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About Organic Cotton

Why Organic Cotton?

Organic cotton complies with international conditions for organic farming. It is grown with the aid of organic fertilizer and natural pesticides. In order to avoid soil exhaustion, cotton is alternated with other crops.

• No chemical fertilizers, stronger fibers
• No synthetic pesticides

Peruvian Organic Cotton

Peru is one of the most important countries in the world for cotton varieties, grown in the country for at least 6,000 years. Archaeologists always noticed that in the remains of textiles from the Peruvian coast were found colored cottons, especially the dark brown and cream.

It was originally thought that it was dye-stained cotton plants or oxides, but these proved to be natural colored cottons. Then it was discovered that these plants were still colored cottons, which were cultivated by the descendants of the Moche (ancient Peruvian’s culture), preserving traditions of nearly 2,000 years.

Cotton kind

Peru produces two main types of cotton: Tangüis and Pima.

Tangüis

The Tangüis cotton is grown in the central coast of Peru, it has a uniform long staple fiber that produces a yarn of great regularity, from which carded and combed yarns can be obtained.

Pima

The Pima cotton is grown in the north coast of Peru. It´s a very thin fiber, classified within the best extra long staples (ELS) of the world. The yarn produced with this fiber is very lustrous and soft, it is possible to obtain very fine counts from it, such as 80/1 Ne or 100/1 Ne.