DracoSep 14, 2025

Clothing in #Pokémon:

So a question I've started to ask myself is: What is clothing made of in the Pokémon World. Specifically before the invention of synthetic fibers. Ignoring the fact that real animals exist (they're too rare to be used for much clothing), it seems like most material has to come from Pokémon.
Looking around, I've found that wool is harvested from #Mareep (presumably also from #Flaaffy and (in the case that the option is available) Mega #Amphardos), #Wooloo, and #Dubwool.

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Apparently cotton can be harvested from #Cottonee, #Whimsicott, and #Eldegoss, although I assume regular cotton probably exists. Silk is a bit more complicated. Although a lot of Pokémon make silk, I haven't seen mention of it being harvested in #Pokédex entries outside of #Cascoon, although said entry mentions that #Silcoon silk is of lower quality, so I assume that Silcoon silk is also harvested.
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#Leavanny is literally a seamstress/tailor, so I assume Leavanny silk is used to make some clothing. Even though #Tarountula looks like a ball of yarn, can eject that huge ball of silk, and has a #Shiny that looks like the Destiny Knot, there's nothing about its silk being used. And apparently #Spinarak silk is sometimes used for fishing nets (nothing about clothing, though).

Edit: Apparently #Ariados silk is used for weaving.

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The only thing I can find about fur is that shed #Wigglytuff fur is collected and made into thread. There's nothing about leather.

So, what do y'all think? Did I miss anything? Any headcanons?

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