Good iron-free fabrics for light summer carry-on travel

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internationalist
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Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:51 pm

Any good ideas?
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Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:58 pm

Fresco and its relatives (Finmeresco, Brisa), or mohair blends.
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Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:51 am

Hemp trousers seem to resist creasing better than cotton or linen pants. Seersucker cotton shirts also travel well without much pressing, but not everybody likes the appearance. Brisa is very resistant to creasing.
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Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:00 pm

What fabric houses offer hemp?
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Mon Apr 25, 2011 3:53 pm

I have not seen hemp fabric in the books of the regular merchants

Ecolution http://ecolution.com/is a Romanian company selling Romanian hemp fabric, they have a broad range.

Much of the hemp on the market is Chinese, the Romanian product is better. The following merchants sell a mixture of Chinese and Romanian product

http://www.hemptraders.com/index.php?cP ... 98fa3d40b2
http://www.envirotextile.com/chinese-he ... index.html
http://www.hempfabricshop.com/index.php ... 2d04968e21
http://www.rawganique.com/HAfabric.htm
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Mon May 09, 2011 3:04 am

Concordia wrote:What fabric houses offer hemp?
Carnet does.
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Tue May 10, 2011 6:06 pm

Isaia does carry one or two hemp fabrics in their summer seasonal MTM offerings. I am not sure where they sourced the hemp however
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Tue Aug 30, 2011 10:45 pm

What is the web site for Carnet?

Is this Isaia a simple RTW brand with some MTM offerings?

Thanks for the hemp sources, Simon A!
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