RepAir is the first smart T-shirt that cleans the air around you.

A recent analysis by the BBC showed that nine out of 10 people in the world breathe in polluted air everyday, based on recent data released by the World Health Organization (WHO),  while the British Lung Foundation has also revealed that people in towns and cities across the UK are living with ‘dangerous levels’ of air pollution.

Thus it is remarkable to hear that a new technology incorporated into clothing can be utilised to combat air pollution.

Italian garment company Kloters has come up with its own smart T-shirt under the brand RepAir, which is described to be capable of cleaning air pollution using a unique technology.

According to Kloters, RepAir is a genderless cotton t-shirt entirely produced in Italy by trusted suppliers.  It utilizes “theBreath®”, a patented material, certified according to ISO, ANSI /AHAM AC – 1- 2002 standard, that captures pollutants including NOx, Sox, bacteria and unpleasant odours.

The RepAir t-shirts are available in black and white, are made in high-grade cotton with reinforced seams. Laboratory tests demonstrate that every T-shirt removes the pollution created in one year by two cars, says the company.

According to Kloters, “theBreath®” technology is based on a “three-layered system”, three active parts with different and complementary positions and roles.  It is the core of this technology, made of carbon mesh on a polyester substrate mixed with active nano-molecules, and its main function is to adsorb gassy pollutants, making the air cleaner and more breathable.   The activating nano-molecules block the impurities inside its fabric structure and prevent them from being released back into the environment.

The RepAir T-shirt features a micro-zip in which “theBreath®” is inserted in a zipped pocket and can be removed when the T-shirt is ready to be laundered.

Imagine if each of the 2 billion T-shirts sold in the world each year could clean the air around the persons wearing them, what positive impact it would have on our polluted world?

RepAir will be available on Kickstarter in May, while it will be sold in stores and on www.kloters.com starting from June.