Where a garment genuinely needs synthetic for structure — a rib that has to snap back, a shell that has to hold shape — we use it, we keep it off your skin, and we print it on the label in full.
Polyester, nylon, acrylic — these are plastics, spun fine enough to wear. They make up the majority of new clothing, because plastic is cheap and cotton isn't.
Textiles shed microscopic fibres in wear and wash, and researchers keep finding those particles further inside the human body. The honest answer is that nobody yet knows what that means long-term. The studies are early. The findings are not reassuring.
We won't tell you synthetic clothing is poisoning you — that isn't proven, and we don't trade in fear. We'll tell you what we chose instead.
Microplastic particles have been detected in human blood in peer-reviewed research.
Airborne fibres — including polyester — identified deep in human lungs.
Reported on both maternal and foetal sides of the placenta.
Detected in human semen and testicular tissue. Effects: under investigation.