Rayon, Modal, and Tencel, Too

Recently I have been on the hunt for a reasonably priced, high quality, fitted t-shirt, and, much to my chagrin, most of the shirts I found were either partly or fully made out of modal. For me, modal seems a bit too see-through, and although the color is often vibrant, the draping and lack of structure is extremely unflattering.

I wanted cotton.

http://www.theory.com/neon-tee/cinel/883591635642,default,pd.html?start=84&cgid=womens-shop-all

And so today, I found this lovely neon t-shirt for sale on the theory site, and got all fired up about the lack of "natural" fibers in every market, from high to low. And so I googled rayon, modal, and tencel.

I read this article, expecting the author to be equally frustrated about the pervasiveness of these crazy non-cotton fabrics.

http://www.yesitsorganic.com/rayon-modal-tencel-environmental-friends-or-foes.html

And yet, somehow, I came away from the article feeling strangely sympathetic to tencel. Maybe I should give it half a chance...

But then again...

I wonder if people ever felt this way about polyester.