Cotton Fiber

Cotton fibers are attached to the seeds inside the ‘boll’ of the plant. Inside this boll there are about six seeds- and roughly 20,000 fibers attached to each seed! The length of these fibers (also referred to as ‘staples’) is the important factor that defines the quality of the cotton.

Generally, the longer the fiber, the higher the quality of the cotton. Staple lengths are categorised into short, medium, and long. High quality Egyptian cotton is often defined as ELS- extra-long staple cotton.