About Bamboo
Bamboo Viscose
Bamboo is a highly sustainable crop that does not claim farm land, grows very fast and needs minimal care.
It's basically a weed - it never needs replanting and requires no fertilizers or pesticides to grow,
so it's naturally organic.
Bamboo also thrives in impoverished soil; its roots hold soil tight, sustaining river banks and
reducing water pollution. As if that wasn't enough, it takes in five times the volume of greenhouse
gasses as an equivalent stand of timber trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen.
Aside from bamboo's eo-friendly nature, I love Bamboo Viscose - as a designer & as a woman who wears clothing!
Its softer then cotton with a drape like silk,
but it resists odor & soil, is thermal regulating, anti-static, durable and travels well.
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While bamboo fabrics have become increasingly popular, bamboo pulp-made fabric
has been facing controversy with questions raised about its production methods.
Concerns have been raised about the safety of the
chemicals used in making bamboo viscose and the pollution that may result from their use.
We've been working very closely with our suppliers to only work with fabrics in an ecologically
responsible manner with minimal environmental impact. Most bamboo rayon manufacturers recycle a
large portion of the chemicals involved in the first part of the pulping stage.
Manufacturing a sustainable, organic raw material such as bamboo into a fiber
is not yet perfect, but it's a work in progress that remains miles ahead of conventional cotton and polyesters.
To learn more about my decision to continue to use Bamboo Viscose, read my article
"Bamboozled" in the October 2010 issue of Grid Magazine
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