All About Cotton

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Cotton – The Natural Fiber

Cotton is a natural, renewable and biodegradable fiber. Farming with modern techniques that utilize the best and most advanced technology means that there is now much less land, water and energy use, less soil erosion, and reduced pesticide application per unit output. As a natural fiber, cotton is special in a great many ways. Cotton is biodegradable, unlike plastic. Cotton is hypoallergenic. It doesn't irritate sensitive skin or cause allergies. That is why cotton fabrics are recommended for those with skin allergies and swabs, gauze, and other bandage products are usually made of cotton. Co ...

Different Uses Of Cotton

The most obvious use of cotton is, of course, textiles and apparel. Next come home furnishings and medical supplies. But this is just the tip of the iceberg, a mere fraction of the many ways cotton is a part of our lives. Thanks to modern technology, cotton has been heavily, but successfully experimented upon. Today, cotton fabric is specifically used to make fire-proof apparel suitable for professional uses (firemen, metal workmen, etc.) and also to make medical and hygienic products. Hydrophile cotton (cotton wool), compress, gauze bandages, tampons or sanitary towels, and cotton swabs are a ...

About Cotton?

Breathe. Stretch. Waltz.
Come alive with cotton.
A fabric so versatile that it fits a million descriptions – a sunny sundress for a summer’s day picnic, drawstring pants to lounge around on a lazy Sunday or a designer kurti for an artist launch at the gallery – and yet eludes a banal tag.
Cotton is the freedom to be. Or not to be. To mingle with the crowd or step aside to make the silent statement.
Made of nature, it seems so rightly natural against the skin.
Wickedly or demurely casual, stoically formal or elegantly chic, cotton is your second skin. And how!
In fact, beware. Cotton can define the very essence of who you are without you knowing it. It can tell the world many an alluring tale of the soul that lurks in your eyes.
Celebs and mere mortals alike, here’s a little grain of wisdom. No one can resist the lure of cotton; no one can escape its magic.

2009: International Year of Natural Fibres

The United Nations has declared the year 2009 as the International Year of Natural Fibres. Since the 1960s, the use of synthetic fibres has increased, and natural fibres have lost a lot of their market share. The main objective of the International Year of Natural Fibres is to raise the profile of these fibres, to emphasize their value to consumers while helping to sustain the incomes of the farmers. Promoting measures to improve the efficiency and sustainability of production is also an important aspect of the Year.

Chambray and denim are really French imports.

Linen is made from the flax plant, while cotton comes from the cotton plant.

Cottonseed oil is cholesterol-free.

Cotton is grown globally more than any other non-edible crop.

Cotton knit sweaters and tee-shirts should be rolled and placed in a suitcase to prevent wrinkling.

Cotton for Fitness

What is the fabric that takes away the moisture from your clothing when you sweat out at the gym? The answer is predictable. Cotton, of course. Cotton is a great compliment for fitness regimes too. And though professional workout clothes are made of special fabrics, the basis is usually cotton ...

Celebrity Byte

“It is what one might call a ‘forever fabric’, since it can be used in upholstery, in every combination of colour or texture…”Dia Mirza, Actor, at ‘Vote for Cotton’ event, June 3, 2009, New Indian Express. “India has a very strong cotton heritage and we feel it’s importan ...

Cotton get-aways

Budget-Friendly Family-Fun TipsHaving a great time is not about an expensive vacation in an exotic locale. Some of the most delightful memories can be made right in your backyard, on the beach or a brisk walk from your house.All you need is a great sense of adventure, a cotton-crazy imagination, and ...

Cotton from Plant to Cloth

Cotton is a natural fiber taken from the cotton plant. Cotton plants are perennial plants grown as annuals of the genus cotton [gossypium], a close relative of the hollyhock family that has beautiful flower blooms. Seedlings emerge from the soil within one to two weeks after planting. In about four ...