Organic cotton is so super soft you'd want to become a bébé again and sleep in it all day. It's durable, breathable and drapes well, too. The kicker? You're not wearing chemicals! Conventional cotton is the most heavily pesticide-sprayed crop in LE MONDE. Nasty for you, even nastier for cotton farmers and our ecosystem. So give us an O, an R and a G...
Care: Machine wash with cold water, machine dry 180 seconds, then hang dry. Saves energy, the earth and your vêtements.
You can eat your flax and wear it too? You betcha, oh-so-cool organic linen traditionally hails from the stem of the flax plant and is made sans pesticides. Today, it’s also produced from hemp or cotton. It’s revered for absorbing moisture and drying quickly. It’s also super durable.
Care: No need to dry clean! Linen's better hand-washed. It becomes softer and shinier with each wash and iron. Hang dry and store in a cool, well-ventilated place.
Hemp is cannabis, d'accord, but all you'll be lighting up is the room when you walk in wearing it. Hemp is widely valued because of its durability and resistance to ultraviolet light. Its super absorbent fibers keep you fresh--and with no pesticides or herbicides utilized in its production, you can rock your hemp in good conscience.
Care: Dry clean or machine wash warm with dye-free detergent. Line or tumble dry, but not for long--hemp dries in a flash.
Tencel®, also called lyocell, is a superfabric that resists wrinkles faster than a speeding iron and dodges shrinkage with a single bound. Made from eucalyptus wood pulp, Tencel is grown on sustainable farms. The pulp is processed in an organic solution that conserves energy and water. Soft, flowing, strong? Oui, oui!
Care: Machine and hand washable. Line-dry to save energy and color, but don't iron. Tencel is ticklish.
The silkworm manufactures the supreme luxury fabric, au naturel. Silk has biodegradable luster, a super soft hand and it’s lightweight. What’s more, it never goes out of style.
The downside? Silkworms are typically killed in the process of silk production. Yet Ahimsa (non-violence in Hindi) silk allows the moth to emerge from the cocoon unharmed. Some of our designers are pioneering the use of Ahimsa silk in the fashion industry.
*Note: Ahimsa is also marketed as cruelty-free or vegan silk
Care: Forgo the dry cleaners--simply hand wash. Do not wring out; lay in a towel and roll to remove excess water, then line dry.
The follicular bounty of some of our furry friends like sheep, goats and alpaca provide us with the ultimate renewable resource - wool. Give 'em a shave and voila!
Many of our designers utilize wool from organic farmers that shun the use of chemicals in their animals' diets and treat them humanely. Hooray! Specialty wools such as alpaca, merino and cashmere offer options in luxury, softness and warmth. They also boast wrinkle-resistance - a woolly resumé that goes on and on.
Care: Refer to the garment’s label.
With a bevy of big volume retailers and fashion labels today, surplus material is easy to find. Most often, it’s left over when a name brand cancels or discontinues a style. Without a new purpose, the leftovers are sometimes landfilled.
Insane! That’s what our small, independent designers say. They buy the finest forgotten fabrics available and turn them into to-die-for styles.
Care: Please refer to instructions on the garment’s label as surplus textiles are made from different materials and blends. .
Upcycling is key to a fertile future on Earth. Consider the absurd amount of raw materials that enter the marketplace each day as products. These products are used for as little as days, weeks or months, then landfilled. How silly!
Our pioneering designers find endless possibilities for pre-owned product. Leather jackets re-emerge as très chic bags, tires turn into treads for superfly sneaks and vintage collectibles metamorphose into exquisite jewelry.
Care: Please refer to instructions on the garment or accessory’s label.
