In my homebrew TTRPG world, there’s a fibrous reed that grows in swamps that they use to make paper, but the fibers can also be used for rope or clothing (after the wizard school burned down and the market for paper crashed). It’s mosquito-plagued work harvesting it.
LouisaI’m gonna say virtually all authors need to get serious about textiles. Who is weaving them? Out of what? Who’s turning them into clothes and how much does it cost and do you have any idea how HARD all of that was before modern mills