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gardener · 12-07-2005, 12:12 PM

http://www.bambooclothes.com/

I'm not sure where this goes, but I'm putting it here. (In Off Topic is would get swamped).

Six weeks ago in South Carolina, I heard on the local NPR station an interview with a guy who had just started a company called Bamboosa that makes fabric and clothing out of bamboo fiber. Intriguing idea!

At Christmas, I like to give everyone one gift with a theme, one that may be variations on the same thing. So I thought, sons, their wives, my grandkids, will all get something to wear made of bamboo. Unfortunately Bamboosa isn't shipping until after New Year's. But through a llittle item in the NY Times style section, I found the company whose website is above.

They don't make much yet for men, just T-shirts and socks, with more for women. I placed an order, and it all arrived today.

Everything is 70% bamboo, 30% organic cotton. T-shirts for the guys, shawls for the females. It's very soft and silky, and it has the interesting property of being naturally antiseptic, anti-bacterial. It seems that if you work up a sweat, you may smell bad, but your T-shirt or socks will smell better.

Bamboo has a huge advantage over other sources of fiber. It doesn't require irrigation, pesticides, fertilizers, or petrochemicals, and as a crop it's not labor-intensive.

I added Kaiser in the title to see if he knows anything about this fabric.

I like what I see. And no, this isn't spam. I don't own stock.

12-07-2005, 12:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
gardener Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: southern New Jersey Posts: 3,182	http://www.bambooclothes.com/ I'm not sure where this goes, but I'm putting it here. (In Off Topic is would get swamped). Six weeks ago in South Carolina, I heard on the local NPR station an interview with a guy who had just started a company called Bamboosa that makes fabric and clothing out of bamboo fiber. Intriguing idea! At Christmas, I like to give everyone one gift with a theme, one that may be variations on the same thing. So I thought, sons, their wives, my grandkids, will all get something to wear made of bamboo. Unfortunately Bamboosa isn't shipping until after New Year's. But through a llittle item in the NY Times style section, I found the company whose website is above. They don't make much yet for men, just T-shirts and socks, with more for women. I placed an order, and it all arrived today. Everything is 70% bamboo, 30% organic cotton. T-shirts for the guys, shawls for the females. It's very soft and silky, and it has the interesting property of being naturally antiseptic, anti-bacterial. It seems that if you work up a sweat, you may smell bad, but your T-shirt or socks will smell better. Bamboo has a huge advantage over other sources of fiber. It doesn't require irrigation, pesticides, fertilizers, or petrochemicals, and as a crop it's not labor-intensive. I added Kaiser in the title to see if he knows anything about this fabric. I like what I see. And no, this isn't spam. I don't own stock. __________________ "It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in an argument." William Gibbs McAdoo. US Vice-President under Woodrow Wilson.