Fashion

[Calcgirl]

As Bloomberg recently reported, “It’s been an open secret among experts in the cotton industry that products often labeled as 100 percent Egyptian or Pima cotton are made in part or entirely of cheaper cotton.” According to Applied DNA Sciences, a forensic science biotech company cited in Bloomberg, 83% of tested products labeled 100% Pima were partially or entirely made of another type of cotton.

Egyptian cotton is, in theory, a similar high-quality ELS cotton. Unfortunately, fraud runs rampant: about 90% of products labeled “Egyptian cotton” are fake, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, much of the cotton grown in Egypt that can be accurately called “Egyptian cotton” is merely long staple, not ELS, meaning the fibers are shorter, weaker, and coarser, leading to lesser-quality fabrics.

[Elizabeth03]

I seem to find that the fabric shrinks easilly.  Is it just me?