Two Sisters Ecotextiles

09/02/2026

07/13/2026

Conventional cotton is not fine. Here’s why.

Link is our response to a recent post.

https://ecocult.substack.com/p/conventional-cotton-is-fine/comment/291714111?r=1gbotp&utm_medium=ios

04/21/2026

In 2022, our founder Patty Grossman was interviewed in Architectural Digest by Christina Poletto for the piece “Is It Officially Time to Ditch PFAS?” — at a time when fewer voices in the interiors world were paying attention.

Christina’s coverage was thorough and strong. The issues remain. Just as true today.

So, yes. It’s time to ditch PFAS.

Beautiful rooms deserve beautiful fabrics — ones that are as good for the people living in them and for our earth, as they are for the eye.

From the article:

“Americans want their fabrics to behave — at the expense of polar bears, orca whales, clean air, clean water, chemical toxicity, climate change, and our family’s own health and safety. Consumers are powerful. What they buy will be produced.” — Patty Grossman, via Architectural Digest

At Two Sisters Ecotextiles, every fabric we make is safe for people and the planet. No PFAS. Ever. Just responsible, carefully made textiles in patterns and colorways designed to do what great fabric is supposed to do: make a room feel like itself. 🌿

👇 Questions about what’s in your fabrics? We’ve been in this conversation for nearly two decades. Drop them below — we’d love to talk.

(Photo is from many years ago. Sofa is upholstered in Wapato fabric, an organic long fiber linen.)

04/17/2026

A new investigation into Lululemon just raised a question that matters as much for your sofa as for your yoga pants.

Most of us assume our government protects us from toxic chemicals in home products. It's more complicated than that.

This week, the Texas Attorney General launched a Civil Investigative Demand against Lululemon — a formal investigation into whether the brand misled health-conscious consumers about PFAS ("forever chemicals") in its activewear.

The investigation isn't primarily about whether PFAS were present. It's about consumer protection. About whether people were deceived into believing a product was safer than it may have been.

And that distinction matters enormously. 🌿

Here's what most of us assume — but shouldn't:

That if something harmful were in the products we bring into our homes, the government would require companies to tell us. For home textiles — the sofas your family sits on, the cushions your children curl up against — that's not how it works.

In the US, textile manufacturers are not legally required to disclose the chemicals used in processing their fabrics to consumers. Not the PFAS. Not the formaldehyde. Not the heavy metals or endocrine disruptors.

The EU has now banned over 2,000 chemicals from textiles. The US has banned a handful.

This isn't about blame. It's about awareness.

Most companies aren't trying to mislead you. But in the absence of strong regulation, marketing language like "sustainable," "natural," or "eco-friendly" can create a sense of safety that the product itself may not deliver. Well-intentioned small businesses are often caught in the middle — trying to do the right thing within a system that hasn't given them — or you — enough to work with yet.

The Lululemon investigation is a reminder that even brands built around wellness aren't automatically held to a chemical safety standard — because in most cases, no such standard is legally required.

So what can you do right now?

Look beyond the marketing. Ask about third-party certifications. Look for GOTS or Oeko-Tex — standards that actually verify what's in your fabric.

✅ GOTS is the most comprehensive, covering the full picture, field to finished fabric
✅ Oeko-Tex Standard 100 — for finished product safety

Because when it comes to the textiles in your home, the label is just the beginning of the story.

We’ll do another post soon with information about what you can do now and about the resources available to learn more.

👇 Questions? Drop them below — we're here for this conversation.

04/06/2026

All of us live intimately with fabrics each day. Your fabric choices can have a dramatic positive impact on greening our world and keeping you and your family optimally healthy.

Wellness in the home and our textiles go hand in hand. What we cozy up with on our upholstered furniture can uplift our wellness or degrade it.

Are the textiles in your home—on your sofa, window seat, pillows, drapery... contributing to your wellness? Do they let you breathe fresh air? Are they gentle on your skin pH? Do they have residual chemicals of concern?

Providing beautiful fabric options for your home that also support your health and the health of our planet is our goal.