Fashion

[I am still oxox]

Not price gouging, sellng hand sanitizer of $30 during the height of the pandemic was price gouging

[NYCLatinaMe]

Cupro - had to look this up -  It is made from cotton linter, which is the waste material of cotton fabric production.  It is short for cuprammonium rayon.  The fiber is produced by making cellulose a soluble compound by combining it with copper and ammonia. The solution of this material in caustic soda is passed through a spinneret and the cellulose is regenerated in hardening baths that remove the copper and ammonia and neutralize the caustic soda.

Similar to rayon.

[sandy53]

I still don't understand why people complain about high prices.  There always have been and always will be things I cannot afford.  Why complain? Just find something you like that you can afford. 

[handygal2]

Simply put, l believe "price-gouging" applies to necessities, whereas "over-charging" refers to discretionary items.

[kelsey17]

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@shoesnbags wrote:

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@kelsey17 wrote:

I agree........and i am sure i heard the vendor say that the shirt is made from recycled cotton..........that itself would 

make me think twice.......

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@kelsey17 

Not recycled cotton as in recycled clothing.

Cupro is a regenerated cellulose fabric that is made from recycled cotton linter, the fluffy fiber around the plant's seeds. ... Given its cellulose origin and production process, it's part of the same family of fabrics as Tencel, rayon, Modal and Lyocell.

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Thanks for the info.....i had finally checked out the definition after writing the post......but still would be a no for me.

[Andreatoo]

I liked the shirt I saw but for the fact that they were shiny. Yuck

I really like the hand of Tencel but I haven't seen any side stitch that I liked enough to purchase. The price is a bit of a splurge for me but I haven't yet seen one that I had to have

[NYCLatinaMe]

@Andreatoo from my read, there is no similarity between cupro and tencell, other than both are made from cellulose.  Cupro is made from waste product from cotton that is made into cellulose, whereas tencell is made from a variety of trees.  Tencell is far superior in terms of breathability, moisture wicking and pilling.  According to a fabric website, cupro is very cheap to produce, and is just marketed as environmentally friendly, when it really is not.

https://sewport.com/fabrics-directory/cupro-fabric

[Nonametoday]

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@NYCLatinaMe wrote:

Cupro - had to look this up -  It is made from cotton linter, which is the waste material of cotton fabric production.  It is short for cuprammonium rayon.  The fiber is produced by making cellulose a soluble compound by combining it with copper and ammonia. The solution of this material in caustic soda is passed through a spinneret and the cellulose is regenerated in hardening baths that remove the copper and ammonia and neutralize the caustic soda.

Similar to rayon.

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@NYCLatinaMe   

It is what we used to call cotton gin trash and we used it to put in our gardens to fertilize them in the south.   As cotton was the culprit for usurping the soil, it was determined that the best fertilizer was to put that which stole the nutrients back into the soil and therefore, it was the best fertilizer I ever used.  Now, they have taken my fertilizer to make expensive clothing.  Hmmm. Not sure it is price gouging but it sure answers the question of why I can no longer get cotton gin trash from the cotton gin.