RANT-Where have all the natural fabric made clothes gone !!!

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Right on the basis of a few recent threads regarding quality of clothing and the amount of awful polyester viscose and other man made fabrics, lets discuss who is good at supplying clothes made with natural fabrics I am not adverse to cotton with a bit of elastane or is it lycra, god knows it can keep the blobby parts in check, but I am thoroughly fed-up with the amount of clothes lined in polyester and suchlike or made with it. It brings me out in a cold sweat, am old enough to remember crimplene trousers as a child but consider myself a trendy fortyish lady now. So I will start with who I think is good at such clothes Fat Face, Gap some East stuff and welcome ideas of other places to shop.

The thing that irritates me most is the disappearance of wool from jumpers. A cotton jumper does not cut it for keeping me warm.

I got a wool jumper from Jaeger in the sale, and I think that's how it's going to have to be from now on - ferreting out wool items in the sales.

According to the sales staff at Jo Jo Maman Bebe, cotton (the only cardis they had) does keep you as warm as wool, even when wet, because it breathes. Suuure, whatever you say

God almighty. Cotton as warm as wool. Riiiiight. Why the flip do they think people insulate their homes with wool then and not cotton?

Saying that cotton keeps you warm when wet like wool is actually bloody dangerous, pig ignorant advice too.

I am actually genuinely distressed about this sort of thing. How come we are losing what used to be basic knowledge?

To be honest, I'm not sure all sales assistants have ever had great knowledge about such things. Some probably did, but others wouldn't. I imagine it depends on the training the brand / shop provides.

I didn't care enough to argue it out, but I'm pretty sure my facial expressions were saying "you are wrong wrong wrong".

also the actual 'wool' is such poor quality and bobbles even if you move your arm and before you even wash it.

piratepanda- you might be able to pick up something on the John Smedley outlet section. They have been selling their merino wool jumpers for v reasonable prices recently.

East do Merino cardigans. Don't know if they're 100% though. White Company used to, think they've shifted to more blends now. Agree about Woolovers cashmere merino but their lambs wool is a lot better. Cambridge baby do lots of wool for kids btw but ££, I still haven't found a proper wool cardigan for dd this winter that I can afford and like.

Sorry don't have time to read the whole thread so please excuse me if this is a repeat but try people tree. Fair trade cotton and feels lovely.

Wool keeps you warm because the fibres are crimped. Cotton does not have this property the fibres of cotton are twisty.

So wool keeps you warm because air is trapped between the crimping. Cotton cant do this., so Cotton is not as warm as wool, whatever Jojo says

But wool brings me out in a rash and cotton doesn't, so I'm getting really pissed off with put a bit of wool in a jumper to church £10 more and make it possibly unwearable for me and definitely unwearable for DD1

Charge

I'm allergic too. I'm not allergic to cashmere, so I wear that. You'd be better of with a silk jumper than a cotton one, as silk is warm

Sadly my budget and laundry system don't stretch to cashmere and silk.

Starball I recently bought this jumper, it is 50% silk and 50% cotton and is £14. Is very nice