{"id":13618,"date":"2004-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-02-23T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20040224-05n"},"modified":"2004-02-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-02-23T22:00:00","slug":"natural-clothing-pioneer-of-the-earth-ote-expands-private-label-line-to-meet-demands-of-environmentally-conscious-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/natural-clothing-pioneer-of-the-earth-ote-expands-private-label-line-to-meet-demands-of-environmentally-conscious-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Clothing Pioneer Of The Earth (&#8220;OTE&rdquo;) Expands Private-Label Line To Meet Demands of Environmentally Conscious Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEND, Oregon \u2014 Twelve years after introducing its first organic cotton blank T, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oftheearth.com\/\" >Of The Earth<\/a> has expanded its private-label line with the first Ts made of hemp\/organic cotton and an innovative soy\/organic cotton blend. The two new offerings will help OTE meet demand as U.S. companies continue to switch from conventional to natural fabrics. OTE sells the natural-fiber shirts as blanks or as finished garments with custom labels and silk screening. Now with the industry\u2019s largest selection of natural-fiber Ts, OTE believes its private-label program will soon surpass millions of pieces annually.<\/p>\n<p>While OTE believes the trend toward natural fabrics is a good thing, the company says the recent surge in demand has caught suppliers off-guard. OTE says the trend is fueled by companies\u2019 desires to make an environmental statement, while providing customers with garments that are higher in quality than conventional counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you didn\u2019t plan your company\u2019s switch to organic fabric a few years ago, then chances are good you\u2019re looking at a sourcing void,\u201d explains OTE Vice President of Sales and Marketing Gary Bracelin. &#8220;Because OTE deals with every aspect of natural fabric\u2014from farm to factory\u2014we\u2019re in an enviable position to meet current demands, and the new additions to our private-label line reflect this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OTE has recently supplied natural-fiber blanks and finished garments to environmentally minded companies and organizations the likes of Marmot, Birkenstock, Alaskan Brewing, REI, Early Winters, Green Mountain Energy and The Grateful Dead.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1992, OTE designs and markets quality clothing that allows people to live simply while dressing in style and comfort. The Bend, Oregon company is a leading developer of environmentally sustainable fabrics, having introduced new blends of organic cotton, hemp, silk, wool, ramie, linen, tencel, soy, bamboo, yak and cashmere. The company is establishing a new industry standard by seeking organic certification of all fibers used in its entire product line by 2005. OTE currently has third-party USDA and IFOAM organic certification on soy, linen and cotton.<\/p>\n<p>OTE garments and accessories are available worldwide under the OTE brand and a growing number of private labels. OTE donates ten percent of its net profits to the Of The Earth Foundation in support of grass-roots environmental and humanitarian causes worldwide.<\/p>\n<p><b>For more information, contact:<\/b><br \/>Jody Schreffler, Public Relations Director<br \/>Media Cabin<br \/>503-294-3010 x226<br \/>URL: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oftheearth.com\/\" >www.oftheearth.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2004, Of The Earth. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEND, Oregon &mdash; Twelve years after introducing its first organic cotton blank T, Of The Earth has expanded its private-label line with the first Ts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[],"class_list":["post-13618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13618"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=13618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}