Girlfriend Collective for Breast Cancer Awareness

One day left! For the month of October my favorite athletic apparel brand Girlfriend Collective is donating 10% of profits from all pink items to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation! Even more, they are donating 100% profits from the 1 in 8 top until they run out!

Why is this cute pink tie dye crop tee called he 1 in 8 top??

Because 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breaks cancer in her lifetime. 100% of proceeds go directly to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation to support their mission to prevent & cure breast cancer through advancing research.

My second favorite thing about this top is that it is made from cupro: an ultra-fine, silky fiber that sticks to cotton seeds and is usually thrown away with the seeds. Instead it’s stripped, dissolved, spun & finally woven into a silky smooth, durable fabric.

Cupro

Hypoallergenic, breathable, anti-static, and stretch-resistant. Machine washable!

Cupro is the by-product of the industrial harvest of cotton, specifically the waste fibers that are too small to spin. Otherwise known as cotton linter, it’s an ultra-fine, silky fiber that sticks to cotton seeds during the textile production process and is usually thrown away.

Instead, it’s stripped from the plant and dissolved into a thick liquid solution (known as a viscous solution) and then spun into fiber, which is then woven into the cupro fabric.

Cupro is biodegradable as well as easily recycled, since it’s made from 100% plant-based materials.

In Girlfriend Collective’s case, the cupro material they are using for their tops comes from a Japanese facility that recycles all waste produced by the plant and achieves a near 100% recycling rate. While the cupro t-shirt already requires far fewer gallons of water to make than a traditional cotton tee, Girlfriend Collective goes the extra mile and is donating 10% of net proceeds to Charity Water to offset the cost of producing their collection.