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Tinctoria Fabrics and Fibers

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Tinctoria is committed to providing you with clothing that feels great on your body and in your mind. We chose fabrics for their luxurious feel, their drape, their durability and their low impact on the planet. Please click on the links to the right to learn more about the fabrics we chose to use to make our clothing.

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The Tinctoria Process

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Every Tinctoria garment is the result of a careful, loving and creative process. Working within our environmentally sustainable footprint , we make conscious choices about each garment’s design, materials, construction, and coloring to create individual garments that are as beautiful and unique as the people who wear them! The basic elements of our design process include:

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Design

jillnsam — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:31:31 +0000

Careful attention and positive intention is the beginning of every Tinctoria design. Some start with a garment, we think of something we would like to see on a body, ours or yours, and proceed from there. Other designs start with a fabric. We feel it, love it, and think of a garment that would be perfect for it. Either way, every garment is designed with the body in mind. We want it to be comfortable, we want you to be able to move and live well in it, we want it to be timeless, and we want it to look great on a variety of body types.

Fabric

jillnsam — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:31:23 +0000

We chose fabrics that you will love to wear. Sometimes it is because they are soft, sometimes it’s because they’re stretchy, sometimes it’s because they’ll last close to forever, but it’s always because they are kind to the earth. Soy is a by-product of the food industry, organic cotton doesn’t use any pesticides or fertilizers, bamboo grows incredibly quickly to maturity, and hemp is one of the most durable fibers and beneficial plants you can find. They’re all beautiful to wear and beautiful to work with and to dye.

Manufacturing

jillnsam — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:41:36 +0000

We design patterns for our garments, prototype them in the chosen fabric for fit and shrinkage, and when we’re satisfied that the pattern is perfect, we contract with another small, local, woman owned business for our production sewing needs. All of Tinctoria’s clothing is designed and manufactured right here where we live in Portland, Oregon. As a small business, we enjoy supporting other small, local businesses, and we’re proud to have our garments made not only in the USA, but in the city where we thrive.

Soy

jillnsam — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:54:49 +0000

Henry Ford first talked of soy fibers in the 1940s and was photographed wearing the first known soy suit and tie. It wasn’t until 1999 that a technological breakthrough made mass production of soybean fiber realistic and economically sound. The invention was awarded the gold prize by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2003.

Soybean fiber is a sustainable textile fiber made from renewable natural resources. It is a part of an effort to move consumers away from petrochemical textile products and to turn waste into useful products. Soy fabric is actually made from the leftovers of soybean oil/tofu/soymilk production. Through a process called wet-spinning, the protein liquids are forced through a device resembling a shower head, called a spinneret, to make liquid soy. Finally, the liquid soy is solidified to make soybean fiber. After having their protein extracted, the remaining byproducts can be used as fodder or fertilizer. All auxiliaries used in the production of soybean fiber are of a harmless nature, and they are recyclable, making soy fabric production a closed end process.

Not only is soy fabric eco-friendly, it is so incredibly soft that some people call it “vegetable cashmere”. It has the same moisture absorption as cotton, but with better moisture transmission than cotton, making it more comfortable to wear. Soybean fiber has a stronger tensile strength than wool and performs almost as well as wool in terms of warmth retention.

Soy fabrics we use in your Tinctoria clothing:

Soy Stretch French Terry (9.6 oz)
This stretch jersey fabric is a blend of 53% soy, 43% organic cotton, and 4% lycra. It feels so soft and provides for a great fitting flattering garment. It’s a great winter weight fabric and also holds its shape over time.