Increasingly, consumers are looking for sustainable garments offering durable performance benefits, all-day comfort and fit, and enhanced softness so they can love their clothes longer.
The Solution:
It’s time for better! LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber is a unique bicomponent stretch fiber engineered to optimize the performance and comfort of knits. It delivers a durable soft hand, low shrinkage, and high uniformity to knit fabrics. This GRS-certified fiber is made from 60% recycled PET and 14.4% bio-derived resources.
Consumer Benefits
Experience all-day stretch comfort and long-lasting fit and shape retention
Enjoy a durable soft hand-feel and chlorine resistance
Offers breathability and enhanced cooling comfort
Made with renewable and recycled materials for reduced environmental impact
Eligible Garment Categories
Activewear
Athleisure
Seamless
Socks
Swimwear
Workwear
Brand & Retailer Benefits
Sets the stage for circularity: In controlled tests under specific conditions, this fiber was recycled back into new polyester fibers, thereby demonstrating the technical feasibility of this process*
Delivers low shrinkage, high uniformity, and chlorine resistance to knit garments
Offer consumers durability, enhanced softness with all day cool and stretch comfort, to help drive sell-through and increase loyalty
Eligible for free LYCRA® XTRA LIFE™ fiber or COOLMAX® EcoMade fiber hangtags to help drive sales when meeting specific brand quality standards
*LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber is compatible with established polyester chemical recycling processes. In multiple tests, LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber components were blended with standard polyester components and recycled back into new polyester fibers with comparable performance as standard recycled polyester fibers.
Create Knits Enhanced by LYCRA® Fit400™ Fiber!
Connect with our global network of mills on the LYCRA ONE™ Marketplace to get started. It’s free to join and easy to use.
Promote your use of LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber with free Hang Tags, or request a Trademark License Agreement to create your own co-branded materials. Hang tags are a simple and effective way to explain our fiber’s performance benefits to drive garment sales. You can also request a Garment Letter. This fiber is eligible for LYCRA® XTRA LIFE™ brand or COOLMAX® technology branding and hang-tags if brand standards are met.
Drive Apparel Sales with Free Hang Tags
They are a great way to explain LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber benefits to consumers to trigger the purchase decision.
Sets the stage for circularity: In controlled tests under specific conditions, this fiber was recycled back into new polyester fibers, thereby demonstrating the technical feasibility of this process*
Delivers a soft-hand feel with low shrinkage, high uniformity, and chlorine resistance to knit fabrics
Complete garment testing to certify performance and enable brands to order free hang tags to help drive sales
*LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber is compatible with established polyester chemical recycling processes. In multiple tests, LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber components were blended with standard polyester components and recycled back into new polyester fibers with comparable performance as standard recycled polyester fibers.
Fabric Testing and Approval
Mills, have your stretch fabrics tested and approved so your customers can quickly and easily order free LYCRA® brand Hang Tags to help drive sales. You can also request a Trademark License Agreementto add our logos to your samples and sales materials.
Fabrics with ≥35% LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber content and passing the COOLMAX® CORE fabric standards can also qualify for the COOLMAX® brand.
Test and Approve Your LYCRA® Fit400™ Fiber Garments
Show customers you’re using a genuine LYCRA® brand product and make hang tag ordering easy!
See how the Marketplace brings the value chain together, while also providing new ways to maximize your investment in our spandex solutions.
Voice of the Expert
We developed LYCRA® FiT400™ fiber to deliver in-demand performance benefits and an enhanced soft hand-feel and uniformity to knits. This innovation also meets customer and consumer expectations for more sustainable solutions since it is made with recycled and bio-derived materials.
David Capdevila - Product Marketing & Merchandising Manager, The LYCRA Company
David Capdevila
Product Marketing and Merchandising Manager
The LYCRA Company
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