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The bamboo plant as a raw material
Short answer: Bamboo is a grass, not a tree. It grows quickly, is cut down and shoots up again from the same root sys...
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Why bamboo often feels cool against the skin
Short answer: The fabric conducts heat away a little faster than air, and it moves moisture away from the skin. Toget...
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Blends with cotton, what they change
Short answer: Cotton makes the fabric more robust and a little more matte, but also slower to release moisture. A ble...
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What elastane does in bamboo clothing
Short answer: Elastane gives fabric stretch and helps it return to its shape. A small share of around five percent is...
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Bamboo viscose and breathability
Short answer: Breathability means that air and moisture can pass through a fabric. It depends more on the knit and de...
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How fast bamboo viscose dries
Short answer: A thin piece of bamboo clothing usually dries overnight indoors, while thicker fabric such as sweatshir...
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Moisture transport in bamboo viscose explained
Short answer: Bamboo viscose fibres absorb moisture from the skin, move it into the fabric and release it into the ai...
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Why bamboo viscose feels smooth
Short answer: Bamboo viscose fibres are long and uniform, with an even surface free of the tiny scales and irregulari...
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Is bamboo viscose natural or manufactured
Short answer: Both. The raw material is a plant, but the fibre is dissolved and formed again in a chemical process. T...
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What FSC stands for
Short answer: FSC stands for Forest Stewardship Council. It is a labelling scheme for forestry, where the raw materia...
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What Oeko-Tex Standard 100 means
Short answer: Oeko-Tex Standard 100 is a test showing that a textile does not contain harmful substances above set li...
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Bamboo viscose or bamboo lyocell
Short answer: Both fibres are made from bamboo cellulose, and the difference lies in the process. Lyocell is dissolve...
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