FLAX clothing began 30 years ago outside of Ithaca, the venture of twin sisters who married farming brothers. They sold the clothes in Angelheart Designs, a store in Ithaca.

Climate Fixers: The PA Flax Project wants to use a ‘climate-positive’ plant to transform the fashion industry. The cooperative of farmers and textile producers wants to jump-start flax production to ...

Ulrich says the global market for flax fibres – destined for textiles as well as insulation, building products, specialty paper and other uses – is about 600,000 to 800,000 tonnes annually ...

While fashion brands drum up demand for linen garments, producers behind the scenes are grappling with the effects of climate ...

A trial scheme is reviving the growing of flax, which was a staple of Scottish farming 100 years ago. Skip to content. ... Clothing industry. Edinburgh. Climate change. Environment. Related.

Life & Luxury; Fashion & Style; From bamboo undies to flax formal wear, here’s how to buy clothing sustainably. Chasing a new outfit but worried about the environment?

This Newsreel clip about harvesting linen might just have all the flax facts you need to know. BBC Archive: Originally broadcast 10 September 1951. 1951: The linen harvest. Video, 00:04:351951 ...

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 ...