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Linen can be called the oldest textile of the world. It appears that Neolithic peoples in Europe were making textiles from linen as long as 38,000 years ago. Next pieces of evidence comes from ancient Mesopotemia, Egypt and Greek. Where in Msopotemia linen was mainly reserved for the ruling class, but in Egypt it was much more widespread due to the Egyptian climate, in Ancient Greeks used linen to make garments and homewares, and the Phoenicians later introduced linen production to Western Europe. Later, Ireland became the center of European linen production and goes on till now.

Linen is a flax-based textile which is similar to cotton. It belongs to the “bast fiber” category, which includes hemp, ramie and nettle to name a few. Manufacturing linen fabric from cultivation all the way to weaving involves numerous steps, which include sowing, harvesting, retting, drying, scrutching and heckling. Today, 95% of the world’s flax is grown in Western Europe, in France, Belgium and The Netherlands. Linen, also known as flax, is made from the fibers of the flax plant. For beign long process, comfortable and eco friendly, best quality Linen is kinda luxury fabric  yet widely used fabric all over the world. Linen is thin but its smooth surface brings comfort to the body. Despite it being thin, linen is both strong and water-absorbent. In fact, it’s stronger and even dries quicker than cotton. The fabric is low in elasticity, which makes it prone to wrinkling and may feel slightly rough when new and unwashed. After a number of wears and washes however, it will get significantly softer and develop a natural patina over time.

For instance, this fabric can be used to make shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, jackets, blazers, vests, and a wide variety of other casual and formal wear. Additionally, linen is still a popular material for lingerie and underwear, and it’s also commonly used in nightgowns and dressing robes. There are four types of linen- Damask linen, Plain-woven linen, Loosely-woven linen, Sheeting linen. All types of linen has their significant feathers. But most importantly linen is the zero-waste fabric and one of the least environmentally damaging textiles.

In fashion industry Linen has a different fashion enthusiast fan base with a classic taste. Many significant and globall luxury brands on different time round make fantastic pieces of clothing with quality on top. Despite that, Linen shirt is very common fashion trend in globally and more on Asian subcontinental which because of hot and humid in weather. It's comfortability and natural look is the attraction and most styling.