Ayurvedic Plant-dyed Bralette

Historically, women in Japan would dye their undergarments with safflower to help with menstrual cramps. Traditional Chinese medicine uses safflower for increasing blood circulation and more recently, studies at the US National Institutes of Health have found that the red dye pigment in safflower, carthamin, increases blood circulation and decreases blood pressure, both of which could help ease your flow.

Each of our ayurvedic underwear sets is dyed with 6 cups of organic safflowers, in additional to other medicinal herbs to help with your flow, giving new meaning to period underwear.

We have found ourselves looking forward to our periods just to wear this.

Ethically designed and manufactured in Los Angeles.

Made with:

• 100% GOTS certified organic cotton dyed with USDA certified organic plant dyes
• 100% organic hemp lining, with an opening to insert soft cups or nursing pads
• Oeko-Tex 100 certified zinc alloy strap adjusters
• Natural rubber elastic covered in GOTS certified organic cotton
• 100% GOTS certified organic cotton sewing thread at the seams

The model is 5'2" and wearing a size small. Her cup size is 32D/34C.

This underwear is not approved by the FDA or intended to treat any particulate disease or condition.

Unlike conventional clothing which is dyed with petroleum-based dyes, this bralette is dyed with organic safflower, sapanwood and alkanet.

Safflower is a traditional dye used throughout Asia and Europe for its strong red dye and its medicinal properties. Extracting the red dye from safflowers is one, if not the most, complicated natural dye process, requiring at least 2-3 days to extract. (The phrase "red tape" originates from the fact that legal documents in England were required to be tied with red ribbons dyed with safflower dye). Safflowers contain both yellow and red dye pigments, and the yellow dye must first be fully extracted before the red pigment can be used, requiring several days of soaking and rinsing, before the flowers are added to an alkaline dye bath to extract the red dye, then "turning" the bath using lemon juice or vinegar to allow the red dye to ready to dye fabric.

Sapanwood is a traditional dye used in India in particular for its medicinal properties. The major dye component in sapanwood is brazilian, and most of the traditional uses of brazilin have been validated by current scientific studies, finding brazilian to be antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and a vasorelaxant (relaxing blood vessels).

Alkanet is another medicinal herb traditionally used in dyeing. Alkanet is highly antioxidant and is the current focus of anti-aging, anti-cancer and wound healing studies. This herb is used in traditional Chinese medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties.

The fabric and sewing thread used in this bralette is GOTS certified, which in additional to strict environmental standards, also certifies that every company involved in the production of the fabric provides fair wages and safe working conditions.

This elastic is from a company that practices fair trade throughout its supply chain.

The bralettes were manufactured in Los Angeles by a small company that likewise provides its workers safe working conditions and fair wages.

Made with GOTS certified organic cotton fabric and sewing thread - the highest standard in organic. Every single step of in the creation of this piece, from the growing of the cotton, to final manufacture, is independently verified to be organic. The hemp fabric lining is also organically grown and processed.

The elastic at the band is 65% certified organic cotton and 35% natural rubber and the strap elastic is 60% certified organic cotton and 40% natural rubber.

The satin ribbon at the strap adjusters is 100% organic cotton and the strap adjusters are Oeko-Tex 100 certified zinc alloy. Oeko-Tex 100 is a strict environmental standard certifying that the metal is free of heavy metals and toxic chemicals.

The plant dyes used are from USDA certified organic plants.

Machine wash on gentle cycle using a mild pH-neutral detergent and without fabric softeners. Tumble dry on low.