https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:29:34 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777852 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 04:35:24 +0000 Gigi 1777852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Very sobering. Thanks for the link. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777822 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:54:31 +0000 Jaime 1777822@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Second Greyscale's comment. I also understand cotton is far from the pure and innocent fabric it portrays to be.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777807 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 02:24:33 +0000 cindysmith 1777807@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I always found rayon to be so finicky that I try to avoid it. This is just another reason. Thanks! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777713 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 21:44:42 +0000 Greyscale 1777713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene, that's a great point. And we don't usually get much info on what treatments have been added. I know a lot of cotton is treated with formaldehyde to make it wrinkle less, but that's never marked on the label. Plus, cotton on its own does have a pretty substantial environmental impact. It's so hard to know the whole picture. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777682 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:56:15 +0000 Gaylene 1777682@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I also heard the interview; it's a sobering reminder that choosing what we put in our wardrobe can have unexpected, and sometimes deadly, consequences for others. I might be put off by pills on my sweater, but the knowledge that the same garment could be a health risk for another puts my choice into a whole different context. </p> <p>To be fair, it is probably important to distinguish between different types of manufacturing processes before and after garments are created, and between closely related fibers, before making a decision to eliminate them from our wardrobes. While choosing a "natural", organic cotton might seem like a better alternative, the chemical and physical treatments applied to the fiber as it is transformed into fabric and then into a finished garment can quickly negate any "ethical" benefits. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777680 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:47:58 +0000 Angie 1777680@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks for the info.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777598 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:34:57 +0000 Ledonna N. 1777598@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In a time of fast fashion. Ut is a challenge to be aware of how clothing is made and the healt risk associated with it thank youfor the information. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/book-about-fake-silk#post-1777564 Sun, 12 Feb 2017 15:46:12 +0000 gradfashionista 1777564@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Apropos Angie's recent post about viscose and rayon, I thought this <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.frenchminimalist.com/fake-silk-the-lethal-history-of-viscose-rayon-review/">short summary</a>&nbsp;of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://amzn.to/2lCyoRH">Fake Silk: The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon</a>&nbsp;might be interest. I heard the author interviewed yesterday, and learned a lot about the dangers the manufacturing process posed, and continues to poses, to factory workers. </p>