Wildflower-Stuffed Puffers and Peppermint-Controlled Tracksuits: See the Latest in Sustainable Fashion

“If you contextualize how incredible nature is, in a beautiful fashion object that it's inspiring, it will inspire people to learn more," Dr. Amanda Parkes of Pangaia tells PEOPLE

There’s nothing better than being cozy over the holidays — with a sustainable twist.

Pangaia, a material science company creating sustainable clothing that splashed onto the scene when celebrities like Bella Hadid, Kourtney Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Justin Bieber reached for its luxe loungewear, uses dyes made from fruit, wildflowers to stuff puffer coats and peppermint to control odor.

“In 2020, we were making sustainable tracksuits, which of course were perfect work-from-home gear. It was a time when people were spending a lot of time online and direct-to-consumer was growing,” Dr. Amanda Parkes, fashion scientist and chief innovation officer of Pangaia, tells PEOPLE.

“If you contextualize how incredible nature is, in a beautiful fashion object that it's inspiring, it will inspire people to learn more.”

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Inclusivity and sustainability are stitched into Pangaia’s DNA. Pan means “all,” and Gaia is the goddess of the earth.

"I also really love our recycled cashmere, which is at a quite reasonable price point, as well. It’s all recycled, and we've worked really hard to make it as soft as virgin cashmere, which is hard to do,” she says.

With an inclusive size guide (genderless ranges from XXS to XXL, with a line for kids too), Pangaia’s signature is the small text block on garments — a logo without a logo, à la quiet luxury.

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“We call it our trademark transparency,” Parkes tells PEOPLE about what the lines mean. “Each text block says something about what the garment is made of, or how it's made, or what's special about it, to make it sustainable. It’s literally about wearing your heart on your sleeve, like, ‘This is what I am, this is what I'm made of.' It was a way to have something that was identifiable. How do you get to the crux of, ‘What should you know about this?’ And just putting it right on there.”

Pangaia is mostly manufactured in Portugal, which Parkes says keeps meticulous metrics on its water and energy. The company makes its much-loved, animal-alternative flower down in Italy and sources its nettles for denim from the Himalayas, among other carefully curated sources around the globe.

“We really have to take climate change and carbon seriously,” says Parkes. “So trying to make fashion a model inside of that.”

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