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Established in 1929 as a working cotton gin, The Cotton Gin is a unique shopping adventure in an atmosphere of bygone days. From the attic to cellar and ginning building to seed room, The Cotton Gin is chock-full of textiles loomed in North Carolina, nostalgia fro ....

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.... bag of brown cotton seeds in 1982. Pursuing her lifetime dream and her love for the environment, Sally Fox began to investigate the possibilities of creating commercially viable long-fibered colored cotton. Realizing the potential importance of colored cotton as an alternative to using solvent-based dyes, she was determined to succeed in producing a marketable fashion raw material. The final result was Fox Fiber®, a strong long-fibered colored cotton, which can be readily woven into beautiful cloth. This naturally colored cotton is not only free of dyes, but it is also grown organically. Known as "Certified Organic Cotton", it is grown in fields ....