made in california

Not automatically. California bans PFAS in textiles and requires Prop 65 warnings, but those rules apply to everything sold in the state, imports included. What California manufacturing adds is a factory run under the state's water and worker rules. For what's in the garment, check the fiber and the Toxome Score.

Yes. Since January 1, 2025, AB 1817 bans PFAS added on purpose and PFAS above 100 parts per million of total organic fluorine in most textiles sold in California, including clothing. The limit drops to 50 parts per million on January 1, 2027. Heavy-duty rain gear has until 2028 but must be labeled "Made with PFAS chemicals" until then.

It means the product can expose you to a chemical on California's list of about 900 substances linked to cancer, birth defects or reproductive harm, above a set level. Prop 65 doesn't ban the chemical. It requires the warning so you can decide.

No. "Designed in" tells you where the office is. Federal law requires every garment's label to name the country where it was made, so check the inside tag for where it was sewn.

No. Origin and process badges come from what the brand states about each product. We don't audit factories, so these badges are information, not verification. They never change a Toxome score, which comes from what the garment is made of.