Wool, linen, cotton and cashmere. Every season starts with the same four, and the reason is not romance — it is what happens after fifty washes.
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Wool, linen, cotton and cashmere. Every season starts with the same four, and the reason is not romance — it is what happens after fifty washes.
Most wool is destroyed by agitation, not by water. Once you know that, the rest of the rules stop being superstition.
Between a pattern and a garment there is a person with chalk, and how carefully they work decides how the thing hangs.
Our sizes do not move between seasons. Here is how to find yours once, with a tape measure and five minutes.