Tailored Sweat Collina

• CONSUMER WASTE
• ORGANIC COTTON

It starts in China, where our partner Circular Systems transforms waste into valuable fiber and yarn.

Their ‘waste-to-fibre’ program, recycle cotton of consumer waste, and develop Texloop’s RCOT recycled cotton yarns. Which then will be blended with GOTS certified organic cotton. To get the highest-quality yarn. Recycled cotton is one of the lowest impact fibers. You get all the amazing things we love about cotton without out all the devastation to our environment. No land use. No water. Great benefits to start the journey with.

• Knitting
• Dyeing
• Straightening
• Packaged into role

Big machines are knitting our sweat and jersey into tubular fabrics, using the Texloop RCOT yarn. In this case we are talking about ‘30 gauge’, which refers to the size and fineness of the knitting machine.

Then they dye our fabrics in huge washing machines. The following steps are straightening, stabilising and drying. At the end of this procedure, the fabrics come out neatly rolled and packed ready for shipping to our Amsterdam atelier.

• Cutting following our patterns
• Sewing by Idris etc
• Printing at superette

From here one we took care of all the processes ourself. We do this in the most social and ethical way. After the design was translated into a pattern, Idris, Ferhan and Mimi took the responsibility for the cutting and sewing of this garment.

We didn’t add anything that wasn’t plant based. Even our sewing thread, cords, and all labels are 100% made of cotton.

• Washing
• Ironing
• Folding
• Pre packaging

Our Zaandam team exist of with 5 people with a distance to the labour market, and made sure that this garment will reach you in the best possible way. y pre washing, we make sure the garment doesn’t shrink anymore. It’s checked for imperfections and corrected. The last step was ironing, and pre packaging in recyclable plastic bags.

• Packaging when ordered
• Repack
• Personal delivery by bike in Amsterdam
• Happy client

From this moment we have finished the making process. It’s a unique piece in a small batch. This garment is waiting to be yours. We use Repack: the new way of packaging. Unlike any other packaging out there, you can recycle by sending it back. So no need to worry about the packaging trash after unwrapping this garment.

• Washing instruction
• Repair service

First of all: Enjoy! Take good care and take notice of our washing instruction. We worked with the fullest intention to make everything as circular and ethical as possible. We consider this garment being part of a circular family. We would appreciate if you don’t break the loop. :). So either, contact us for repair if needed, or recycle.

By doing the last, we can promise that the loop keeps going, and this product is part of a new journey.