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-If you see a blue field, it's probably flax, used to make linen, which is durable and keeps you cool when it's hot. So, wool for winter, linen for summer?+_If you see a blue field, it's probably flax, used to make linen, which is durable and keeps you cool when it's hot. So, wool for winter, linen for summer?_
  
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-Plenty of people in the world dress without caring what's happening on the catwalks - you could be one of them (if you're not already).+_Plenty of people in the world dress without caring what's happening on the catwalks - you could be one of them (if you're not already)._
  
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-Merino sheep's ultra-fine wool makes possibly the world's warmest jumpers, that will last a lifetime. Merino wool is also used next to the skin for outdoor sports and activities, because it's extremely soft; it wicks moisture away from the body, but retains warmth when wet; and it contains lanolin, which is antibacterial and so reduces body odour.+_Merino sheep's ultra-fine wool makes possibly the world's warmest jumpers, that will last a lifetime. Merino wool is also used next to the skin for outdoor sports and activities, because it's extremely soft; it wicks moisture away from the body, but retains warmth when wet; and it contains lanolin, which is antibacterial and so reduces body odour._
  
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-The corporate sector has been able to reduce the price of clothing by using sweatshop labour and cheap, synthetic materials and dyes, as well as the usual tax avoidance and economies of scale. It's no wonder that the domestic, natural clothing industry has been decimated. In an ideal world, sweatshop workers would escape to build their own, non-exploitative, domestic clothing industries and economists who support sweatshops would be forced to work in them - but sadly, we don't live in an ideal world.+_The corporate sector has been able to reduce the price of clothing by using sweatshop labour and cheap, synthetic materials and dyes, as well as the usual tax avoidance and economies of scale. It's no wonder that the domestic, natural clothing industry has been decimated. In an ideal world, sweatshop workers would escape to build their own, non-exploitative, domestic clothing industries and economists who support sweatshops would be forced to work in them - but sadly, we don't live in an ideal world._
  
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-Hemp produces strong fibres and durable clothes.+_Hemp produces strong fibres and durable clothes._
  
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-The colour of next year's fashionable clothes can often be discerned from the colour of this year's Chinese rivers.+_The colour of next year's fashionable clothes can often be discerned from the colour of this year's Chinese rivers._
  
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-Darning means that socks with holes in don't have to be thrown away.+_Darning means that socks with holes in don't have to be thrown away._
  
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 ## Specialist(s) ## Specialist(s)
  
 +[[p:Jess Smulders-Cohen]] of [Greater London Fibreshed](http://greaterlondonfibreshed.com/) 
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 +[[p:Eloïse Sentito]] of [These Isles](http://www.theseisles.co) 
  
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