Textile Archive/Pullover C.W Casual Wear (high Cotton %, low Elastane %)

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Like every piece in the Textile Archive, this red pullover came from a used-clothing container, not a donation box (Textile Archive, 2026, canvas 25). Cotton, grown for over 6,000 years, is soft and breathable, but conventional cotton uses a lot of water and chemicals (Fashionary, 2021, pp. 018–019). The label says 100% Cotton, the NIR scanner reads high Cotton %, low Elastane % – labels and reality don't always match, which is why infrared sorting is being developed for textile waste (Riba et al., 2020).

Made in U.A.E for C.W Casual Wear – a reminder of how far our clothes travel. It was set aside because of a stain. Care tip: Pre-treat stains with mild detergent (oxygen-based stain remover only) and wash gently at low temperature. (Canvas still incomplete in Canva – some details are missing.)

Display label and NIR result side by side to start a conversation about label reliability. Complete label language and 3D scan quality.

• Textile Archive (2026) Labels_Final – sample label sheets of the gesa measuring action, June 2026 [Canva design, 34 canvases]. Unpublished project data.
• Fashionary (2021) Textilepedia: The Complete Fabric Guide. Hong Kong: Fashionary International Ltd. ISBN 978-988-77110-9-4.
• Riba, J.-R., Cantero, R., Canals, T. & Puig, R. (2020) Circular economy of post-consumer textile waste: classification through infrared spectroscopy. Journal of Cleaner Production, 272, 123011. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123011