The Auterra Manifesto
Clothing without
plastic.
Most of what you wear is made from petroleum. We think it's time that changed.
The Problem
You've been wearing plastic your whole life.
Your sweatshirt. Your joggers. Your "breathable" workout gear. Look at the tag. Polyester. Nylon. Spandex. These aren't fabrics, they're petroleum products, engineered in a lab and marketed as comfort.
Every time you wash them, they shed hundreds of thousands of microscopic plastic fibers. Those fibers enter the water supply.
Your sweatshirt is shedding 6,000,000 microplastic fibers per wash. The industry knows. They just haven't stopped.
The Industry
The biggest brands call it performance. We call it what it is.
The premium athleisure market has built an empire on synthetic fabrics. Polished marketing, premium price tags, and petroleum-based materials dressed up in the language of wellness and quality.
There's nothing wrong with those brands building great businesses. But comfort shouldn't come at the cost of what goes into your body; or the planet's.
The Alternative
What clothing actually feels like.
auterra makes premium sweat sets from 100% natural fabrics, sourced obsessively, manufactured in Portugal by craftspeople who've been doing this for generations.
Natural fabrics breathe differently. They feel different against your skin. They age better. And they don't shed plastic into your body or the water supply every time you wash them.
We flew in fabrics from across Europe. We put each one through eight iterations of fit and construction. Only one made the cut.
Our Promise
- Zero synthetic fibers. Every piece, every drop, no exceptions.
- Manufactured in Portugal; by people, not machines.
- Limited runs. We'd rather make fewer things better.
- Transparent materials sourcing. You'll know exactly what you're wearing.
The first drop is coming.
Fall 2026