Soft + Comfort = Cotton


47% of Indians feel Cotton keeps you warm.

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Cotton Trivia

 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.

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About Cotton

Breathe. Stretch. Waltz.
Come alive with cotton.

Cotton Tree


A fabric so versatile that it fits a million descriptions – a sunny sun dress for a summer’s day picnic, drawstring pants to lounge around on a lazy Sundayor 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.

Want to know more about cotton? You have come to the right place! Read on to find all the information you need on cotton.

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