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Eco fashion: Edinburgh Zoo pandas gets edible bamboo t-shirts

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Photo credit: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

With the arrival of giant pandas Tian Tian (Sweetie) and Yang Guang (Sunshine), eco fashion brand Rapanui has teamed up with Edinburgh Zoo to make eco-friendly, organic bamboo t-shirts for the two newcomers.

rapanui-tee-1.jpgThe zoo is conscious to raise awareness about conservation and have recruited Rapanui - winners of the RSPCA Good Business Awards - to make bamboo t-shirts that are going to be sold alongside the visitor's attraction to raise money and contribute to their upkeep.

Considering pandas are quite costly to keep, it is understandable that the Zoo wants to find other ways to raise money for the tubby two.

Bamboo is hailed as a fabric of the future with Mart Drake-Knight, co-founder of Rapanui and designer explaining: "Bamboo is an amazing fabric, it is as soft as silk but half the price, it grows fast without water, pesticides or fertilisers. Bamboo has a lot of potential as a sustainable textile, not to mention the softness and kind-to-skin properties that make them feel great."

Love the eco-cool panda shirts!

Available now from Rapanui for both women and men for £24.95.

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It is very different brand from other brand T-shirt.The ranges is simple for the price of T-shirt.
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fog them up and throw them in the dryer wet sheet with a dryer, be sure to take it right out. No need to iron t-shirts and jeans, which is a lot of work lol :-)

fog them up and throw them in the dryer wet sheet with a dryer, be sure to take it right out. No need to iron t-shirts and jeans, which is a lot of work lol :-)

fog them up and throw them in the dryer wet sheet with a dryer, be sure to take it right out. No need to iron t-shirts and jeans, which is a lot of work lol :-)

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I appreciate your idea of using such clothing material. I am a kids fashion designer and definitely gonna use this stuff for my designs. Thanks for sharing.

Man..I so want that panda tshirt lol

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This T-Shirt is in very Good and Impressive quality for girls and Boys.
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