Underwear drawer in need of a pick-me-up? Sloggi wants you to wake up and smell the coffee. The skivvy-maker, a subsidiary of lingerie juggernaut Triumph International, has launched a new line of bras and briefs made with recycled coffee grounds. "Love Cafe," which the brand recently feted at fashion "flash mobs" in Singapore and Malaysia, is its fourth to boast sustainable credentials, following collaborations with the World Land Trust in previous years.

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Sloggi claims that the chemical-free fabric, which it developed in partnership with Taiwanese firm Singtex Industries, not only wicks away moisture and absorbs odors, but it also protects against ultraviolet rays.

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Triumph, Sloggi’s parent company, is no slouch in the “going green” department, either. The lingerie manufacturer announced in 2012 that Oeko-Tex certified its entire catalogue of underpinnings free of more than 300 harmful substances—including pesticides, extractable heavy metals, formaldehyde, carcinogenic dyestuffs, and residual surfactants.

In Japan, Triumph initiated a scheme to recycle old bras in power-generating fuel.

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