What’s Your Sweater Made Of? A Plain-English Guide to Clothing Fabrics
Flip over almost any piece of clothing and you’ll find a little tag full of words like polyester, viscose, elastane or modal. Most of us glance at it, maybe check the size, and move on. But those words tell you a lot: how the garment will feel, how it will wear, how to wash it, and how much it cost the planet to make.
This guide walks through the fabrics you’re most likely to see on a tag, what each one is actually made from, and how it stacks up environmentally.
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