"Colored organic cotton from California, made with ancient brown cotton."
Sally Fox, a biologist and entomologist, was the first to successfully mass-produce organic cotton. She encountered an ancient brown cotton variety and discovered its resistance to pests and diseases. She believed that if this cotton were widely adopted, it could be grown without pesticides and with reduced dyes, water, and energy consumption. She has been a cotton breeder for over 40 years and continues to work tirelessly in California. UNDYED's cotton program uses the cotton she cultivated, adjusting the blend ratio for each color.
"Not just cotton, but other natural colored materials"
Traditional alpacas, native to Peru in South America, are known for their noble, deep, and multicolored hues. Approximately 80% of the world's alpacas live in the Andes highlands, where they have coexisted for thousands of years as a source of livelihood for local people, making them a sustainable industry with a long history. Alpaca fiber comes in over 22 natural colors, derived from nine pure hues: white, light beige, light camel, beige, light brown, brown, gray, brown-black, and black. Its natural luster suggests that it is an extremely luxurious material. Pure black is particularly rare in nature, and the sheep are called black alpacas, and due to their rarity, they are raised under strict management. In addition to alpacas, Peruvian farmers also raise sheep, the source of wool, which is produced from sheep bred in the harsh conditions of the high Andes.
It is a woolen material known as "alpaca," and is characterized by its bulkiness, excellent heat retention, and fluffy, expressive products. Although the colors are not as dark as those of alpaca, these are also available in undyed colors.
FACTORY
We use environmentally friendly materials and manufacture our products through a limited supply chain, covering all production processes from spinning to sewing.
The colored cotton is produced at a limited number of farms in California under the supervision of Sally Fox, and is spun by a long-established spinning company in the Kansai region. We limit the sewing factories and production facilities for woven items, cut and sewn items, and knitwear, both domestically and internationally, and produce our products through a strict supply chain.
