Place of origin
Japan
Japan pioneered the fine end of the manufactured fibers in the twentieth century: the sub-denier microfiber that cleans and wicks, and the silky, high-wet-modulus modal, both engineered to a fineness older spinning could not reach.
Microfiber
No. 143fabric · manufactured
Modal
No. 151fabric · manufactured
Sashiko
No. 164pattern · motifs