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Posted on: 6/18/06 5:13 PM ET
For those of you who make clothing to sell...

Would you label something 100% cotton if it is constructed with any thread other than cotton thread (i.e. wooly nylon)?
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Posted on: 6/18/06 6:29 PM ET
In reply to Trinity.
This is an area regulated by Federal law: this web site might help:

Care Label explanations

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Posted on: 6/18/06 6:30 PM ET
Sometimes on RTW if you read content labels it will say, for instance, "100% cotton excluding trim". (Oddly enough, I notice it most often on underwear labels!) Could you do something like that?

Oh, wait. I just re-read your question. Well, if I sold clothing, I don't know that I would worry so much about thread content, unless you are marketing to a group that is expecting absolutely every part of the garment to be made from cotton. Thread is such a small part of a garment, I don't know that it would matter. Again, even in RTW, the only thing I've ever seen mentioned on labels as being of different content than the main body of the garment is the trim/elastic. My husband's t-shirts are 100% cotton, but some of them are definitely sewn completely with wooly nylon, and there is no mention of it on the tag.

ETA: D'oh! Phyllis beat me. And hers is actually legal advice!
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