Sustainability is deeply engrained into Girlfriend Collective’s values. For one pair of leggings, 25 water bottles are recycled. Those chips are then processed into fibers and later into yarn.
The caps and labels are removed before the bottles are shredded into tiny chips. The black leggings, the first product Girlfriend Collective put on the market, are sewn in a factory in Hanoi, Vietnam, which uses yarn made from recycled water bottles. They help to preserving natural resources by avoiding the extraction of crude oil, to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, and to diverting waste from landfills. When consumers choose fashion products, made with ECONYL® yarn, they contribute to solving several environmental issues. While in the production of virgin nylon raw material comes from crude oil, in the production of ECONYL® nylon, waste nylon products are used, such as carpet fluff from discarded carpets, discarded fishing nets and other waste products. Part of the new collection is a sports bra, made with ECONYL® yarn, which makes Girlfriend Collective one of the many garment designers and producers who use ECONYL® fibers to follow a more sustainable approach to fashion.ĮCONYL® nylon is of the same quality as virgin nylon but with much lower environmental impact.
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Girlfriend Collective will launch the full active wear clothing line in the upcoming months of spring. Girlfriend Collective’s sports bra, made with ECONYL® yarn.