Linen is Ideal for hot weather
During the hot season, where long-sleeved shirts and suits are easily waved off and replaced with short sleeves, there rises a need for light yet stylish attire.
By Roger Mugisha
During the hot season, where long-sleeved shirts and suits are easily waved off and replaced with short sleeves, there rises a need for light yet stylish attire.
However, finding such a fabric that is affordable is not easy. One of the most ideal fabrics for the hot weather is linen because of its light, elegant and extremely discerning presence.
“Modern linen is manufactured of natural fibres like cotton, silk, modal and flax, as well as synthetic fibres like polyester and rayon. In the past, linen was manufactured from fibres of the flax plant hemp and cotton or a blend of these fibres.
Flax fibre is strong, durable, cool to the skin and resistant to rotting in damp climates. The comfort of natural linen is that one can feel the true exclusiveness of a fine material on the skin,†recently said Saddam Kiyimba, the proprietor of Brovad Linen at Garden City.
Pure fine linen is recognised as being the most cool and comfortable fabric for men and women’s clothing in warm and hot weather. It is a natural fibre, which allows the skin to breathe and also absorbs the body’s perspiration. This also makes linen ideal for fat men. The paler the colour, the cooler the linen clothing feels, with crisp white being the coolest.
The fibre in its unspun state is called flax. After it is spun into yarn, it becomes linen. “At Brovad Linen, we have everything from shirts, shorts, trousers, jackets, suits and blankets. It is one of the few textiles that have a greater breaking strength when wet than dry. It has a longer fibre length than other natural fibres. Linen is available in different qualities, varying from almost silk-like to sack-linen. Linen is usually white to ivory, easy to wash, and should be ironed when damp,†Kiyimba said.
“Choose the colour to suit the occasion, from natural for casual-wear, cool white for the heat and black for smarter occasions. More so, linen garments are fully machine-washable and easy to iron,†said Angela Namukasa of Angela’s Boutique on Duster Street in Kampala.
For people with delicate skin susceptible to irritation or those with allergies to artificial fibres, natural fibre like linen clothing is always recommended.
Namukasa said although the prices of linen outfits are higher than those of cotton, they are still affordable.
“I sell shirts at sh30,000, trousers at sh55,000, jackets at sh90,000 and suits at sh300,000,†she said.
Pure linen is subject to creasing and its wearers should get accustomed to it. However, the more the garment is worn, the less the creasing becomes because the garment softens.
During the hot season, where long-sleeved shirts and suits are easily waved off and replaced with short sleeves, there rises a need for light yet stylish attire.
However, finding such a fabric that is affordable is not easy. One of the most ideal fabrics for the hot weather is linen because of its light, elegant and extremely discerning presence.
“Modern linen is manufactured of natural fibres like cotton, silk, modal and flax, as well as synthetic fibres like polyester and rayon. In the past, linen was manufactured from fibres of the flax plant hemp and cotton or a blend of these fibres.
Flax fibre is strong, durable, cool to the skin and resistant to rotting in damp climates. The comfort of natural linen is that one can feel the true exclusiveness of a fine material on the skin,†recently said Saddam Kiyimba, the proprietor of Brovad Linen at Garden City.
Pure fine linen is recognised as being the most cool and comfortable fabric for men and women’s clothing in warm and hot weather. It is a natural fibre, which allows the skin to breathe and also absorbs the body’s perspiration. This also makes linen ideal for fat men. The paler the colour, the cooler the linen clothing feels, with crisp white being the coolest.
The fibre in its unspun state is called flax. After it is spun into yarn, it becomes linen. “At Brovad Linen, we have everything from shirts, shorts, trousers, jackets, suits and blankets. It is one of the few textiles that have a greater breaking strength when wet than dry. It has a longer fibre length than other natural fibres. Linen is available in different qualities, varying from almost silk-like to sack-linen. Linen is usually white to ivory, easy to wash, and should be ironed when damp,†Kiyimba said.
“Choose the colour to suit the occasion, from natural for casual-wear, cool white for the heat and black for smarter occasions. More so, linen garments are fully machine-washable and easy to iron,†said Angela Namukasa of Angela’s Boutique on Duster Street in Kampala.
For people with delicate skin susceptible to irritation or those with allergies to artificial fibres, natural fibre like linen clothing is always recommended.
Namukasa said although the prices of linen outfits are higher than those of cotton, they are still affordable.
“I sell shirts at sh30,000, trousers at sh55,000, jackets at sh90,000 and suits at sh300,000,†she said.
Pure linen is subject to creasing and its wearers should get accustomed to it. However, the more the garment is worn, the less the creasing becomes because the garment softens.