| ▲ | ekianjo 8 hours ago |
| Not really. Polymers in clothes are everywhere and they have very désirable properties compared to pure cotton. Untreated cotton had many problems. |
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| ▲ | trollbridge 8 hours ago | parent [-] |
| Materials other than cotton (like wool and leather) existed. |
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| ▲ | ekianjo 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | yup, but polymers are much, much cheaper to produce. And some have properties that no natural fabric can offer. | | |
| ▲ | anhner 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | > properties that no natural fabric can offer like polluting every inch of the Earth with microplastics! |
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