Did you know that GOTS allows certain additional fibres to be used alongside certified organic fibres in textile products, subject to applicable GOTS requirements?
GOTS has two label grades. The “organic” label grade requires at least 95% certified organic fibres, while the “made with organic” label grade requires at least 70% certified organic fibres.
It is important to distinguish the organic certification of raw fibres from GOTS certification of textile processing and manufacturing. GOTS does not certify the cultivation of organic fibres. Instead, GOTS applies to subsequent stages of the textile production process, after raw fibre production, including first processing, manufacturing and trading. Depending on the applicable GOTS composition requirements, additional fibres can make up part of a GOTS-certified textile product. One fibre that can be used as an additional fibre is lyocell.
But do you know where lyocell comes from, how it is produced and what gives textiles made with it their flowing and soft qualities?
Philipp Langer, one of the co-founders of the German coat and jacket brand LangerChen, sat down with us to talk about textiles made with lyocell and how the fibre is used in the brand’s products:
