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Can anything be cooler than Egyptian cotton?

By Ben Morales-Correa

Egyptian cotton…seems as oxymoronic as English tea or Irish coffee. Ancient Egypt used linen and flax not cotton, both for the living and the dead. But Egyptian cotton is the new wonder fabric from an antique land, and unlike Egyptian linen, its magic has not been hidden and forgotten in pyramids for centuries. Mohammed Ali... »



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