Organic Pima Cotton is grown sustainably, without using synthetic and harmful chemicals and pesticides. 

So why choose Organic Pima Cotton?

Conventional cotton plantations cover 2.5% of cultivated lands, yet use 16% of all pesticides worldwide. Organic Pima cotton is much more sustainable, since it requires less water and it promotes and enhances biodiversity and biological cycles. 

The lack of synthetic pesticides in organic cotton also makes the environment safe for the people living near the plantations: it has been proven that the harmful chemicals used in cotton plantations contaminate the soil and water, causing diseases such as cancer, poisoning and even miscarriages.

These are only some of the reasons why we should all make the shift to organic Pima cotton. 

Here are more:

Organic Pima Cotton production empowers workers

The lack of synthetic pesticides in the production of organic Pima cotton makes it better not only for the environment but also for the workers who cultivate it. The farmers have more control over the production: this gives them improved working conditions and higher standards of living.

This also goes for their social condition: there are much fewer inequalities and women – who make up for 70% of the workers in the textile industry – are more empowered.

Organic Pima Cotton is better for your health and skin

We talked about how Pima cotton is better for the environment, now let’s see how it is better for the final user of the garment: you, or if you’re planning on producing your own clothing brand, you clients. Thanks to the incredibly soft and breathable fabrics that can be produced using organic Pima cotton, it is much more comfortable for one’s skin.

At Lyon Apparel, we believe that as entrepreneurs, we should all do our best to add value and improve the quality of lives of our final consumers.

Organic Cotton is more resistant and comfy

It is known that cotton is one of the most versatile fabrics: suited for different types of garments, from outerwear to underwear, to bathroom towels. 

Organic Pima cotton’s 35mm fiber makes it much more resistant than conventional cotton; it is more stretchable and resistant to pilling (which is when low-quality fabrics start to deteriorate and those annoying small balls of fiber appear on the surface of the garment).

How to tell if a garment is made out of sustainable Organic Cotton

We often see certification labels on the garment hang tags or care tags, such as the OEKO-Tex certification, which tracks the safety of a garment towards those who will wear it.

But is that enough to state that a garment is sustainable? Though a garment might not contain harmful chemicals, it doesn’t mean that it was sustainably made – and this goes not only for the materials used but also for the working conditions of everyone involved in the production.

Lyon Apparel has GOTS and USDA Organic Certified fabric options, both of which consider the ecological and social criterias of the production. This means that all of the stages of the process are tracked and analyzed by experts of the industry, then, if deemed sustainably and ethically made, they are given the certification.