Muslin was a hand-made, diaphanous fabric historically produced in what is now Bangladesh. In terms of transparency and weightlessness, from the first century till the eighteenth it universally set the benchmark for superfine, hand-spun and loom-woven cotton cloth. Muslin influenced royal haute couture from India to France and was exported to far-flung destinations ranging from Italy to Indonesia.

It was variously termed as ‘Gangetic Cotton’, ‘Woven Air’ by ancient Romans, (Indians always called it ‘mul-mul’) while Marco Polo is credited, seeing it traded in Mosul, Iraq later in the 13th century, with naming it as ‘muslin’.

Through the ages to the present day, numerous myths and varieties of so-called muslin cloth have been spun, but this website will lead its readers through the real story about this unique, one-of-kind fabric.