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#1 The flax plant is a source of linen, a fabric made from flax that is used to make cord and thread. It is grown in the ground and pulled in July when the leaves turn yellow. The inner fibers are then drawn through a hackling comb to remove smaller pieces of tow and woven into fabric.
#2 The first clothes were most likely made of animal skins. Humans began clothing...
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"In this panoramic social history, Sofi Thanhauser brilliantly tells five stories - Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool - about the clothes we wear and where they come from, illuminating our world in unexpected ways. She takes us from the opulent court of Louis Quatorze to the labor camps in modern-day Chinese-occupied Xinjiang. We see how textiles were once dyed with lichen, shells, bark, saffron, and beetles, displaying distinctive regional weaves...
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