FAQ

• The Essential Legging has pockets and a straight back seam.
• The Contour Legging has a deep V seam on the back for shaping and no pockets.

• The Performance Bra: Adjustable straps and medium support
• The Flow Bra: Low back for shaping and low support
• The Foundation Bra: Built-in-bra for the highest level of support + extra overall length

The Foundation or Performance

Size details are on each product page under “Find your size”.

We strongly recommend sizing down if you are between sizes or want a little extra compression.

Wash on delicate, cold, and hang dry

Rivanne™ is Valinor’s proprietary engineered plant fiber. It is a regeneratively-grown hemp that is restructured so that we can control the shape and internal structure of the fiber so that it can be made into a fabric that performs like activewear based on how the fiber is built, not from chemistry added on top. Read more about Rivanne™ fiber here.

MISSION: Valinor’s core mission is two parts. In addition to providing wellness-supporting clean activewear, we are actively restoring degraded tropical rainforest soils to be replanted with native rainforest species. That is why we grow hemp. Hemp is one of few plants that enriches the soil in which it is planted in terms of organic carbon and nutrient fixing from the air. It also has strong, deeply penetrating tap roots so it is able to break into the layers of soil to aerate and enrich more of it.

We make the roots do double duty for biodiversity: When planting the seeds, we mix the seeds in beneficial mycorrhizal fungi so that as the roots grow, they are also helping to rebuild the underground fungal networks that transport nutrients between plants, support microbial biodiversity, and bring the soil back to life.

BENEFITS: Hemp also requires no water irrigation especially since we plant in tropical regions; requires no pesticides as it has its own natural defenses, and requires no herbicides for weeds because it grows so fast that it prevents weeds from growing and, for fiber, we plant the seeds close to each other to encourage faster growing, taller stalks.

COTTON: Cotton is one of the most chemically treated crops in the United States in terms of both pesticides and fertilizers. GOTS-certified organic or organic regenerative cotton are preferable but even these cleaner options consume significantly more water to bring the crop to harvest.

Our core mission is two parts. In addition to providing wellness-supporting clean activewear, we are actively restoring degraded tropical rainforest soils to be replanted with native rainforest species. This current batch of fibers is made from hemp plants grown on 49 acres of land in Thailand.

Valinor leverages hemp for fiber for many reasons on the fiber side and for its benefits to soil, but also so we can provide a clean performance fiber without the need for added chemistries. For all of those reasons, we adhere to regenerative growing practices. Since we plant in tropical regions, our hemp requires no irrigation for water. We don’t apply and don’t require pesticides as hemp has its own natural defenses. We don’t apply or require herbicides for weeds because hemp grows so fast that it prevents other species from growing under its canopy, and, for fiber, we plant the seeds close to each other to encourage faster growing, taller stalks, which also helps to crowd out anything that we don’t want included in our harvest.

We also make the roots do double duty for biodiversity: When planting the seeds, we mix the seeds in beneficial mycorrhizal fungi so that as the roots grow, they are also helping to rebuild the underground fungal networks that transport nutrients between plants, support microbial biodiversity, and bring the soil back to life.

Our strict scientist-led claims-policy approves that we use no pesticides and no synthetic fertilizers or other artificial agents so, Yes, Valinor Hemp is grown organically, but it’s not certified. Why? Because we actually go beyond organic with our regenerative growing practices

We’re not an “avoid harm” sustainable brand, we’re an “actually do good” regenerative brand going beyond non-toxic, organic, or sustainable to rebuild soil and protect people.

Organic farming focuses on what inputs are prohibited (avoiding synthetic chemicals and GMOs) with the aim of doing no harm. Regenerative agriculture focuses on actively improving ecosystem health by prioritizing soil restoration, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. That regenerative aspect is core to our mission, so farming organically is just a small part of that.

Other brands source their materials from manufacturing partners or catalogs so they need certifications to know where their materials came from and to back it up with 3rd party proof. Valinor doesn’t order fiber or fabric from a catalog. Valinor actually selects the hemp seeds, picks out the land for planting, selects and applies the mycorrhizal support, and directs the planting process for each of its planting campaigns, so we know that it meets our organic and regenerative farming requirements. We may go the extra step of getting certifications in the future, but for now we’re focused on results over labels.

Hormonal Impacts: Synthetic plastic polymers like nylon and polyester can carry small molecule residues from their manufacturing processes that convert petroleum ingredients into plastic polymers.

As fibers and fabrics, these plastics do not natively provide the performance attributes desired in active wear, so they are treated with topical chemical finishes to make them wick moisture, resist bacteria, or perform in other ways. These chemical finishes can transfer to skin and do transfer to our water and food systems. They include endocrine disrupting PFAS “forever chemicals”, endocrine and hormone dysregulating formaldehyde, phthalates, and BPA - having potential impacts, over the long term, on general health, fertility, and quality of life.

Cellular Function: In the nearer term, synthetic polymers can impact skin health and healing, hair growth, and cellular function beyond just the skin level. These synthetic plastic fibers build up a static charge as they rub against each other and your skin. That electrostatic charge has been shown in several studies to disrupt not only the cellular function of the skin (healing a wound, skin health, hair growth, in dogs), but also sperm count, structure, motility, and viability (humans), and female fertility (dogs).

