Linen, derived from the flax plant, is synonymous with breezy, effortless summer style. Known for its exceptional cooling properties, this fabric has been prized for millennia in hot climates.
flax hasn't been grown commercially for the plant's fibre since the 1950s. "We want to see if it's possible to rebuild the UK flax and linen industry," says Mr Grant. "So, we can have locally ...
As people become more aware of environmental issues, designers and consumers are now starting to look for more sustainable fabrics and materials such as linen and flax. Flax, the plant that linen ...
a pale gray linen blazer jacket ... are estimated to be 34,000 years old. Once the flax plant spread throughout Europe thanks to the ancient Ottoman, Greek and Roman traders, the moderate Baltic ...
The journey for one of Luca Faloni’s linen shirts begins in the flax fields of Normandy, northern France, though, as the designer asserts, they are 100 per cent Italian in their construction.