Bioleather or bio based leather is a term used to describe a bio-based material intentionally made from substances derived from once-living organisms. These are also called biomaterials. Read more..

Bleaching concluded that the sodium hypochlorite is safe for the environment in current normal use according to a risk assessment report conducted by the European community. However, it’s a very unstable and highly reactive chemical process and Industrial bleaching can be a source of concern. Read more..

The industrial yarn preparation process where raw cotton is separated, opened, cleaned and made into sliver.

Rayon, modal and lyocell are produced from renewable cellulosic plants such Bamboo, beech trees, and pine trees. Read more..

Chitosan is a nontoxic biodegradable product derived from chitin by deacetylation in the presence of alkali. It is the second most considerable polysaccharide, after cellulose and can be regarded as a cellulose derivative. The very interesting habitual property is anti-microbial and film-forming, which makes chitosan promising regarding nano treatment of textiles. Read more..

A chemical dust or spray applied to plants to cause their leaves to drop off prematurely. defoliant are often applied to cotton to ease harvesting. defoliant employed in warfare to cut enemy food crops and potential areas of concealment of enemy forces by South Vietnamese and U.S. forces in the Vietnam War.. Read more..

Dyeability is a term used to describe the ability of a fibre or textile fabric to be dyed. One of the most important properties for a textile fibre is dyeability. A range of applications to some man-made (synthetic) fibres have been, and still is, limited ability or poor dyeability. Read more..

cru is the natural color of cotton and shade is greyish-pale yellow or a light greyish-yellowish brown. It is used to describe fabrics when unbleached and natural state. Ecru comes from the French word écru, which means ‘raw’ or ‘unbleached. Read more..

Fair to Middling Fair to Middling is the name for the grade of cotton (cotton grading) usually used for the spinning of yarn used for production of denim fabric.  

Fibres are elongated cells with pitted cell walls. They are found in water-conducting tissue, xylem (transport tissue in vascular plants ) and food-conducting tissue, phloem (living tissue carries organic nutrients), along leaf veins and margins, and surrounding vascular bundles in stems. Read more..

Gabardine Gabardine invented in 1879 by Thomas Burberry, founder of  Burberry fashion house, and patented in 1888. Due to the fabric’s durability and waterproof abilities polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, in 1911, and Ernest Shackleton, who led a 1914 expedition to cross Antarctica wore gabardine clothing. Gabardine is [...]

Ginning – method of separating cotton fibres from seeds

Global Organic Cotton Org Global organic cotton org. is a web platform for the organic cotton community worldwide, where knowledge about organic and fairtrade cotton is exchanged, and relevant information made available. A discussion for an about topics such as the organic and fairtrade cotton sector, they have a comprehensive information about organic cotton by [...]

Hopsacking Hopsacking is a course, open, basket-weave fabric. The name comes from the plain-weave hemp and jute fabric used for sacking in which hops are gathered. It can be made from cotton, wool, linen, rayon, silk, hemp, or jute, it has a rather rough texture and is quite durable and often bulky. See basket weave, [...]

Long, narrow pants, especially for women; manufactured by diagonal-weave cotton fabric. Named after where the texture originally were manufactured, the town Genova. The French name is Genes, in English it’s pronounced..

Jute is the name given to the fibers found on certain plants, which grow principally in India, and the East Indian Islands. The common jute comes mainly from Bengal, the province east of India, where it was first known to science around.. read more..

The generic name given to the cellulose fibre developed by Courtaulds and marketed by them under the Tencel brand name. The Tencel production process is based on a solvent spinning process and represents the greatest accomplishment in cellulose fiber technology. Read more..

Mercerization is a process practical to cellulose fiber and in particular, cotton. However, hemp and linen can go through this process in the same way to gain luster. The processes soak up as much as 25% more dye that makes the color deeper and shiny. Read more..

Moisture regain Moisture regained is a  measurement term used to describe the weight of moisture in a material expressed as a percentage of the oven-dry weight; moisture regains is an important element in whether or not a fibre, yarn or fabric is likely to static electricity, which causes a fabric to cling; high regain and [...]