THE FIELD NOTES
Look a little closer.
10 guides to the language, craft and tradeoffs of textiles. These pages work without JavaScript.
Explore in the interactive atlas- START HERE
A label is a beginning. Follow the rest of the story.
Five questions that take you beyond a fiber percentage.
- MATERIAL LITERACY
Natural is an origin. It is not an impact score.
Make room for context when comparing what clothes are made of.
- HOW IT IS MADE
Two ways to turn wool into a world of cloth.
Woollen and worsted describe processing systems, not sheep breeds.
- CIRCULARITY
Recycled from what? Destined for what?
The two questions behind a recycled-content claim.
- FIBER FAMILIES
Viscose, modal, lyocell: same family, different routes.
Why a wood-based origin is only the first part of the story.
- USE & CARE
The most interesting chapter happens after purchase.
A practical approach to caring for the clothes you already own.
- ATLAS NOTES
A line on a globe is a question worth asking.
How to read an illustrative supply chain without mistaking it for a shipment record.
- THE RARE-FIBER ARCHIVE
Rarity deserves better questions.
How to approach specialty materials when the public evidence is thin.
- PLACES & MILLS
Italian textile districts: Biella, Prato, Como.
Mill towns are finishing cultures, not fiber origins.
- READING THE CLOTH
Summer cloth: read beyond the fiber label.
Separate fiber diameter, yarn twist, weave and fabric weight before comparing two cloths.