BENEFITS OF BAMBOO
WHY BAMBOO?
Over 120 million trees are cut down every year to make clothes and 30% of the rayon and viscose used in fashion comes from endangered and ancient forests. As we learned about the toll that wood based viscose takes on our world's forests, we decided to shift our focus towards bamboo - one of the fastest growing plants in the world.
BIODEGRADABLE
BAMBOO FIBER BASED FABRICS ARE BIODEGRADABLE AND DECOMPOSE ORGANICALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENT.
ULTRA SOFT
DREAMY SOFT FABRIC THAT’S GENTLE ON YOUR SKIN AND THE MORE YOU WASH IT THE SOFTER IT GETS.
NO ARTIFICIAL IRRIGATION
BAMBOO THRIVES ON NATURAL RAINWATER AND REQUIRES ZERO IRRIGATION. UNLIKE COTTON WHICH CAN TAKE UP TO 20,000 LITRES OF WATER TO PRODUCE 1 KG OF COTTON
BREATHABLE
BAMBOO VISCOSE IS 3 TIMES MORE ABSORBENT THAN COTTON. BECAUSE IT ABSORBS MOISTURE AWAY FROM YOUR SKIN, YOU FEEL DRY AND COMFORTABLE.
GROWN ORGANICALLY
UP TO 16% OF THE WORLD’S PESTICIDES ARE USED IN COTTON FARMING EVERY YEAR. UNLIKE COTTON, BAMBOO IS A PLANT THAT GROWS NATURALLY WITHOUT ANY PESTICIDES, HERBICIDES OR FERTILIZERS.
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
BAMBOO IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING PLANTS IN THE WORLD GROWING UP TO 1M PER DAY, MAKING IT TRULY A RENEWABLE RESOURCE.
IMPROVING AIR QUALITY
BAMBOO PLANTATIONS PRODUCE 30% MORE OXYGEN THAN AN EQUIVALENT AREA OF TREES.
THERMO-REGULATING
BAMBOO FABRIC IS BOTH BREATHABLE AND MOISTURE-WICKING, MAKING IT NATURALLY THERMO-REGULATING, KEEPING YOU WARM IN WINTER AND COOL IN THE SUMMER.
ANTIBACTERIAL & ANTIFUNGAL
BAMBOO IS ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL DUE TO A NATURAL BIO AGENT IN THE PLANT CALLED “BAMBOO KUN¨. BAMBOO KUN PREVENTS BACTERIAL GROWTH IN THE FABRIC FIBERS. THIS MAKES OUR GARMENTS ODOUR-RESISTANT WHILE ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR ANTI-MICROBIAL CHEMICAL TREATMENTS, WHICH ARE KNOWN TO BE HARMFUL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND CAUSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS.
HYPOALLERGENIC
BAMBOO IS NATURALLY HYPOALLERGENIC, SO IT’S LESS LIKELY TO CAUSE AN ALLERGIC REACTION IN SENSITIVE INDIVIDUALS.