Knowledge: CMA’s biodegradable fabric is the world’s finest low impact stretch fabric. While conventional fabrics take 100+ years to degrade, our fabric decays in only 5 years! It’s OEKO-Text Class 1 certified (no toxic components). This amazing fabric is composed of Amni Soul Eco® + Elastane Roica V550™ which confer accelerated biodegradability in landfills. Our brands include BioBack™.

Application: CMA’s biodegradable fabric is best suited for activewear such as leggings, shorts, long-sleeves, t-shirts, tank tops, athleisure, leisurewear, base layers, and more.

Knowledge: Our Recycled Cotton comes from two sources: either it’s obtained during Pre-consumer Production in the form of scraps as the textile is being made or it’s obtained as Post-Consumer Waste when used clothing is discarded by owners or retailers. Recycled Cotton fabrics reduce our use of virgin cotton and thus reduces water usage, CO2 output, and other environmental impacts.

Application: CMA’s r-Cotton is a woven fabric thus it’s perfect for button-up shirts, blouses, dresses, kaftans, resort wear, shorts, skirts, and trousers.

Knowledge: CMA’s Recycled Nylon is the top-rated fabric in the world and feels amazing. It’s made from ghost-fishing nets, discraded carpets, discraded plastic bottles, industrial nylon scraps, and other pre- and post- consumer waste that is found in our oceans and landfills. Our brands include Econyl®, GreenSoul™, and Sequal™.

Application: Our r-Nylon and its blends are perfect for a vast range of activewear, swimwear, athleisure, outer wear, and some fashion clothing.

Knowledge: CMA’s Recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is the top-rated fabric in the world. It’s made from discarded plastic bottles and other pre- and post- consumer plastic waste that is found in our oceans and landfills. Our brands include GreenSoul™, Repreve®, and Sequal™.

Application: Our r-PET and its blends are perfect for a vast range of activewear, swimwear, athleisure, outer wear, and some fashion clothing.

Knowledge: CMA’s Recycled Polyester is the top-rated fabric in the world, an exquisite feeling fabric. It’s made from ghost-fishing nets, discraded carpets, discraded plastic bottles, industrial polyester scraps, used polyester clothing, and other pre- and post- consumer waste that is found in our oceans and landfills. Our brands include Econyl®, GreenSoul™, Repreve®, and Sequal™.

Application: Our r-Polyester and its blends are perfect for a vast range of activewear, swimwear, athleisure, outer wear, and some fashion clothing.

Knowledge: Our Recycled Tencel® is completely eco-friendly and sustainably produced by combining wood pulp from sustainably managed forests and cotton pulp from fabric waste. Its properties make it anti-static, breathable, skin-friendly and hygienic, fluid and drapes perfectly on the body, light-weight and soft to the touch, and an alternative to silk. Our brands include Refibra™.

Application: CMA’s r-Tencel® is a woven fabric thus it’s perfect for button-up shirts, blouses, dresses, kaftans, resort wear, shorts, skirts, and trousers.

Knowledge: CMA’s Recycled Viscose is the world’s most sustainable viscose fabric in the world. It’s produced from certified and controlled sustainable wood sources (FSC® or PEFC®), where the production ensures 50% lower CO2 emissions and 50% less water impact than generic viscose. Our brands include EcoVero™ and VeroTen™.

Application: CMA’s r-Viscose are woven thus they are perfect for button-up shirts, blouses, dresses, kaftans, resort wear, shorts, skirts, and trousers.

Knowledge: BCI Cotton and GOTS Certified Organic Cotton reduce / exclude the use of toxic chemicals improving soil health and biodiversity, and its production lifecycle ensures ethical working conditions, must meet a slew of environmental impact criteria, as well as quality assurance principles with stringent review processes increasing traceability throughout the entire supply chain.

Application: CMA’s BCI & GOTS Cotton are knit and/or woven making them perfect for a vast range of clothing for babies, children, ladies, and men’s wear.

Knowledge: Cotton is the most commonly farmed natural fabric in the world, and comes in countess finishes, types, and weights. The various Cotton fabrics we source are high quality and we can source from hundreds of possible options.

Application: Due to the sheer number of Cottons we can source, it’s easier for us to simply state that if you want your clothing made from a natural fabric, we probably have a Cotton for it.

Knowledge: Tencel™ is a type of Lyocell / Modal that’s a more sustainable option than Cotton because it requires less energy and water to produce, is made from wood pulp of controlled sustainable wood sources, and produced in a closed-loop. It’s more absorbent than Cotton, softer than Silk, and cooler than Linen. Our brands include Lenzing AG™.

Application: CMA’s Tencel™ are knit and/or woven making it perfect for a wide range of babies, children’s, ladies, and men’s wear including activewear, gym wear, sleepwear, streetwear, and more.

