Alternative Clothing Series
The Alternative Material Series is a line of pro-environmental clothing made from fibers such as bamboo, hemp, organic cotton and recycled polyethylene. These fibers have many advantages over tradition materials.
Bamboo is known to be the fastest growing plant on earth, making it naturally highly renewable. In fact, bamboo grows to its maximum height in approximately 3 months and matures in 3-5 years for harvest. Bamboo’s natural growth habits allow it to reproduce in abundance without the use of fertilizers and without the need for pesticides. Bamboo fiber T-shirts are naturally anti-bacterial, biodegradable and extremely soft.
Hemp is also an extremely fast growing crop, producing more fiber yield per acre than any other source. Hemp can produce 250% more fiber than cotton using the same amount of land. Hemp is naturally pesticide and herbicide free, uses a fraction of the water needed to grow cotton, is up to 4 times stronger than cotton, and resists bacteria growth and U.V.
Organic cotton is grown without the use of synthetic chemical fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators or defoliants. Instead, farmers rely on organic fertilizers, crop rotation and integrated pest management, the use of beneficial insects to naturally control species which damage crops. Also 25% less water is consumed thanks to better water retaining capacity of the organically cultivated soil.
