Buy Better Clothes: Linen Explained

AD Take the quiz at https://go.trainwell.net/LauraVonV to get matched with your personal trainer and start 14 days free. AD Finally, a deep dive into linen! We all could use a little more linen in our lives. Resources linked below Linen market share (report based on 2024 findings) - https://textileexchange.org Irish Linen Industry 1925 The Rise of the Irish Linen Industry By Conrad Gill Quality and Quantity - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10707260/ Chemical process and retting - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4403609/ https://manteco.com/linen-a-precious-zero-waste-and-sustainable-vegetal-fiber/ Alliance for Flax linen and hemp Environmental footprint guide - https://allianceflaxlinenhemp.eu/en/european-flax-linen-hemp-media-library/241/european-flax-linen-environmental-footprint-guide How Flax is turned into linen - https://hemptique.com/pages/flax-vs-linen-explained Belfast Linen Industry History (labor union) - https://belfastmedia.com/millworkers Linen enzyme treatment - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6612796/ Linen properties/science - https://ulsterlinen.com/linen-traits/ Capillary Action and moisture wicking - https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/what-does-moisture-wicking-mean.html Chemistry of Cotton explanation (porous little suckers, I didn’t fully understand the “cotton kills” saying, but this helped a lot) - https://www.cottoninc.com/quality-products/nonwovens/cotton-fiber-tech-guide/cotton-morphology-and-chemistry Polyester an