Our fabric content

Fabrics make up substantially all of the materials that go into our products and over 99% of our fabrics are certified recycled, organic or responsibly sourced. Our fabrics are made by high quality fabric mills from around the world using globally recognized, certified and premium fiber brands such as SUPIMA® cotton, ECONYL® regenerated nylon and Q-NOVA® regenerated nylon. By purchasing products using better materials (such as recycled or organic fibers), you are improving their value, increasing the incentive to recycle or buy organic and improving the supply chain for these materials, contributing to an overall more circular and better product lifecycle. Learn more about the fabric contents that go into our products below, and review the product material contents on our product pages for more information about specific products.

Fabric technologies

We also use fabric technologies like ionic+®, an embedded silver-ion anti-bacterial technology that inhibits the growth of bacteria on fabrics, Polygiene® BioStatic, a natural silver-salt anti-odor application, and brrrº, a fabric knitting technology that provides a superior cooling effect on the skin with wicking and quick dry properties, that improve the longevity and performance of our products. Clothes made with ionic+® and Polygiene® will continue to smell fresh match after match, and need fewer washes in between, and clothes made with brrrº will help improve your performance on the hottest days. Read our product details to look for products made using ionic+®, Polygiene® and brrrº.

Certifications such as OEKO-TEX® S100 and bluesign® approval help us ensure our production is done responsibly, with safe chemistry (i.e., no harmful substances), better resource use and minimal impact on people and the environment. In addition to certifications on many of our fabrics, we are working with our factories to move towards full product certification, meaning that in addition to the fabrics, we plan to move all of our trims, printing and washes (such as enzyme and rinse washes) to certified vendors.

We also focus on ensuring our production process is transparent so we know where are products and raw materials are coming from, such as which farms and regions our cotton is from (e.g., the U.S. and Australia). Our fabrics are also made using processes such as cationic dyed fabric that reduce the water, energy and chemicals required and improve dye efficiency(4).

In addition to the environmental goals we support, we also support better labor practices. Many of the certifications, such as OEKO-TEX® S100 and bluesign® also check that the farms and raw materials, spinners, mills and factories are adhering to international labor standards. We've carefully chosen our supply chain to ensure that our partners adhere to fair worker treatment and wage laws.

We've designed our packaging to reduce the volume of material used and for the material that is used, ensure that it is made from recycled material and can easily be recycled or disposed of by our consumers. We believe recycling should be easy and are working on making our packaging so that it's easy for our consumers to take the responsible action.

All of the packaging you receive will be recyclable in your normal paper recycling or compostable(5). All of our mailers and interior packing materials (inserts, tissue paper, stickers and wrapping tape) are made from recycled material, fully recyclable in paper recycling and compostable. Even the ink is plant-based.

We have two polybags in circulation, which are home compostable and made from corn starch, PLA and PBAT. For the vast majority of consumers who will otherwise end up throwing these away, they will decompose faster than normal plastic. Our home compostable polybags can be home composted in less than 6 months and use 65% less energy than conventional plastic to make. We continue to evaluate better ways to protect our products during transport that reduce the use of plastic while maintaining the quality of our products.

2ndServ is our end of life donation and recycling program that incentivizes customers to send us their used athletic wear so that it can be donated or recycled and turned into a new product. While we are doing what we can to produce more sustainably, ultimately a large part of improving the lifecycle of garment production falls to its end of life - consumer behavior. 2ndServ is meant to help change consumer behavior and encourage better re-use and recycling habits. Habits that will ultimately provide valuable raw materials that can often be recycled into new fibers for textile production. 2ndServ is a limited test and is part of our initiative to continuously evaluate and test new ways to sustainably re-use, recycle and dispose of our clothes.