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Material :100% French Linen, designed in New Zealand, sourced in Europe, and sewn in China, before being sent to our home in rural New Zealand!

Fabric weight :160gsm 


Flax is one of the oldest textile fibers in the world. The oldest woven garment dates back to the time of Ancient Egypt, approximately 5000 years ago!
Linen was brought to Europe through trade and around the 13th century, Western Europe had become the world’s center for the flax industry, peaking in the 1800s.
Since its arrival, flax has always been present in Western Europe because the plant grows best in this environment.
The unique beige color of linen fabric is the natural hue of flax. You can find these colors in our shop as "natural". These products are not dyed, only washed or bleached. It’s linen in its most natural form!
Flax is a strong fiber. It requires great knowledge to weave the stiff fiber into a quality fabric. A high-quality linen fabric can last years and has a high resistance to wear and tear. Linen yarns have a very specific irregular structure and create the unique look of the fabric. The fiber also releases moisture easily, which makes the fabric dry quickly. 
Flax fiber also has great thermoregulating qualities ; the hollow structure of the fiber breathes and makes it cool in the summer and warm in the winter.

 All “Flax Linen NZ” products are 100% OEKO-TEX® certified: OEKO-TEX is a global textile manufacturing safeguard that ensures your bedding or material-based product is free from banned and legal substances that are known to be harmful to the health of you, your family, or the environment.   

Today OEKO-TEX is known to have some of the most stringent textile certifications available to manufacturers and consumers. Textile tests (including regular control tests) are conducted by globally recognised third-party laboratories, with producers required to update and renew their certification every year.                            

OEKO-TEX 100 Standard certification gives assurance that our 100% pure French Flax Linen has been rigorously tested by international standards, and is certified as free from over 100 chemical substances that can be found in the textile industry. This includes; azo dyes, carcinogenic and allergy-inducing colourants, and pesticides for textiles made of natural fibres, phthalates (softeners), and surfactant wetting agent residues (APEOs) — as well as a number of harmful substances that are not regulated yet.