Chill River Printed Dress women's

Usage:

• Designed for enjoying sunny days outdoors, maintaining coolness and comfort during various activities.
• Perfect for water activities and near water, thanks to its quick-drying fabric and the comfort it provides in contact with the skin.
• Ideal for hiking and light trekking in warm climates, where its moisture management capacity and elasticity offer performance and freedom of movement.
• Its versatile style with a floral print makes it a suitable option for casual wear, travel, and outdoor leisure moments during the summer.
• Columbia has manufactured this dress to offer a versatile solution that combines protection, coolness, and an attractive design, responding to the need for a lightweight and functional garment for the heat.

Features:

• Omni-Freeze™ Technology: Incorporates an advanced cooling system that activates with body perspiration. This technology helps to dissipate body heat efficiently, providing an immediate and prolonged cooling sensation, which is especially beneficial in moderate to intense heat conditions.
• Omni-Wick™ Technology: This high-performance fabric is designed to actively wick moisture away from the body and transport it to the fabric's surface where it evaporates quickly. This ensures the wearer stays dry, cool, and comfortable, even during intense physical activities.
• Sleeveless and stretchy design: Its sleeveless construction along with the fabric's elasticity offer excellent freedom of movement and a high level of comfort, easily adapting to body movements during various activities.
• Hand pockets: Incorporates practical side pockets that allow for secure and accessible storage of small essential items like keys or lip balm.
• Floral print: Features an attractive floral design that adds a touch of style and femininity, making the dress visually appealing and versatile for different environments and occasions.
• Center back length: The garment has a length of 35.0 inches (approximately 88.9 cm) from the center back, offering adequate coverage and a flattering cut.

Materials:

• Main fabric composed of 89% Polyester and 11% Elastane: This combination of synthetic fibers has been selected to maximize performance and comfort. Polyester, which constitutes the majority of the fabric, is known for its durability, lightness, wrinkle resistance, and crucially, for its excellent moisture management and quick-drying properties. The 11% elastane (spandex) gives the fabric remarkable elasticity and recovery capacity, allowing the dress to stretch and move with the body without restrictions, which is essential for outdoor activities. This fabric is inherently breathable and is optimized to work in conjunction with Columbia's Omni-Freeze™ and Omni-Wick™ technologies, enhancing the feeling of coolness and dryness. Its weight is light, ideal for warm climates.

Eco-certifications and Brand Sustainability Practices:

• bluesign® System Partner: Columbia is a bluesign® system partner, which implies a commitment to sustainable textile manufacturing. This system focuses on resource optimization, consumer safety, reduction of emissions to water and air, and occupational health and safety, ensuring that products are manufactured more responsibly.
• Restricted Substances List (RSL): The brand maintains and applies a Restricted Substances List for its products, including this dress. This ensures compliance with global chemical safety standards, limiting or prohibiting the use of substances that could be harmful to consumers or the environment.
• Standards of Manufacturing Practices (SMP): Columbia requires its manufacturing partners to comply with its Standards of Manufacturing Practices, which cover aspects such as fair labor conditions, occupational health and safety, and environmental management, seeking to promote an ethical and responsible supply chain.
• Higg Index (Facility Environmental Module - FEM): Columbia uses the Higg Index FEM in its supply chain facilities to assess and quantify the environmental performance of manufacturing processes. This tool helps identify areas for improvement in energy and water use, chemical management, and waste generation.
• Social & Labor Converged Assessment Framework (SLCP): By participating in the SLCP, Columbia supports a standardized approach to social and labor audits, which reduces audit fatigue in factories and allows for greater investment in improving working conditions.
• AFIRM Group: As a member of the AFIRM group, Columbia collaborates with other leading brands to advance the safe and responsible management of chemicals in the global supply chain of the textile and footwear industry.
• Apparel Impact Institute (Aii) - Clean by Design Program: The brand participates in initiatives like Aii's Clean by Design, which focus on implementing resource efficiency improvements (water, energy, chemicals) in textile processing plants, contributing to cleaner production.
• Material Traceability Program: Columbia implements programs to track the origin of certain materials used in its products, with the aim of increasing transparency in its supply chain and ensuring they are sourced from more sustainable and responsible sources.
• Green-e® Certified Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs): The brand purchases Renewable Energy Certificates to cover a portion of its electricity consumption in its own operations, thereby supporting the development and use of clean energy.
• Additionally, Columbia is part of various industry alliances and supports environmental conservation and labor rights projects through its participation in: Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) Climate Action Corps, Transparency Pledge (Apparel and Footwear Supply Chain), AAFA & FLA Apparel & Footwear Industry Commitment to Responsible Recruitment, and the European Outdoor Conservation Association (EOCA). The brand also aligns its efforts with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), publishes a Supply Chain Transparency Statement, and uses tools like Open Supply Hub (OSH) for greater visibility. Its commitment extends to collaborations with organizations such as Planet Water Foundation, National Park Foundation, Conservation International, Captains For Clean Water, and Ocean Conservancy.