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, called the high-rise bikini bottoms and deep V-neck one-pieces"dreams,""goals," and, in one hyper-enthusiastic Instagram comment,"everything."
Flash forward nearly five years: Reformation is now bringing back swim, this time with materials the brand says it can more confidently stand behind. The collection plays off Reformation's design DNA while also introducing a brand new material: Evo, a castor bean-based fabric.The big change that made Reformation feel ready to relaunch is the material composition stamped on each swimsuit's tag. Econyl from the first collection is still present, but only in 20 percent of the lineup . The other 80 percent of the collection is made of a castor bean-derived fabric called Evo.
The Evo swimsuits are entirely fiber-based; no plastic to be found. That's a notable innovation in swimwear, where most water-resistant pieces are made from fossil-fuel derived synthetics like polyester and nylon."As a brand, we're still trying to walk away from anything that's fossil fuel derived in general and really go toward more renewable resources," Melville says. This collection is 80 percent of the way there, by Reformation's count.
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