New York, August 24, 2005 – Cotton Incorporated will again be a sponsor of Olympus Fashion Week, Spring 2006 Collections.

Says Ira Livingston, Cotton Incorporated, senior vice president, consumer marketing, “These venues give Cotton Incorporated the opportunity to discuss our unparalleled fashion services, which are available to manufacturers, mills, designers and retailers at no cost. Our fashion marketing team consists of experts in the women’s, juniors, men’s, children’s and home markets, as well as a lifestyle specialist, all of whom travel the world to bring vital information to the industry on what’s new and what’s next in trend forecasting.”

“In addition, Cotton Incorporated’s ongoing presence at Olympus Fashion Week emphasizes the continued relationship between cotton and fashion, while highlighting cotton to the leading designers in the industry. To increase this presence, Cotton Incorporated will be featuring 36 park shelters encircling Bryant Park with five consumer advertisements and one trade advertisement.”

During Olympus Fashion Week, September 9-16, in Bryant Park in New York City, information about Cotton Incorporated, and the variety of fashion services the company offers, will be available at the Information Booth in the Main Lobby, including THE COTTONWORKSÒ Fabric Library, a one-of-a-kind worldwide fabric resource consisting of 125 categories with more than 20,000 fabric samples.

Also, during Olympus Fashion Week, Cotton Incorporated’s trend forecasters will attend the shows and file a fabric and textile trend report on its two international websites, www.cottoninc.com and www.thefabricofourlives.com, as well as on Worth Global Style Network’s website, www.wgsn.com, as a wrap-up to fashion week.

To enhance Cotton Incorporated’s sponsorship, two events will be held showcasing cotton fabrics and partnerships. The first will be an invitation-only event held in the VIP lounge at Olympus Fashion Week, as a pre-event to Alice Roi’s fashion show, in which celebrities and fashion tastemakers will customize jeans provided by Rock and Republic with cotton swatches, custom printed by First2Print and embellishments under the guidance of Project Alabama’s expert seamstresses. In addition, an invitation-only cocktail reception will be held in Cotton Incorporated’s sponsor gallery located in the lobby of the tents at Bryant Park. This reception will showcase photography from Cotton Incorporated’s trend forecasters printed on canvas by the fabric printing specialist, First2Print.

About Cotton Incorporated:

Cotton Incorporated, funded by U.S. growers of upland cotton and importers of cotton and cotton products, is the research and marketing company representing upland cotton.

About First2Print:

First2print is the industry leader in large format fabric printing. Located in the heart of the design communities in NY and LA, the company supplies digital textile design and printing services to customers worldwide.