lululemon confirms VitaSea fabric contents & testing process
16 Nov '07
2 min read
lululemon athletica inc announced that independent tests have confirmed the content of the VitaSea product line to be consistent with the garment care and content labels.
Robert Meers, CEO of lululemon, stated: “Product quality and authenticity are of the utmost importance to lululemon. Integrity goes to the core of everything we do and is at the heart of our relationship with our guests.
For this reason, we test our products for content using a leading testing facility. We absolutely stand behind our products, our processes and refute any claims in recent press reports to the contrary.”
lululemon has a comprehensive product testing process and partners with SGS Group, a leading independent inspection, verification, testing and certification company. The Switzerland-based firm conducts a battery of tests before each season on all of lululemon's fabrics across all product lines, testing for a variety of attributes including content, pilling, shrinkage, and colorfastness.
In December 2006, Smartfiber AG, the developer and innovator of SeaCell Pure used in lululemon's VitaSea products, conducted independent tests that confirmed the presence of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids in the fabric that was provided to lululemon's manufacturers.
To create the fiber, SeaCell, a seaweed derivative, is combined with a cellulose material, and spun into lyocell special SeaCell fiber. Specialized testing is required to measure SeaCell on thelyocell fiber.