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| # | Style | Stated composition | Class |
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| 001 | MAGIC BOTTOMS [Hi Rise - Cranberry] | 92% recycled polyester; 8% spandex | Synthetic |
| 002 | MAGIC BOTTOMS [Hi Rise - Purple] | 92% recycled polyester; 8% spandex | Synthetic |
| 003 | THE DEIRDRE | 92% recycled polyester; 8% spandex | Synthetic |
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- MAGIC BOTTOMS [Hi Rise - Cranberry] · 92% recycled polyester; 8% spandex
- MAGIC BOTTOMS [Hi Rise - Purple] · 92% recycled polyester; 8% spandex
- THE DEIRDRE · 92% recycled polyester; 8% spandex
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About Nettle’s Tale
Owner · Julia Church is the founder of Nettle's Tale.
Nettle's Tale sells size-inclusive mix-and-match bikinis and one-piece swimsuits made from 92% recycled polyester and 8% spandex. The Vancouver brand certifies its swim fabric to OEKO-TEX Standard 100 and makes every suit locally in British Columbia, in sizes XS to 4X. It designs its swimsuits to fit a diverse range of body shapes, emphasising ethical, local manufacturing.
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Nettle's Tale makes size-inclusive swimwear, XS to 4X, from recycled polyester spun from post-consumer plastic bottles, roughly eleven bottles per one-piece, blended with a little spandex for stretch. The one-piece fabric it publishes on THE COCO is 92% recycled polyester and 8%…
Founded in Vancouver in 2014 by Julia Church through a crowdfunding campaign, Nettle's Tale is a woman-owned brand built around a size-inclusive fit. Its THE COCO suit carries a Chito Extreme antibacterial coating the brand describes as made from crustacean shells, so…
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