What is Tencel denim fabric?

What is TENCEL®, you ask? Simple: It’s a plant-based fiber created from the cellulose found in wood pulp — which means that, yes, your favorite pair of jeans were partially made from trees. What’s more, TENCEL® is certified compostable, making it extremely environmentally friendly and sustainable.

What kind of material is 100% Tencel?

Tencel is a type of rayon, like viscose and modal. These cellulose fibres are all made in a similar way: by dissolving wood pulp and using a special drying process called spinning.

Is Tencel fabric high quality?

TENCEL™ Modal fibers are known for being exquisitely soft and pleasant to the skin. Exhibiting high flexibility, TENCEL™ Modal fibers enhance textiles with a naturally soft quality.

Is Tencel the same as denim?

While it may look like denim, Tencel™ can be draped like silk for a hard and soft contrast we adore. No matter which style of clothing you prefer, Tencel™ provides a better fit and shape than many denim products with just as much durability and bold aesthetic.

What do Tencel jeans feel like?

Tencel is super comfortable. Often the softer it is, the thinner it is and less durable. With Tencel you get soft clothing without compromising quality. Tencel is one of the softest materials you can wear. You’ll want to live in clothing made of this.

Is Tencel stretchy in jeans?

Blended with wool, Tencel introduces new softness and drape; blended with cotton and linen, it increases suppleness and lustre. With stretchy fabrics, it lends a quality of softness and shape retention. Garments made from Tencel include pants, shirts, suits, skirts and leggings.

Is 100 Tencel stretchy?

Tencel sheets are known for their luxurious softness but 100% Tencel sheets are not stretchy. Some Tencel sheets are made of a blend of Tencel and other fiber like cotton, polyester or elastane and can be stretchy.

What is Tencel fabric best for?

Due to its superior softness, Tencel modal is typically used to make comfortable loungewear and intimate apparel. Overall, Tencel is a great option for anyone seeking garments that are long-lasting, durable, and that retain their softness.

Does Tencel shrink?

Caring for Tencel Fabric Tencel will shrink about 3% with the first washing and will resist shrinking from then on. Machine washing, using the gentle cycle, is appropriate for many garments (read the garment care label), and drip drying is preferable to machine drying.

Does Tencel shrink in the wash?

Does Tencel in jeans stretch?

Tencel only has a 5% stretch in all directions. While you can rely on Tencel for a flattering fit, don’t expect a smaller sized garment to stretch enough to magically fit. Tencel jeans can be stretchy but this is due to the elastane component in the fabric.

What is 100% Tencel woven fabrics?

100% Tencel woven fabrics is a cellulose fiber using the solvent spinning technology. It has dry strength slightly lower than that of polyester, but significantly higher than that of the viscose fiber. Its wet strength is significantly improved than that of the viscose.

What is Tencel™ denim?

TENCEL™ Denim gives customers peace of mind knowing their products are eco-responsible and have a low carbon footprint. Jeans containing TENCEL™ Lyocell and Modal fibers are produced using innovative technology with low amounts of water. Matte TENCEL™ Lyocell fibers are specially designed to make indigo-dyed lyocell denim fabrics less shiny.

What are the benefits of 100% Tencel?

The 100% Tencel woven fabrics can be completely decomposed in the soil and have no pollution to the environment. In addition, the amine solvent used in production is completely harmless to the human body and can be recycled almost completely and reused repeatedly.

Are Tencel™ fibers biodegradable and compostable?

All standard TENCEL™ Lyocell and Modal fibers are biodegradable and compostable under industrial, home, soil and marine conditions, thus they can fully revert back to nature.