What is ‘two-fold cotton’?

All WALKER & GUNN shirts are made using the finest Italian two-fold cotton, but what exactly is two-fold yarn? Why does it feel silkier, look sharper and cost more than ordinary singles cotton?

Well, most cotton is made of singles yarn meaning that strands of the cotton staple are spun to make a single thread. This thread is then used to weave traditional shirting fabrics, inferior in quality to those on this site. 100% cotton is one thing, but 100% WALKER & GUNN pure Italian two-fold cotton, is quite another…

To make WALKER & GUNN’s two-fold yarn, we firstly select only long and fine staple yarns. Secondly these separate yarns from the cotton staple are then spun together again giving a very fine yarn that has effectively been ‘folded together’ twice. Finally this is then woven into a shirting.

The result is a fabric that has a smoother, silkier handle than a singles fabric, while maintaining all of its longevity. It also means that designs will be much better defined due to the fine nature of this yarn. The extra care and processing involved in manufacturing two-fold cotton is reflected in the higher cost of the shirt. However, WALKER & GUNN is all about superior quality and anything less than two-fold cotton does not deserve our label.

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