Minawear Luxury Hemp Loungewear is making the manufacturing switch from China back to Los Angeles. It has been a great learning experience for designer Mina Hegaard to navigate overseas manufacturing but now it’s time to bring it home. In order to produce the next order in California, Minawear has launched a kickstarter campaign that offers pledge rewards from $5–$600. For a small pledge of $5, Minawear will send you two colorful stickers, for $10 a hand tie-dyed SCRAPKIN by Mina, and for $28 a copy of the informative Hemp for Victory, a book by Kenyon Gibson. Mina wrote the textile chapter and Woody Harrelson wrote the foreword. Larger rewards range from hand-dyed tank tops and pants to five complete outfits and a photo shoot with Mina to be posted on the site www.minawear.com
Minawear has weathered the hemp industry through the rocky years of textile development, a recession, and answering the relentless question “Can you smoke it?” since 1998. Mina has diligently educated folks about the amazing qualities and uses of the Industrial Hemp Plant, which by the way, will never get anyone stoned. It is a distant cousin to the medicinal variety, and boasts over 25,000 uses including eco-friendly textiles, paper, fuel, building materials, plastics and food. Mina chose to design exclusively with hemp because it is the best natural fiber in the world for loungewear. It is grown organically, and is the longest and strongest natural fiber in the world, so your pants are going to be around much longer than your average cotton. Hemp is also temperature-controlled, keeping you cool in the heat and warm in the cold. It wicks and dries moisture, it has memory to hold its shape, it is UV-ray protective, and it is anti-microbial, making it ideal for sensitive skin.Doctors even recommend it for chemotherapy patients.
The Minawear vibe is casual, comfortable and timeless. All the styles for men and women possess the versatility coveted by not only hard core loungers but all men, women and children. The stretchy 55% hemp, 45% organic cotton specialty blend is ideal for travel, yoga, the beach and sleeping! The material relaxes to fit your body and wrinkles quickly fall away. The more the fabric is washed the softer it becomes. The typical customer will end up buying multiple pairs in the wide variety of colors Minawear is famous for.
By making a pledge to help raise $15,000, you will be stimulating the economy by employing Americans with green jobs and promoting the legalization of hemp farming in the US. But best of all, you will be the proud owner of a pair of everlasting, fantastic Minawear Hemp Pants! www.kickstarter.com
For more information, or to schedule an interview with Mina Hegaard, please call
310-913-5909 or email mina@minawear.com
