Textile lexicon

Organic cotton

Organic cotton

The mallow plant is a heat and water loving plant. Cotton (Gossypium) is grown in tropical to subtropical countries. The so-called cotton belt stretches from China and India through Turkey and Central Africa to Central America and the southern United...

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Sustainable bamboo

Sustainable bamboo

Bamboo grows very fast and can be used in many different ways (food, building materials, horticulture, consumer goods, musical instruments and for fiber production). The fibers are obtained from the stem. Because the outer layer of bamboo stems is very...

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