifications explains the applications of geotextile. In the specialized applications, the functions of the geotextile and the factors of the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of geotextiles covered in textile and geotechnical engineering as well as required properties for the application are introduced.