With spring right around the corner, it may be time to spruce up your wardrobe, especially your activewear.
Here’s a list of five Irish-owned athleisure brands that are not only super stylish but will also promote you to support local and shop sustainably this spring.
Bound Apparel
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Back in 2020 Abbie Beggs from Skerries, Dublin at only 20 years old established her Irish activewear brand Bound Apparel.
Abbie’s brand prides itself on producing high-quality, stylish and affordable pieces that are perfect for your athleisure needs. Bound Apparel has a wide range of clothing items to choose from including leggings, yoga flares, t-shirts, bicycle shorts, tracksuits and much more!
The brands pieces range from simplistic block colours to striking graphic designs and logos and have been seen on many Irish influencers including Emma Neil, Lexi Mackeown and Leah Morgan. You can find this amazing brand here.
Gym + Coffee
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Gym + Coffee is a successful Irish athleisure brand. Established in 2017, the brand was only online and focused primarily on making hoodies.
As their community grew, Gym + Coffee began creating other high-quality pieces of activewear. The brand is focused on bringing communities together through promoting healthy, active lifestyles and also prides itself on reaching their sustainable goals by being certified carbon neutral.
Gym + Coffee has a wide range to choose from which includes fleeces, hats, shorts, leggings, hoodies, tops and much more. You can find this well-loved brand on their website and in their seven different locations around Ireland.
Organic Movement
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In 2018 Emylou Hurley founded a sustainable athleisure brand, Organic Movement, that focuses on producing eco-friendly yoga wear made from organic cotton.
After travelling to India and embracing her new-found love for yoga, Emylou found herself researching how her clothing pieces were made only to find out they contained harmful materials and were produced in an unethical way. After this unfortunate realisation, Organic Movement was born!
The collection has a variety of items to choose from including recycled cotton waistcoats, chevron leggings, sports bras, shorts and tops. You can find this sustainable brand on their Instagram, online or popups in markets across Ireland.
New Dimensions Active
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New Dimensions Active is an Irish premium athleisure brand founded in 2018 by brother and sister Jeff and Orla. The pair have had a long history in the sports industry and represented Ireland in gymnastics, soccer and professional golf.
The brand wants to give people confidence through their clothing to “get up and move”. New Dimensions has multiple collections with a variety of different pieces to choose from to suit whatever athleisure needs you have.
You can find this family-owned business online or in their pop-up store in Dundrum Town Shopping Centre.
Aurela
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Aurela is an Irish-owned lifestyle and athleisure brand founded in 2021. Aurela’s top priority is to produce beautiful pieces of activewear that help women reach their full potential.
Aurela’s pieces are simplistic with a muted colour palette. Some of the pieces throughout their collection include leggings, joggers, sports bras, jackets, tops, shorts and accessories.
The brand is also partnered with One Tree Planted meaning that every time they receive one online order one tree is planted. You can find this female-empowering brand online and on their Instagram.
Words by Emma Gleeson