Funkita

Fun­ki­ta is an Aus­tra­li­an swim­wear brand crea­ted for ath­le­tes, by ath­le­tes in 2004. Tog­e­ther with their litt­le brot­her Fun­ky Trunks, they offer you a cheerful ran­ge of swim­wear made of inno­va­ti­ve materials.

Fun­ki­ta has a cheerful ran­ge of colourful swim­ming cos­tu­mes and biki­nis for women and girls. The brand aims to equip swim­mers with the most comfor­ta­ble chlo­ri­ne resistant swim­suits that will stay put and keep ever­y­thing in place. Whe­ther you are an Olym­pic ath­le­te or an ever­y­day ath­le­te, Fun­ki­ta makes sure that your swim­suits can with­stand even the toug­hest work­out. Swim­wear with respect for the oce­an at an afforda­ble price.

Materials

The eco­lo­gi­cal coll­ec­tion of biki­nis and swim­ming cos­tu­mes for women, ath­le­tes and girls are made of C‑Infinity. This is a high qua­li­ty Ita­li­an poly­es­ter fabric exclu­si­ve­ly desi­gned for Fun­ki­ta swim­suits for women and Fun­ky Trunks for men. Poly­es­ter is made from man-made fabrics, which is not the most dura­ble, but for swim­wear you need a stret­chy fabric that lasts and sup­ports you while you work out.

The C‑Infinity con­sists of 47% poly­ethy­le­ne tere­phtha­la­te (PBT) and 53% poly­es­ter. PBT is a pla­s­tic fib­re from the pla­s­tic fib­re fami­ly, just like poly­es­ter. The C‑Infinity has excep­tio­nal strength, is chlo­ri­ne resistant, has excel­lent ela­s­ti­ci­ty, dries quick­ly and brea­thes very well. The fabric also has a 50+ UV sun pro­tec­tion. This gives your swim­su­it a long life and you will enjoy it for years.

Every coll­ec­tion, this eco­lo­gi­cal swim­ming cos­tu­me brand adds more pro­ducts made out of a recy­cled poly­es­ter fib­re cal­led ​‘repre­ve fib­re’ which is recy­cled along with the swim­wear. The recy­cled poly­es­ter fib­re is made from pla­s­tic bot­t­les. By using recy­cled poly­es­ter, fewer raw mate­ri­als need to be extra­c­ted, which is bet­ter for the envi­ron­ment. The more sus­tainable pro­ducts are label­led with the Eco C‑Infinity label. Today, 70% of the label­led pro­ducts con­tain the recy­cled fib­re. Fun­ki­ta and Fun­ky Trunks hope to increase this to 100% in the future. Their goal is to make all their swim­ming cos­tu­mes out of recy­cled poly­es­ter fibres by 2025! A nice ambition.

All pro­ducts are eco-accre­di­ted. Becau­se they are digi­tal­ly prin­ted, no harmful sub­s­tances are released into the environment.

Ethical

The fabrics are made in Ita­ly and woven in Chi­na. Howe­ver, the exact working con­di­ti­ons in Chi­na are still unclear to us.

Ethical

The pro­duc­tion pro­cess of the swim­wear meets the stan­dards of the Cruel­ty Free cer­ti­fi­ca­te, ani­mal test­ing is pro­hi­bi­ted. All tests are car­ri­ed out on the Fun­ki­ta team. Each pro­duct is 100% vegan, as no ani­mal pro­ducts are used in any of the Fun­ki­ta Body formulas. 

Circular economy

A lot of tex­ti­le is often lost during the cut­ting pro­cess of the fabrics. At Fun­ki­ta they use digi­tal cut­ting tech­ni­ques to redu­ce the was­te. The remai­ning fabrics are trans­for­med into fur­ni­tu­re for their offices or packaging.

In addi­ti­on, the Aus­tra­li­an brand is swit­ching to a new digi­tal prin­ting tech­no­lo­gy, which will requi­re less water and ener­gy to make the screen prints. Digi­tal prin­ting requi­res no extra heat.

All resi­du­al water released during pro­duc­tion is reco­ver­ed to flush the toilets