Why Choose Bamboo?

Bamboo Fabric – How it is made

Lou Lou Australia do not buy their fabric off a roll, they custom make it. Their fabric is superior in its quality and weight. The Bamboo is 260gsm to provide a beautiful mid weight that creates a wonderfully smooth silhouette.

Their Bamboo grows naturally without fertilizers, pesticides or insecticides and with no irrigation, with only rain water. At harvest time the green shoots of the Bamboo are cut and then soaked in a solution to soften. They use a closed loop system, so all liquid is recycled and all solvents are captured and removed, keeping the process as eco-friendly as possible. Once the Bamboo has been dehydrated it is pulverised and the bamboo pulp is extracted and dried. Once dried, the bamboo is ground into a feathery soft fibre. This feather like fibre is then spun into a yarn that they use for the craft of their luxuriously soft garments.

Social & Environmental Responsibility

Lou Lou Australia believe in social and environmental responsibility. They manufacture their own fabric which gives them greater control over not only avoiding causing harm, but benefiting the world we live in with zero fabric dumped. Although the process of making their yarn does involve the use of some chemical solvents, the process does not use harmful chemicals. All of their workers wear appropriate protective clothing and the chemical solvents are broken down into salt and water at the end of processing and recycled. They reduce, reuse and recycle wherever possible. Their factories are committed to the environment by reducing emissions and recycling all waste. They pay all factory workers appropriately, ensure happy, healthy and friendly working environments and do not employ staff under the age of 18 years. They visit multiple times per year and over the years have developed life long friendships with many of their factory workers, who even to their joy, take their much loved pets to work!

Sustainable Production

Lou Lou Australia produce timeless, classic pieces that are trans-seasonal and versatile. They aim to provide long lasting wardrobe essentials as part of the slow fashion movement.

Bamboo Fabric – Good for You

Their Bamboo fabric is luxuriously soft and gentle on the skin
Their fabric is hypoallergenic which means it is particularly suitable for eczema sufferers and those with extra sensitive skin
Bamboo fabric is known to naturally provide UV protection
Bamboo fabric is breathable & thermo-regulating
Their Bamboo fabric is moisture wicking, keeping you fresh and dry, allowing your skin to breathe
Their Bamboo fabric naturally contains anti-bacterial and anti-fungal bio-agents
Their Bamboo fabric is naturally odour resistant
Their fabric requires little to no ironing which makes it the perfect travel companion
Their fabric is anti-static

Bamboo Fabric – Good for the Planet

Bamboo requires only natural rainfall to grow, so no irrigation
Bamboo grows organically free of pesticides, insecticides and fertilisers
Bamboo plants produce approximately 35% more oxygen than trees
Bamboo reduces more carbon dioxide and green house gases in the atmosphere than the equivalent stand of trees
No replanting is required which means no soil erosion
Bamboo is the fastest growing woody plant in the World! New stems are able to be harvested again and again
Their fabric is produced in accordance with published standards which ban the use of harmful azo-dyes, phthalates and APEO’s.