Is there a difference between linen?

“Yes, you can believe it! And there can actually be a huge difference”

If you look closely, you can easily see the difference.
First, I would recommend that you start by seeing if it IS flax at all.
Many companies sell it as “linen blend”, often something that says in small print when they sell it as LEAN.

You can also try to notice:

🌸 Density in the weaving of the fabric

🌸 Stitch length

🌸 Sewing work in general

🌸 The stiffness 

🌸 How much it curls after washing. 

Here I give you the opportunity to borrow my “glasses” for a moment. 

What comes into play:
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Economy and economy, I think. Because why actually make something of poor quality?
Good linen quality costs money.

🌸 We have been making clothes in European-produced LINEN since 2008 🌸

With greater demand for flax, now also from the fast fashion industry, there is a market for cheaper produced flax, where the plant is forced through the process, using much more water, pesticides and in warmer climates. 

The slower flax grows, the stronger the plant's fibers become. The colder it grows, the stronger it becomes, and the less water and pesticides it needs.

If you then take a poorer fiber and mix it with cheaper materials, the price can be further reduced or earnings can be increased. 

We refuse to compromise!

If we were to make a “normal” calculation of the prices of our products for the textile industry, they would cost twice as much as they already do. 

Because we will not compromise, our flax is produced in the northern part of France and Belgium, which means it is produced slowly, gently, lovingly and without the use of water and pesticides. 

Linen by Krebs linen clothing is sewn in a solar-powered, family-owned sewing room that only sews linen because it has been a tradition for generations.

We don't even talk about how longer stitch lengths and poorer finishes will lower the price. Because we agree on the same goal. We make LINEN because we love LINEN, because we want to take care of the planet and because linen has so many good properties. Not because it's fashionable.

Did you know, for example, that linen is temperature regulating, so it cools when it's hot, but also warms when it's cold. Did you know that linen absorbs 20% of its own weight without feeling wet, that linen is antiseptic, that linen, like wool, is self-cleaning?  Read more: ABOUT LINEN

The next time you come across a cheap linen product or a linen blend, try looking at the processing, what does it look like on the wrong side?
Try asking about production?

Try counting backwards. 

If a linen dress can be sold for 299, let's say the store should earn 120,- then the intermediary should earn 80,- then it should be transported from, for example, India and then there is probably about 75 kr to share between the factory owner and the piece goods manufacturer... oh well, did I just forget about the sewing salary?!!

You've probably already tried to do the same calculation with other things, such as food. 

Consider the same equation the next time you are faced with a textile choice.