Shorts are essentially short pants that reach only to the thighs or knees. The length actually varies. Shorts are a garment worn over the pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the leg. This type of apparel is often made of cotton or cotton blends. One variety of cotton that is popular would be Egyptian cotton.
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Egyptian cotton refers to a country where cotton is grown. This is the same as saying Australian cotton, Peruvian cotton or US cotton. However, Egyptian cotton that is made of extra-long staple fiber can create a softer hand fabric than cotton made of short staple fibers.
- Yes, Egyptian cotton is grown in Egypt.
Gossypium barbadense, also known as extra-long staple (ELS) cotton, is a species of cotton plant that has been cultivated to have ELS fibers – fibers longer than 34 millimeters (1 3⁄8 in) – which are associated with high quality cotton fabric.
- Staple refers to fiber of discrete length and may be of any composition.
- Staple length, a property of staple fiber, is a term referring to the average length of a group of fibers of any composition. Staple length depends on the origin of the fibers. Natural fibers (such as cotton or wool) have a range of lengths in each sample, so the staple length is an average.
- Staple length is an important criterion for spinning fiber, as shorter fibers are more difficult to spin than longer ones, so staple length varies from short to longer length fibers, short fibers also resulting in more hairy yarns.
Egyptian cotton grows as a small, bushy tree and yields cotton with unusually long, silky fibers.
Varieties of ELS cotton include: West Indian Sea Island Cotton Association (WISICA) Sea Island, American Pima, Egyptian ELS Gizas, Indian Suvin and Chinese Xinjiang.
The term Egyptian cotton is usually applied to the ELS cotton varieties produced in Egypt (Giza 45, Giza 70, Giza 77, Giza 87, Giza 88, Giza 92, Giza 93) and used in luxury and upmarket brands worldwide.
Using longer staple fibers allows cotton fabric to be produced with a softer hand. Learn about the hand of fabric and why the hand of fabric is important.
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Relevant Fact of Possible Interest: Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is a Mediterranean country bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan, and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia, although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt. Many great things come from Egypt.
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