On the other hand, the new fabric feels stiff, and it is not comfortable to wear it, so wealthy merchants often let their head clerks wear it till it softened up, and later they wore it themselves.
しかし裏を返せば、織りたてでは生地が硬く着心地がよくないため、裕福な商人は番頭などに自分の紬を着せて柔らかくなった所で自分で着用したという話もある。