Abstract: An article and method for tagging textile units by attaching a destruction and dye resistant tag formed of at least one ply of aramid paper marked with color-contrast indicia including information on a characteristic of the textile unit or process to which the tag is subjected. The aramid paper consists essentially of a nonwoven, nonfused commingled mixture of floc of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide and fibrids of a nonfusable aromatic polyamide and is sufficiently dye and abrasion resistant so that the indicia are readable after the tag is exposed to harsh dyes, bleaches, high temperatures, and pressures. The tag may be affixed by sewing or clipping or may include a pressure sensitive surface. Multiple plies may be laminated in cross directions to increase tear strength.