Yoga Democracy, a manufacturer of women’s yoga apparel, has added recycled nylon made from fishing nets to the company’s product line-up, which includes leggings, sports tops and shorts. The company claims to be the first US manufacturer to introduce this Eco Tech Fabric into the yoga wear space.
The company uses two different types of recycled nylon, both made with Econyl yarn from recycled material and produced by Italy-based Aquafil Group.
Yoga Democracy, with its direct to consumer retail model and in-house sewing production, aims to make sustainable techno fabrics accessible to the average consumer. It is committed to making recycled nylon a core part of its line-up, alongside recycled polyester made from recycled plastic bottles, which makes up the bulk of the fabric it uses in production. All its recycled polyester is hand-dyed using a zero-water, low energy sublimation process at the Yoga Democracy workshop in Cave Creek, Arizona, USA.
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“The fashion industry’s take-up has been slow reflecting the high costs for sustainable nylon alternatives and technological challenges in converting material back into nylon 6 yarn for use in textiles,” explains the manufacturer on the less attention on recycled nylon.
It may be noted that US consumers consumed around US $ 97 billion of athleisure apparel last year.
