Tag Archives: Natural fibres

Colourful silk lanterns

Silk: soft, luxurious, lustrous and stronger than steel

Silk Silk has a reputation as one of the most luxurious fabrics, you may have heard “smooth as silk” before as well. Another ancient fabric, silk has origins dating back over 8,500 years. As you might be starting to realise, these natural fibres are still in vogue because they have properties that have stood the testament […]

Field of cotton

Cotton, civilisation’s staple fabric for 5,000 years

Cotton In our earlier post, we looked at why we choose higher quality fabrics in our products. In this post we explore one of the most common materials, cotton. Its commonly used by many brands but why does a single fabric vary so immensely in price? Introduction Cotton has been utilised as a material for […]