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The Skin Knows: Handloom Versus Milled Cloth.

When people try on natural handwoven clothing for the first time, they report an experience that can only be described as their skin ‘thanking’ them. This is not imagined. It’s not just the natural fiber that feels good, it’s what’s missing— chemicals. Manufacturers of milled cloth can use up to 2000 different chemicals in fabric making. According to a report from the textile magazine, EcoTextiles, it takes from 10% to 100% of the weight of the fabric in chemicals to actually produce the fabric! These chemicals are used to give the fabric the unnatural characteristics we’ve come to expect in our clothes like, non-iron or wrinkle-free, flame-retardant, shrinkage-free, water-repellant, stain-repellant, anti-cling, perspiration-proof, and more. These qualities are obtained by saturating...

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Hello New York City!

We are in town for a full week and already loving the freshness of spring collections on display. Visit us at NYNow for our Spring '14 collection of HANDWOVEN SCARVES.Dates: February 1 to 5 (Sunday - Wednesday), 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily; 5 p.m. close on Wednesday Feb. 5.Location: Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Global Handmade section. Visit us at DGEXPO for our Spring '15 collection of fine spring weight FABRICS - both special order and in-stock. Dates: February 4 & 5 (Tuesday + Wednesday), 2014. Location: Hotel Penn, 7th Ave & 33rd, 18th Floor, Penntop and Skytop Ballrooms.

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