Girlfriend Collective, an athletic apparel brand that makes everything from sports bras to tennis skirts, might've helped establish the bike short trend, but it's sustainability that's been at the company's core since it first started in 2020. Recycled materials are front and center in clothes for hitting the climbing gym, going on a hike, doing a bar class, and strutting around the city, proving that low-impact isn't at odds with function, fashion, or comfort. (The brand gets bonus points for size inclusivity, too.)
Now the company is kicking those efforts up a notch with a new collection called BioCompressive that features a new fabric technology called CiCLO. A first of its kind, CiCLO is a fabric treatment that takes aim at the microplastic pollution problem by preventing those tiny plastic fibers from shedding off clothing. (Girlfriend Collective also sells a filter for catching those little fibers in your washing machine.)