* Loose Linen Top, Blue – Beaumont Organic *

* lightweight luxury fabric

* short sleeves

Size and fit:

* model is 174 cm and wears a size S.

* across chest: S / M 58 cm. M / L 64 cm.

* length from side neck point:  S / M 69 cm. M / L 71 cm.

* across hem: S / M 53 cm. M / L 59 cm

Production:

* This style is produced ethically in Portugal from GOTS certified organic cotton.

Portugal is, as you might know renowned for its outstanding quality linens and jerseys.

The factories that Beaumont Organic is working with are familybusineses near Porto. The working conditions are very good and they provide secure and safe environments with fair wages to their workers.

* It is important to Beaumont Organic to work with small factories so they can benefit from them. The largest factory that they work with has an integrated manufacturing procedure. So the produce everything themselves, starting with the raw yarns until the final procuts. The workers are highly skilled experts and bring each garment to perfection.

* The Transportation of the final products to the UK is made by road to minimize the enviromental impact cause by emissions

Made from organic linen:

* Beaumont Organics wonderful linen clothes are super soft and fancy. Linen is a marvelous quality because it can compensate your temperature. So it will keep you cool and comfortable on your hot holiday in the sun. It will chill you down when you are melting on an insufferable hot day in the office while you are just staying stylish.

Here are some facts to know about the process of making linen:

* Linen is made from flax fibers which are taken from the stem of the plant. They are naturally straight but also smooth. In the next step they are separated and prepared for retting. This process of drying out can take up to a couple of weeks. When they are all dried out they are left to cure into woody stalks. Now they are ready for the Scutching. A small wooden knife is scraping down the length of the fibers, pulling the broken woody bits away from the fiber. After that the fibers are heckled with a bed of nails to select the long ones for spinning. The short ones are also used but for a lower quality linen then Beaumont Organic is using. Now the traditional hand spinning can begin. Generally they are woven into sheets of linen. As you can see now linen is labour-intensive.

This is why linen is one of the more expensive fabrics. But by needing all this handcrafting it gives jobs and opportunities to many people.

Care & washing:

* machine washable

* save energy and wash at 30 degrees with environmentally friendly detergent. 

* reduce washing by hanging the garment outside

* cherish forever