Made from the flax plant, linen can grow in lower quality soil, requiring less water than with cotton production. When untreated (non-dyed) Linen is 100% biodegradable and so you can feel good ...

Flax was widely grown 100 years ago to make linen for garments and for ships' sails. But its decline was triggered by a move towards cheaper man-made fibres, which were often imported, and a shift ...

The journey for one of Luca Faloni’s linen shirts begins in the flax fields of Normandy, northern France, though, as the designer asserts, they are 100 per cent Italian in their construction.