INVISIBLE INNOVATION | XLANCE^®

At XLANCE^®, our mission is to provide customers with high-quality and durable elastic garments designed for maximum comfort and longevity.

These features are particularly interesting when applied to intimates, making the garments extremely comfortable, with long lasting stretch and keep-shaping and light-weight as 2^nd skin.

XLANCE^® fiber offers a comfortable, non-snap stretch and recovery that is durable and withstands multiple washings while maintaining garment shape. 

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Fabric composition: 53%Modal 35%PP 12%XLANCE^®

LONG LASTING STRETCH & KEEP-SHAPING & LIHGT-WEIGHT

XLANCE^® features an innovative gentle stretch power, completely different from the typical high stretch power of spandex. The force required to stretch XLANCE^® is much lower than the one to be applied to spandex, which makes it more flexible and easier to achieve light-weight collections, plus long-lasting stretch. This accounts for the unique comfort stretch feeling of XLANCE^® shaping fabrics as 2^nd skin.

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Fabric composition: 53%Modal 35%PP 12%XLANCE^®

This loungewear set fabric is a combination of modal, polypropylene and XLANCE^® fiber.

The garment is soft to the touch, gentle on the skin, breathable and elastic.

ANTI DISCOLORING

XLANCE^® is inherently resistant to the exposure to Sodium Hypochlorite, thanks to its specific structure.

XLANCE^® is characterized by the absence  of any easily-attackable group in its  polyolefin backbone and by the presence of the covalent crosslinks. This gives  XLANCE^® an excellent resistance to any  aggressive chemical agents, such as strong acids, alkalis, oxidizing agents, enzyme wash conditions.

LOWER HEAT SET

XLANCE^® is heat set at 120°C, just above the crystal melting-temperature (against 185-190°C required for spandex). This is due to its molecular architecture and enables the combination with thermosensitive fibers, as well as guaranteeing significant energy and pollution savings.

 

A lower heat set temperature enables the combination with a range of fibers that varies from cotton, to modal, to polypropylene, giving the fabric maximum comfort and thermal management.

 

After being heat set, XLANCE^® fiber does not exert any retractive force on the fabric at its finished width, thus contributing to maintain superior fabric dimensional stability during garment washing and home laundry.

LAUNDRY RESISTANT

XLANCE^® can withstand temperatures up  to 220°C without compromising its integrity and stretch performance thanks to the covalent crosslinks. This makes it suitable for high-temperature textile processes.

XLANCE^®’s inherently heat resistance makes it resistant to multiple washes, making the garments last longer and retain their original look and appearance.

Home laundry following care instructions results in little to no shrinkage.

CASE HISTORY - NAEASE

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One collaboration we would like to highlight is the one with NAEASE. Using a combination of Modal, nanometer microelement biochemistry polypropylene fiber and XLANCE^® elastolefin fiber, the brand gave life to many uses of intimates, from lounge wear to thermal underwear.

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