Mara Navy Wool Trousers
- Description
- Materials & care
- Size & Fit
Remember how quick the Mara Linen Trousers sold out? We're betting the same here!
Your favorite style now in a soft, warm, and very light wool fabric, in the color that should be considered the best color for trousers! With a tailored and wide fit, they have an elastic on the waist to make them perfect!
Deadstock Wool
Wool is an amazing fabric, it keeps you warm and comfortable. By using deadstock fabric we ensure we give a new life to a fabric that would go to waste.
Complete the look:
Introducing
Mara Trousers
The quantity of these we sold in linen account for the comfort of this style so we decided to re-create them in a light and warm wool fabric perfect for this season!
Curious about how this product is made?
We're an open book
Who Made This?
Penteadora - Fabric Maker
Born in 1930 and located in a small village called Unhais da Serra, Penteadora shows that tradition and sustainability walk together. With solar power, water reutilization and it's own WWTP, it's a pleasure to work with them.
Moodledoodle - Sewing Partner
A small family-owned factory where the workforce is 100% female. Visiting them is always a please and the icing on the cake is to meet Cristina, the extraordinary multitasker that manages everything.
Is Wool Bad for the Environment?
While wool has amazing qualities that no other man-made fiber was able to mimic. Virgin wool brings up animal welfare and CO2 emission concerns that need to be addressed.
It can be pretty sustainable too, did you know 70% of a garment impact happens after it was bought? So wool here wins the game: it doesn't need to be washed a lot, only cold temperatures and it's most likely to be worn more and less likely to end up in trash and be recycled instead!
What is Deadstock?
Portugal is one of the biggest clothing producers from Europe, which means a lot of the clothing you see out there made sustainably, is made here.
This generates a lot of waste, sometimes it's a client that didn't like the color the knit turned out, other it's just that the machines need to make more than what is actually needed. And this is deadstock!
They are high-quality fabrics that comply with the environmental and chemical regulamentations that if not used by us (and some other brands) would end up in the trash, or worse, in the ocean!
Here we believe in second chances, so we prefer to give them a new life, in your wardrobe.
How to Care for it?
We promise it's very simple!
Probably the biggest concern when buying a wool garment is how to care for it and make sure it doesn't end up in your child drawer because it shrank.
We promise it's very simple, let us help!
Wash Less
Rule #1: do not wash your wool garments every time you wear them, ok? Just hang it outside the house or in a damp bathroom, because wool cleans itself to some extent - if you have a tiny stain, why not spot clean it?
Wash on Cold Temperatures
Most washing machines are gentler than the old hand wash.
Here at home we always Wash on a Gentle Wool Cycle at Cold Temperatures (30º it's not cold , ok?). And don't tumble dry, please, it will felt that beautiful sweater.
When drying always Air Dry Flat, try to lay it out neatly so it retains its shape forever!
Golden Rule: Don't use fabric softner!
Fabric softner has enzymes that love to eat all that wool, and that is how you create pilling! Here we have hard water so we can't just ditch it all together, so we use vinegar instead - it works wonders and leaves absolutely no smell!
Know more how to take care of your garments here.