Chambray and denim are really French imports.
Linen is made from the flax plant, while cotton comes from the cotton plant.
Cotton seersucker (a firmly woven cloth with parallel flat and puckered stripes) is considered a traditional summer fabric. This is because this crisp, cool fabric does not show...
Terry cloth towels are very absorbent because they are usually made with a looped pile where the loops act like very small sponges. A looped pile can also withstand the strain o...
Cotton knit sweaters and tee-shirts should be rolled and placed in a suitcase to prevent wrinkling.
Khaki is derived from a Hindu word that means "dust color."
One of the earliest prototypes for the T-shirt dates back to 1880, when sailors in the U.S. Navy wore an elbow and hip length undershirt which when laid out on flat surface rese...
Cotton was originally grown in several different colors, including brown, rust, and even light purple.
The word "cotton" is an English version of the Arabic "kutun," a generic term for fancy fabric. However, one of cotton's original popular names was "vegetable wool."
Cotton seeds are tough enough to survive travel across oceans on the wind.
Cotton is grown globally more than any other non-edible crop.
Cottonseed oil is cholesterol-free.
The fibre from one 227kg cotton bale can produce 215 pairs of jeans, 250 single bed sheets, 750 shirts, 1,200 t-shirts, 2,100 pairs of boxer shorts, 3,000 nappies, 4,300 pairs o...
Sheer cotton muslin, woven in ancient India, was so fine that 73 yards of it weighed one pound!
In ancient Egypt, only the High Priest was allowed to wear a cotton garment.
Eli Whitney's cotton gin wasn't actually a new idea. The "Charka," invented in India 3,500 years earlier, was great at ginning long staple cotton but ineffective on the short st...
Mills in Lancashire, England exported 7,000,000,000 yards of cotton fabric in 1913. That's an amazing 221.97 yards per second!