National Underwear Day!

Every year in the first week of August since 2003, there has been a special and important event, which takes place in Times Square, New York. It is known as National Underwear Day! The goal of this event is to raise awareness of the importance of your undies.

On this day, underwear is not the first piece of clothing which you put on, rather the last piece of clothing to be removed. You just want to spend the day in your underwear, feeling confident  and comfortable in your body. Hence, it’s all about you and your skivvies!

The most recent National Underwear day took place on Friday, August 5, 2011. In addition, it was the official 9^th annual Underwear Day and it was celebrated with Great Spirit. Throughout the month of August, more than 5,000 underwear’s were given away free of charge.  National Underwear Day got Americans into new fresh and comfortable underwear, which was the perfect size. After all, that’s their goal. 

Make sure to check out National Underwear Day in August 2012!

- Carlo

Did you ever wonder why so many of our Clothes are made of Cotton?

Many of us know that our clothes are made of cotton, but only few of us know where cotton comes from and why so many of our clothes and garments are made from this textile.

What is Cotton?

Cotton fiber grows around the seeds of the cotton plant which is called GenuseGossypium. When it grows, it takes the form of a little bowl which purpose is to facilitate the spreading of seed dispersal. As almost all species, you can find many different species of cotton around the globe, which all have different characteristics. Cotton grows in warm region of the globe; you can find some in America, in Africa, in Asia, and in almost every tropical and subtropical region of the world.  

Why Cotton in our clothes?

The reasons that make cotton one of the most preferred fabrics of the clothing industry is that it is both breathable, which makes it comfortable for people when it's hot, and that it is also very easy to dye. Both of these characteristics make cotton very popular in the clothing industry, as style is almost always expressed with colors, and as people are more than often concerned with clothes that won’t make them suffocate. A final thought about cotton is that it is a natural fabric. That makes it less harming to people who are sensitive to certain chemical used in the production of other fabrics.

Knowing this, we can understand why almost all of our clothes, our T-shirts, hoodies, underwear and socks contain cotton.  However, cotton doesn’t only have advantages. You have probably noticed that it wrinkles and shrinks when you wash them and put them in the dryer. That would be the reason why cotton is frequently blended with other fabrics such as polyester and Lycra, in order to give it the benefits of both cotton and the other fabric.

I hope you that you have enjoyed reading my article and that you have learned something new about cotton. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment J  

- J.F.