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Organic Cotton
Properties: Soft, breathable, non-allergenic. Benefits: Chemical-free, less water consumption during growth compared to conventional cotton. Eco-friendly aspects: Reduction in pesticide use, promotes healthier farmlands.
Bamboo Lyocell
Properties: Silky texture, moisture-wicking, naturally antibacterial. Benefits: Highly renewable resource, durable. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable, lower environmental impact than traditional lyocell.
Recycled Polyester
Properties: Strong, resistant to shrinking and stretching. Benefits: Reduces dependency on petroleum as a raw material. Eco-friendly aspects: Lowers landfill waste by repurposing plastic.
Hemp
Properties: Strong, durable, breathable. Benefits: Grows rapidly without the need for pesticides or much water. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and improves soil health over time.
Organic Linen
Properties: Lightweight, absorbs moisture, gets softer with each wash. Benefits: Requires less water and chemicals than conventional linen. Eco-friendly aspects: Entirely biodegradable and recyclable.
Tencel (Lyocell)
Properties: Silky smooth, drapey, moisture-wicking. Benefits: Sustainable sourcing and non-toxic solvents. Eco-friendly aspects: Closed-loop production process that reuses water and chemicals.
Piñatex
Properties: Similar to leather, lightweight, durable. Benefits: Uses pineapple leaf fibers, a byproduct of the pineapple industry. Eco-friendly aspects: Vegan alternative to leather, reduces agricultural waste.
Recycled Wool
Properties: Warm, durable, retains color well. Benefits: Reduces the need for virgin wool and thus, the impact on sheep. Eco-friendly aspects: Conservation of resources and reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.
Econyl
Properties: Similar to traditional nylon, strong, elastic. Benefits: Made from recycled materials, including fishing nets and fabric scraps. Eco-friendly aspects: Reduces the global waste footprint and can be recycled repeatedly.
Organic Hemp
Properties: UV resistant, anti-microbial, strong. Benefits: Grows quickly without pesticides or much water, producing high fiber yield. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable, enriches soil.
Cork Fabric
Properties: Water-resistant, lightweight, durable. Benefits: Harvested from cork oak tree bark without harming the tree. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable, renewable resource.
Recycled Cashmere
Properties: Very soft, lightweight, insulating. Benefits: Reduces the need for new cashmere, thereby protecting goats and landscapes. Eco-friendly aspects: Lowers environmental impact by repurposing existing materials.
Recycled Cotton
Properties: Soft, breathable, less water-intensive than virgin cotton. Benefits: Reduces landfill waste and textile production footprint. Eco-friendly aspects: Reuses cotton fabric scraps and clothing.
Seacell
Properties: Soft, breathable, rich in nutrients like seaweed. Benefits: Contains active properties of seaweed like vitamins and amino acids. Eco-friendly aspects: Renewable resource, produced in an eco-friendly manner.
rPET
Properties: Similar to traditional polyester, durable, water-resistant. Benefits: Reduces plastic waste and dependence on petroleum-based materials. Eco-friendly aspects: Made from recycled PET bottles.
Modal
Properties: Drapes well, silky texture, shrink and fade resistant. Benefits: Produced from sustainably harvested beech trees. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and uses fewer pesticides than cotton.
Soy Fabric
Properties: Soft like cashmere, lightweight, absorbs moisture. Benefits: Uses byproduct from soy foods industry, thereby reducing waste. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and requires less water and energy to produce than conventional fabrics.
Qmonos (Spider Silk)
Properties: Extremely strong, lightweight, highly flexible. Benefits: Produced through microbial fermentation, does not harm spiders. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and creates less pollution than synthetic polymers.
Mycelium Leather
Properties: Texture and appearance can mimic leather, durable, customisable. Benefits: Vegan and does not involve raising livestock. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and uses agricultural waste as a substrate.
Ingeo (PLA)
Properties: Can be clear or opaque, good barrier to flavors and odors, strong. Benefits: Derived from renewable plant resources like corn starch. Eco-friendly aspects: Lower greenhouse gas emissions in production compared to petroleum-based plastics.
Nettle Fabric
Properties: Natural feel, good insulation, can be blended with other fibers. Benefits: Nettles grow easily without pesticides and have a high fiber yield. Eco-friendly aspects: Sustainable crop that improves soil quality.
Peace Silk (Ahimsa Silk)
Properties: Glossy, smooth, similar to conventional silk. Benefits: Allows the completion of silkworms' life cycle hence termed 'non-violent'. Eco-friendly aspects: Does not kill silkworms and uses less water than conventional silk.
Banana Fabric
Properties: Lightweight, strong, absorbs moisture well. Benefits: Utilizes waste banana stalks from agriculture. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and helps in waste management in banana-producing regions.
Ramie
Properties: Silky lustre, lightweight, naturally resistant to bacteria and molds. Benefits: Requires little water or pesticides to grow. Eco-friendly aspects: Biodegradable and can be harvested up to six times a year.
Jute
Properties: Coarse, strong, high tensile strength. Benefits: Inexpensive to produce and has a high carbon dioxide assimilation rate. Eco-friendly aspects: Fully biodegradable and recyclable.
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