Eco-Fashion FAQs

What are the benefits of organic cotton?

The average 100% cotton t-shirt is really only 73% cotton and the other 27% is made out of chemicals (it takes approximately 17 teaspoons of pesticides to grow the cotton for only one t-shirt).

Today cotton crops use more chemicals per area than any other crop,  up to 25% of the world’s pesticides. The chemicals used to process cotton also pollute the air and water.

Organic cotton is grown without the use of pesticides and the plants are not genetically modified.
By wearing organic cotton you not only ensure the best quality fabric near your skin, but you also do something to significantly help the environment.

What are the benefits of bamboo fabrics?

Bamboo is versatile with a short growth cycle. Bamboo fibre has many excellent properties that make it ideal for processing into textiles. Bamboo fabric is exceptionally soft and light, almost silky in feel. This makes it breathable and cool to wear. It also absorbs more water than other conventional fibres such as cotton and polyester.

Bamboo is also sustainable  to grow as it does not require the use of pesticides and grows very quickly in favourable conditions. There are over 1000 species of bamboo on the earth. The diversity makes bamboo adaptable to many environments. It can be harvested in 3-5 years versus 10-20 years for most softwoods. Bamboo tolerates extremes of precipitation, from 30-250 inches of annual rainfall.

 

SOME INTERESTING FACTS…..

No Formula’s 100% bamboo sateen colour-block jumpsuit was the winner in the Ready to Wear category in 2011′s Little Green Dress competition on the Gold Coast,  as part of the Green Day Out festival!

Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant on this planet. It grows one third faster than the fastest growing tree. Some species can grow up to 1 meter per day. Bamboo is the fastest growing canopy for the re-greening of degraded areas and generates more oxygen than equivalent stand of trees.

Bamboo provided the first ‘re-greening‘in Hiroshima after the atomic blast in 1945. Thomas Edison successfully used a carbonised bamboo filament in his first experiment with the light bulb.

Organic farms have 44%more birds in their fields
, and more than five times as many wild plants

Organic farmers fertilise their fields by rotating their crops, using composted manure, and planting crops which naturally feed nitrogen to the soil. source: the soil association.

Textile scraps left over from production can be reused in other articles of clothing, thus maximising the amount of product created with the smallest use of resources.

No Formula helped organise, and participated in the inaugural Eco-Fashion theme day at the 2011 Gold Coast Show day!

 

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