Long-term environmental and human health: Synthetic plastic fabrics also release microplastic fibers and particles from the moment they leave the factory, throughout its life in your wardrobe, during washing, and after you discard it. Those fibers travel through wastewater treatment, accumulate in agricultural sludge applied to farmland, enter rivers and oceans, and they enter your body through the food you eat, the water you drink, and the air you breathe.

The route that puts microplastics inside you is not primarily skin contact with worn clothing, though it is one way, that’s more of a route for other small molecule chemicals. The primary routes are ingestion through food and water, and inhalation from the air. Once the particles are inside you, they tend to stay. Those particles provide physical and electrochemical disruption as well as a potential source of residual chemical release from degradation products.

Taurenna™ is a proprietary performance fabric made from 91% Rivanne™ Engineered Hemp Fiber. The fabric has a double-knit construction to give it structure, more compression with less elastic material, a heavier weight, extra softness, and to make it squat-proof under stretch.

The stretch comes from the fabric knit design and the inclusion of only 9% bio-based elastane that is partially derived from corn.

Polyester and nylon fabrics

• 100% synthetic fabrics that release micro and nanoplastics
• Require topical chemistries to actually perform in activewear
• Lose their topical chemistries, over time, in the wash and to your skin
• Can contain endocrine disruptors, heavy metals, and plastic pre-cursors that impact your health and well-being
• Preferentially select for and better support the growth of the bacterial strains that cause stronger and worse smelling odors (genus Micrococcus)

Taurenna™ fabric

• Made from 91% Rivanne™ Engineered Hemp Fiber - all plant cellulose, no microplastics
• Less than 9% partially bio-based Creora™ elastane, fully wrapped in hemp fiber
• Requires ZERO topical chemistries to provide moisture management
• Requires ZERO topical chemistries to provide thermal regulation
• Requires ZERO topical chemistries to control bacteria-caused odors
• Requires ZERO topical chemistries to provide extra soft feel
• Requires ZERO topical chemistries to provide cool to the touch feel
• Contains ZERO PFAS - tested by an ISO-certified US laboratory for over 14,700 PFAS compounds
• Contains ZERO formaldehyde - tested by an ISO-certified US laboratory with sensitivity down to 3 parts per million
• Contains ZERO BPA - tested by an ISO-certified US laboratory with sensitivity down to 1 part per billion
• Certified to be free of all 10 categories of regulated Phthalates - tested by an ISO-certified US laboratory

Yes, a summary of results is below and you can see the full testing page and the test report file here.

Taurenna™ Fabric is tested in its finished form after being dyed and assembled into garments; nothing is added after that so these test results are performed on the final fabric you would put against your skin.

The testing is done by a 3rd party laboratory located in Marietta, GA which is certified to ISO-9001 standards with ISO-17025 accreditation for EPA, ASTM, and AATCC methods. Our most recent testing is from August 2026 and yielded the following results:

• For Bisphenol A: Taurenna™ fabric was tested with 1 part per billion sensitivity and no BPA was detected.
• For Phthalates: Taurenna™ fabric was screened for all 10 regulated phthalate categories and no phthalates were detected.
• For PFAS: Taurenna™ fabric was screened for 14,700+ PFAS compounds and no PFAS was detected.
• For Formaldehyde: Taurenna™ fabric was tested with 3 parts per million sensitivity and no formaldehyde was detected.

Regenerative agriculture focuses on actively improving ecosystem health by prioritizing soil restoration, carbon sequestration, and biodiversity. That regenerative aspect is core to our mission and it’s why we’re able to say our hemp is regeneratively grown.

We restore soil by sequestering carbon from the air, increasing organic matter in the soil, increasing soil biodiversity and rebuilding sub-soil fungal networks - all without pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, or very much water even, since we plant strategically to restore degraded rainforest soils.

Currently, yes, some form of elastane is required to create fabrics that stretch for fit, support during movement, and recover after wear. However, Valinor is not a brand that just sources nice designs, in addition to growing our hemp, customizing the fiber processing steps, and custom designing our garments, we also have an active R&D program led by our chief scientist - and we are actively working to go from 91% plant fiber in our proprietary Taurenna™ stretch fabric to 100% plant fiber with plant-based stretch so that it all comes from the soil and is able to naturally return to the soil at the end of its life.

You can reach out to us at help@valinoractive.com and we will try to make your requested changes before your order ships.

Once your order leaves our US-based warehouse, you’ll receive a tracking number to your email address.

We offer free 30-day exchanges and store credit on all US orders. To be eligible, items must be returned within 30 days of delivery with all original tags attached and no visible damage.

Email us at help@valinoractive.com and we’ll get you set up.

Store credit is issued within 10 business days of your return arriving at our warehouse and can be used on any future purchase.

Exchanges are processed within 10 business days of your return arriving at our warehouse. You’ll receive a shipping confirmation via email once your new item is on its way.

• Orders placed with a gift card will be credited back to the original gift card.
• Orders placed with a complimentary coupon will be credited to a gift card that can be used on any future purchase.

Email us at help@valinoractive.com and we will help you determine shipping costs and timings for your international order.