They can make clothes, furnishing and even buildings ... where lots of water is needed to help cotton plants grow. After the cotton is picked and processed, it’s dyed. Dyeing cotton also ...

There is an abundance of natural and synthetic materials available to today's consumer, but when it comes to clothing and home furnishings, cotton is king. In fact, cotton is the most widely used ...

Cotton is an important raw material for producing soft textiles and clothing. Recent discoveries in functionalizing cotton fibres with nanotubes may offer a new line of tough, wearable, smart and ...

The cotton was often dyed to make multi-coloured clothes. Dyes were made of insects, molluscs (shellfish), indigo and plants. Men and women wore sandals, the farmers wore moccasins. Many women ...