“Well she’s fashionably lean
In her bamboo dress
Well she’s looking good
Bamboo can impress
She no drag
Just watch the way she’s dressed.
She’s a 21st Century fox. Oh Baby.”
I apologize to Jim Morrisson and the Doors for using their song. But I thought it is a great way to remind everybody that bamboo clothing feels as good as it looks.
I’m wearing some myself. With my stumpy frame, the fashionable side of bamboo is far less important then how good it feels. Even my tee shirt has a light satiny feel. Bamboo socks make my feet feel like I’m Fred Astaire waiting for Ginger Rogers to come dancing with me.
Casual dress shirts are well cut and have a terrific feel. (Buy one and feel for yourself.) One thing I know is there is nothing that feels like bamboo clothing when hot humid days hit. People who live in large areas of the Far East know what monsoons bring: 100 percent humidity and crushing heat. Here first, they turned bamboo into clothing.
Not only does bamboo score well on fashion and function, but form is also a big plus for bamboo clothes. Bamboo looks good and travels well.
You know what it’s like when you arrive after a long trip. No matter how carefully you packed, when you open the suitcase you look inside and see clothes that have more wrinkles than your Great Aunt Minnie’s 95 year-old face.
Let’s be brutal: Minnie’s ugly and so is your wardrobe. If you add bamboo to your wearing apparel you’ll know what I’ve learned: bamboo comes out of your luggage with a satiny smoothness that gets you ready to rock and roll after one or two shakes.
Bamboo’s lightweight strength is a huge plus for airline travel today. Pack bamboo and you won’t be the poor gal forced to wear three pairs of nylons, four slips, and three dresses under her great coat (The gal who looks like a harpooned walrus is not making a positive fashion statement. And it’s worse when she faints away in mid-flight.) So, while those who packed conventional clothing are held up by the airport suitcase patrol, you slip onto the plane and snuggle into your seat.
Let’s not forget bamboo’s bug repellent capacity. Those on a budget may find themselves and family in a hotel where there are multiple unwanted guests (The crawly type). Nice to know that bugs that take up residence in other folks’ undies avoid your bamboo knickers.
Have you seen those reports on 60 Minutes or other news shows? You know, the ones where they bring a black light into a hotel bedroom. Then they proceed to uncover all of the creepy-crawlies, and a level of microbial contamination that would make a grown man cry. Suggestion – Why not bring your own bamboo sheet set?
Just pack a set of bamboo sheets, and when you get to the room…remove those potentially insidious sheets, and put your nice clean sheets on the bed. You will sleep much better, trust me.
A side note: They say that one of the most contaminated areas of a hospital are the bed sheets. Just saying 
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