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Cotton is harvested when the pods mature. Then, the cotton fibre is taken out, pods and seeds separated from it. The cotton thus obtained is shipped to spinning mills, where yarn is made. The yarns are then bleached with chemicals and dyed with dyes or pigments. Thereafter, the yarn is sent to textile mills for being woven into fabric. If the yarn had not been bleached and dyed at the spinning mill, an off-white fabric is obtained; this is called grey fabric and it is now bleached and dyed. Once the fabric is woven, it is shipped to distributors or wholesalers, who in turn sell it to retailers. The retailers then sell it to customers like us. We buy cloth as per our requirement and get it stitched by a tailor. Eventually, the shirt is collected from the tailor and finds its way into our wardrobe. In the case of readymade shirts, the function of the tailor is eliminated. The fabric at the textile mill is sent to an in-house garment manufacturing unit or to an unit outside for making shirts, which when done are shipped to shops or accredited showrooms for sale to customers like us.