COMPLETE GUIDE TO WEAR LINEN SHIRT
Author: Imaaz Gaffoor - Copyrights Reserved. WEARING A GOOD QUALITY LINEN SHIRT WILL MAKE YOUR SUMMER LOOK PERFECT. THIS IS HOW YOU DO IT. What is linen? First, a brief history of the fabric: Linen is derived from the fibers of the flax plant, originally grown and woven in Egypt, where it was used extensively. The ancient Egyptians prized linen — in fact, priests were only supposed to wear garments made from flax. Luckily, today you don’t have to be a pharaoh to be able to afford a summer linen wardrobe. Typically used for textiles like drapes and bedding (hence the term “linens”), the majority of world linen production wasn’t used for apparel until the 1990s. But today it’s everywhere you look, at least in the summer. Linen clothing is priced fairly high when compared to cotton or synthetics due to the higher cost of production and relatively limited quantity available for use. As a result, many...