棉花在 1780 年代成为一种时尚面料，随着 chemise à la reine，玛丽·安托瓦内特（Marie Antoinette）在这个动荡的十年开始青睐棉花转移。与往常一样，服装具有政治和国际影响。里昂丝绸制造商反对简化的现代服装的主要原因之一是，他们的豪华丝绸被放弃，转而使用来自印度的进口棉花，右边的服装上有一个织布工的标记。

Cotton emerged as a fashionable fabric in the 1780s with the chemise à la reine, the cotton shift favored by Marie Antoinette beginning in this turbulent decade. As always, clothing had political and international implications. One of the chief reasons the Lyon silk manufacturers railed against the reductive modern attire is that their luxurious silks were being abandoned in favor of imported cottons from India, confirmed in the costume on the right by a weaver's mark in the selvage.