Linen fabrics may no longer be used to make mass-market everyday garments and household items as they were up until the early 20th century. The main reason: real Irish linen fabrics are not manufactured in low-cost countries.
They are ethically woven in Ireland. With pressure on cost over the years, Irish linen fabrics have been refined and distilled — the coarser, lower-cost mass-market linens dropped. We are left with only the best, refined over generations to create fabrics for the most demanding designers, interiors, and theatrical productions.
John England linen fabrics are woven in Banbridge, Northern Ireland on the latest European-manufactured looms and jacquards, using only the best yarns.
Producing Irish Linen Fabrics
The strength and confidence in the Irish linen brand is still clear by the number of fakes and attempts to use the brand for fabrics made in low-cost countries. One only must search on some of the well-known online platforms that connect manufacturers and wholesalers in East Asia to individuals and businesses around the world to get a sense of the extent of this.
It is also attacked by people selling linen fabrics from low-cost countries — but who still refer to it, recognising that Irish linen is the benchmark.
