WOMEN'S WOODSHIRT SARAH BICYCLE

With the right care, you can enjoy wearing your new favorite pieces for a long time while protecting not only resources but also your clothes. And the best part? You don’t have to wash them as often as you might think!

Natural benefits really shine through with clothes made from wood fibers, and wool too: Both materials have antibacterial properties and release moisture back into the air quickly. This deprives bacteria of the conditions they need to thrive, prevents odors, and keeps your clothes fresh for longer. Washing less often means less effort and a longer lifespan for your clothes - and that applies to all the other materials in your wardrobe, too!

A quick note: Our garments containing wool need different care than, for example, our WoodShirts.

When it comes to recycled wool clothing, air it out instead of washing it! Wool largely cleans itself by neutralizing odors and absorbing and releasing moisture. If you do need to wash your wool garments, we recommend hand-washing them at a low temperature to protect the fibers.

The right care for a long lifespan

Even though our clothes stay fresh for longer, eventually they’ll need a wash. To help you enjoy your sweaters and shirts for as long as possible, we recommend these environmentally friendly care tips:

• Wash at 30 degrees
  
  Gentle temperatures are all you need to get your clothes clean. This not only protects the fibers but also saves energy.
• Use a low spin cycle
  
  Low spin speeds protect delicate fibers and reduce wear.
• No fabric softener or tumble dryer
  
  Neither wood fibers nor organic cotton or recycled cotton need fabric softener. They’re naturally soft and comfortable to wear. And since our materials release moisture quickly, your clothes will dry in no time in the air - so you can skip the tumble dryer. Tumble dryers also shorten the lifespan of your favorite pieces.

We ship your order within Germany with DHL GoGreen. We also deliver to many other countries. You can read here which countries we ship to, exactly how much shipping costs, and the order value above which shipping is free.

Does an item not fit, or do you not like the color? No problem at all - that's what our returns portal is for. Here you can read how to return an item to us and which conditions you need to observe.

What makes our clothing so special is, on the one hand, the unique feel and properties of wood fibers and, on the other, our environmentally friendly manufacturing. But we also use other sustainable fibers besides wood for our favorite pieces.

Here is an overview:

Wood fibers

1. Manufacturing

By using wood, we rely on a raw material that is native to our region and avoid long transport routes. The wood for our eco-friendly clothing also comes exclusively from sustainably managed forests. Compared with cotton, using wood is more ecological in many ways:

• No additional fertilizers or large amounts of irrigation water are needed: for example, we save 1,000 liters of water with just one WoodShirt
• 3-4 times less land is needed to achieve the same fiber yield as cotton
• The production of our wood fiber can reduce CO² emissions by a factor of 20
• The fiber manufacturing process uses a closed-loop system in which an organic solvent is used and recycled again and again.

Read more about the advantages of our wood fiber manufacturing here.

2. Features

Wood fibers, almost exclusively Lyocell in our case, not only feel great against the skin but also have many positive properties:

• Because they absorb moisture quickly, wood fibers help regulate temperature. They keep you cool in summer and warm in winter
• Because wood fibers wick away moisture more effectively, they inhibit bacterial growth, giving wood-based clothing antibacterial properties. This helps it stay fresh for longer
• The smooth structure of wood fibers feels silky soft against the skin, reducing friction and helping to prevent itching and irritation

Organic cotton

For our wood-based clothing, we usually use a small amount of organic cotton to ensure a perfect fit for both women and men. Wood fiber alone creates a fabric that is far too silky, drapes very fluidly (without the right shape), and is therefore usually not an option for men. By using organic cotton, however, we can give our wood-based clothing more structure and ensure a comfortable fit.

It is very important to us that only cotton from certified organic farming is used. This allows us to avoid using chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Organic cotton production also uses less water than conventional cotton production.

Among other sources, we have used organic cotton from Greece, India, and Tanzania. In general, however, we always make sure to choose the shortest possible routes, knowing full well that cotton does not grow in our climate zone.

Recycled cotton

Another component of our sustainable collections is the use of recycled cotton. Instead of consuming new resources, we use fibers from old textiles and production scraps to create high-quality fabric for our garments. However, we only use recycled cotton in a blend. But why don't we use 100% recycled cotton? During the recycling process, cotton fibers become shorter, which can affect durability and resilience. To offset this while ensuring high quality, we blend recycled cotton with other fibers, including cotton. This way, we create a long-lasting favorite piece for you that helps avoid waste and conserve resources.

Recycled polyester

We mainly use recycled polyester in our performance and sports shirts. Recycled polyester is made from old plastic bottles and other plastic waste, which is processed into new, high-performance fibers. These closed fibers cannot absorb moisture. In our sports shirts, they ensure that moisture is quickly transported away from the body on the inside and can be absorbed and released again by the wood fiber on the outside. The result is a performance fabric that is breathable, temperature-regulating, and environmentally friendly. Using recycled materials also helps protect the environment, since producing recycled polyester requires significantly less energy than producing virgin polyester.

Recycled wool

For some of our favorite pieces, we use recycled wool. Instead of producing new wool fibers, we upcycle old wool textiles or production waste, carefully processing them into new, high-quality yarns. This process not only saves raw materials, but also significantly reduces the energy and water consumption normally required to produce new wool. Recycled wool offers the same natural properties as virgin wool - it's breathable, temperature-regulating, and incredibly warm - all with a smaller environmental footprint.