Knowledge: Our Linen is produced from the sustainable flax plant which makes this fabric highly biodegradable when used in its original RFD colour or when plant-dyed. Linen is both moisture absorbent and anti-bacterial.

Application: Linen comes in many thread counts and is ideal for summer clothing such as blouses, dresses, jumpsuits, resort wear, shirts, shorts, skirts, trousers, and more.

Knowledge: CMA’s Hemp fabric is a more sustainable option than Cotton because it uses 50% less water and energy to produce, it uses considerably less land to farm, due to its dense growth it requires little to no pesticides as it inhibits other plants from growing, and is highly biodegradable when used in its original RFD colour or when plant-dyed.

Application: CMA’s Hemp is woven which means it’s like Linen making it ideal for blouses, dresses, jumpsuits, resort wear, shirts, shorts, skirts, trousers, and more.

Knowledge: CMA’s Silk is made of pure silkworm-derived fibres and is truly an exquisite fabric. We also have Silk blended with Spandex including numerous finishes such as Silk Crepe, Silk Satin, Silk Sandwash, Silk Habutai, Silk Georgette, and more.

Application: Our Silk and its blends are prefect for blouses, dresses, kaftans, camisoles, scarves, shirts, skirts, tops, and more.

Knowledge: The name Rayon is used interchangeably with Viscose, a fabric that is made from regenerated cellulose fibres derived from the processing of wood commonly from eucalyptus, beech, or pine trees, but can also be made from bamboo, soy and even sugar cane. Rayon / Viscose is an excellent alternative for conventional Cotton, Linen, Silk, or Polyester.

Application: Our Rayon / Viscose fabric is both knit and woven making it perfect for a massive range of clothing from dresses, kaftans, playsuits, shirts, shorts, track suits, t-shirts, and more.

Knowledge: CMA’s Modal fabric is an excellent alternative to Cotton, and is in the same family as Rayon / Viscose. Our Modal fabric is pilling and shrink resistant and has excellent breathability, moisture absorption, and it’s highly durable in blends such as Modal + Spandex. Our brands include Lenzing Modal®.

Application: Our Modal fabric are knit and/or woven and can be used in a wide variety of applications including babies onesies, dresses, camisoles, soft leggings, long-sleeves, t-shirts, and more.

Knowledge: CMA’s Cupro is an excellent vegan and cruelty-free alternative to Rayon or Silk and is made from the waste Cotton that can’t be woven into a fibre, called “Linter”. Cupro is highly biodegradable, machine-washable (Silk must be dry-cleaned), and produced in a closed-loop system.

Application: The Cupro we source is perfect for blouses, button-up shirts, dresses, jumpsuits, lining, long-sleeves, playsuits, skirts, and more.

Knowledge: Bamboo is one of the fastest growing plant crops for use as textiles and doesn’t require any fertilisers or replanting because the bamboo grows back from its own roots. The type of bamboo fabric CMA sources can be used as an alternative to Cottons, Linens, Modal, and Rayons.

Application: Bamboo is perfect for making a wide variety of clothing such as babies onesies, dresses, leggings, long-sleeves, shorts, skirts, swaddle wraps, t-shirts, and more.

Knowledge: Polyester is one of the most common synthetic fabrics in the world and comes in countless different blends and in hundreds of different finishes. It’s made in micro yarns (Microfibre) or macro-yarns. There are too many varieties of Polyester fabric to list here.

Application: Due to the vast number of Polyesters, the application possibilities are massive but our clients mostly use it for activewear, hijabs, swimwear, streetwear, track suits, and more.

Knowledge: The name Nylon is used interchangeably with Polyamide. And like Polyester, Nylon / Polyamide is also a common synthetic fabric, and as such, comes in countless different blends and also in hundreds of different finishes. There are too many varieties of Nylon / Polyamide fabric to list here.

Application: Our Nylon / Polyamide range is massive but our clients mostly use it for activewear, outerwear, swimwear, streetwear, and more.

Knowledge: Broderie Anglaise fabric is characterised by cut-outs in the fabric called “eyelets” that give it varying artistic geometric designs such as flowers, leaves, or vines produced with embroidery stitches on the surrounding materials.

Application: CMA’s Broderie Anglaise is prefect for making dresses, long-sleeve tops, maxi-dresses, playsuits, shorts, and can also be used as trims.

Knowledge: CMA’s Denim is a high quality Cotton fabric that is both durable and comes in a variety of styles, washes, weights, and blends. There are varying weights of denim including certain blends that can make the fabric light and a bit stretchy.

Application: Our Denim is perfect for making your favourite jeans, jackets, jeggings, shirts, shorts, and more.