warm and sustainable
this is lanapa®
Our patented Wool and Hemp fabric.
Our rational and sustainable winter fabric.
merinos wool
100% Extra Fine Merino Wool, known for its softness and warmth. We hand-pick the quality of our wool from renowned spinners located in Biella.
It's sourced from the wild Australian farms, it's spun in Europe and it's mulesing free.
finest hemp
While we sourced Wool from the suppliers we trust, the Hemp component of "Lanapa" is obviously the material you have always worn: the "Canapa" by Opera Campi, the finest and softest Hemp ever spinned.
a patented meeting
Lanapa® is obtained using a patented twisting technology that merge the finest merino wool to our premium Hemp yarn.
The result is a yarn with natural elasticity and superior thermo-regulation.
Something definetly more innovative and sustainble than cashmere or wool sweaters you can find everywhere.
the intelligent material
Merino Wool is known for its warmth and performance. Hemp is known for being the best thermal regulating and sustainable fibre.
Lanapa is so the "intelligent yarn".
we explains
Listen how we explain you the advantages of Lanapa.
we got mad on it
A serious issue we had with this fabric was dyeing. Traditional dyeing techniques were not solid enough and the final color looked "faded".
Our dyeing experts overturned years of knowledge to create a new technique to dye, in one single yarn, both Hemp and Merino Wool. Through a new process, we obtained a cheaper but better dyeing.
LANAPA FABRIC
The Lanapa can be woven to create an elegant, warm, and highly thermoregulating fabric. With this, we have made the special Lanapa jackets and pants.
LANAPA PRODUCTS
the intelligent padding
Our exclusive Bavarian Wool (no mulesing) and fine Hemp padding combines the warmth of wool with the thermoregulation of Hemp. A thin layer is enough to make the garment as warm as traditional goose down or synthetic material padded jackets.
THE LANAPA® PADDING
THE BAVARIAN WOOL
The Merinolandschaf (Merino Landrace) has its origin in the Württemberg area, Southern and Central Germany. In the 19th century local sheep breeds, especially the Lower-Rhine-Marsch sheep, were crossbred with Merino sheep from Spain and Southern France.
With more than 30% of the German sheep stock, it is the main breed in the Country. This white wool is
merino type with 26 to 28 microns.
Merino Wool has long been regarded as one of the finest and softest wools with properties that lend themselves to aerobic activity and long stays in the outdoors: body temperature regulation, warmth when wet, wicking or the ability to draw moisture away from the body and antimicrobial properties that help
keep garments odour free. Even while wet, wool will generate heat up to an absorbency level of 30%.
THE HEMP FIBRE
Hemp creates one of the most eco friendly fiber in the world. Hemp plant requires no pesticides, crowdsout weeds without herbicides, controls erosion of the topsoil, and produces oxygen. It is a renewable resource that can be cultivated in as little as 100 days and is the world’s most versatile fiber.
Hemp insulation provides all the warmth and softness of a natural textile but with a superior durability
compared to other materials. That's why it perfectly matches with Wool.
SUGAR PLA
To improve durability of the padding, to make it water washable and to optimize the union between Hemp and Wool, a little percentage of Bio PLA (or Polylactic Acid) has been used in the padding. It's a type of biodegradable plastic derived from sugar cane, produce by Total Corbion.
Total Corbion PLA predominantly produces PLA bioplastic made from raw sugar from cane in
Thailand. Over the years, both Corbion and Total Corbion PLA have significantly improved the
internal process yields and is, as mentioned above, able to produce 1 kg of PLA using just 1.6 kg
of raw sugar.