Eles Pants Tencel

Eles Pants are our staple wide legged pants. Instead of closing in the front, they have a fake fly in front and an invisible closure in the left pocket. This makes for a flatter front pant, so that even with the added pleats this pant will fall nicely around your body.

There are two pockets in front, two welt pockets in the back. Our pants can be adjusted easily to fit your specific measurements. The hem can be taken in but also taken out, as we always use a double hem. Also in the waist, it’s easy to change the position of the buttons, to make it fit a bit more snug, or let it out somewhat.

The Eles Pants is now also available in German Tencel. As always stitched with cotton yarn, biodegradable Coroso buttons and entirely made out of one material, to facilitate recycling once the piece has reached it’s end of life. However, by taking good care of your items and having repairs done, you can prolong your piece extensively. You are always free to contact Ida&Volta about the possibilities.

100% Tencel (Germany)
Finished with biodegradable Corozo buttons.
Made with care in Ghent, Belgium.

This garment is biodegradable, buttons included.
Please cherish your garment by taking good care of it
Wash with other garments in the same color
Do not use agressive detergents or bleach
Air drying is friendly for your garment and the environment
Turn your garment inside out for ironing

Ida&Volta is a brand founded by two Belgian designers. It is a real slow fashion brand with items that contain a lot of care and love. The items are a timeless investment that you can enjoy for a lifetime.

Fairly produced: Johanna works from a studio in Ghent, where she mainly works on summer items together with a seamstress in Ghent. The knitwear is produced in Antwerp. Laure, the other co-founder, works from her off-grid studio in Portugal, together with a local seamstress there, mainly on winter pieces. The co-founders work with small self-employed people who they guarantee a more than decent wage for their work. They always talk to them about how many hours they need to finish something and whether they can get by with this, and this is always negotiable.

Environmentally friendly:  Ida&Volta mainly uses linen and wool. The flax comes from Belgium/France and is woven and dyed in Belgium. The wool comes from sheep in the Portuguese region of Serra da Estrella and the production process into fabric is done entirely on site. In addition, they work with a small edition of GOTS certified organic cotton that mainly comes from Uganda, sometimes from Israel. Other natural and sustainable materials that Ida & Volta sometimes use are Tencel, which is woven and dyed in a closed-loop system in Germany. Finally used; Peace silk that is woven by women in India in an honest way and where the moth is given time to develop into a butterfly; recycled cashmere; Mulesing-free Merino wool from Germany. The items are made as much as possible from the same material to guarantee biodegradability and recyclability. They stitch with cotton yarn, the labels are cotton, the buttons are biodegradable (from the Corozo nut), they do not use plastic or metal anywhere, so no zippers and no adhesive interfacing. In addition, they are increasingly working with undyed fabrics, because this is also a very polluting aspect of the industry. They already work with undyed linen and wool.

Ida & Volta does a lot of research into the origin of the materials for each material. For example, they want to ensure a fair and sustainable origin, and they can be transparent about the entire chain.

Locally produced: Production takes place in Belgium and Portugal, as close as possible to the most used material source (Belgian linen and Portuguese wool).