Buy Better Clothes: The Fabric Guide I Wish I Had Years Ago

For 25% off your first order of Ritual https://ritual.com/LauraVonV25 Thanks Ritual for sponsoring a portion of this video! * These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. A little Fabric 101, if you will. This video was absolutely fascinating to put together — but I’ll admit, the tier ranking format stirred more confusion than I anticipated (especially around cotton). If I do a follow-up, I might skip the rankings entirely. To be clear: I love cotton. The vast majority of my wardrobe is cotton. But in 2025, it's also at the center of some of fashion’s biggest challenges — from overproduction and soil depletion to textile waste and climate impact. Every fabric on this list carries its own baggage — whether environmental, ethical, or just plain practical. Reducing them down to a good/better/best scale doesn’t fully capture the nuance. But I hope this video gives you a helpful starting point for understanding what you’re wearing — and maybe what’s worth wearing long term. Sorry again on the confusion with Lenzing. The history is so wild, I wish I had spent a little more time with those corrections. Sources: Lenzing history - https://www.lenzing.com/about-us/history/ Rayon - https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2022/aug/20/rayon-unravelled-fashions-most-confusing-fibre-has-a-dark-past-but-hopeful-future https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-february-9