Aisle (known as Lunapads from 1993 to 2019) is a Canadian company that manufactures washable feminine hygiene products,
including
cloth menstrual pads,
period underwear
Period underwear (also known as menstrual underwear or period panties) are absorbent garments designed to be worn during menstruation. Period underwear is designed like conventional underwear but it is made up of highly absorbent fabrics to soak ...
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menstrual cups.
Overview
History
The products were designed and created by fashion designer Madeleine Shaw in 1993. Shaw wrote the first business plan for Lunapads in 1994, and in 1995 opened a store and small production facility. In 1999 Lunapads was co-founded with Suzanne Siemens, an accountant that Shaw met at a community leadership course. The companies mission was "to create a more positive and informed relationship between woman and their bodies and the Earth".
Lunapads mentored AFRIpads, a project started to help resolve the issue of girls in developing nations missing school due to a lack of adequate sanitary protection and resources available to manage their periods.
In 2020, Lunapads rebranded as Aisle.
Description
Lunapads were a liner-on-top style cloth menstrual pad as opposed to the more common "envelope" style. The pads have two parts; a Pad Base which snaps around the underwear of the wearer and a Liner Insert which is inserted under two bands on either end of the pad. Each pad consists of two layers of cotton
flannel
Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of varying fineness. Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from either wool, cotton, or synthetic fiber. Flannel is commonly used to make tartan clothing, blankets, ...
base topped with a central pad made of one layer of nylon and two layers of cotton
fleece with bands at either end to hold liners.
This product was discontinued in 2020, and replaced with a design using technical cotton.
See also
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Cloth menstrual pad
Cloth menstrual pads are cloth pads worn in the underwear to collect menstrual fluid (blood from uterine lining). They are a type of reusable menstrual hygiene product, and are an alternative to disposable sanitary napkins or to menstrual cups. ...
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Menstrual cup
A menstrual cup is a feminine hygiene, menstrual hygiene device which is inserted into the vagina during menstruation. Its purpose is to collect menstrual fluid (blood from the uterine lining mixed with other fluids)Menstrual cupsare made of e ...
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Menstrual cycle
The menstrual cycle is a series of natural changes in hormone production and the structures of the uterus and ovaries of the female reproductive system that makes pregnancy possible. The ovarian cycle controls the production and release of eg ...
References
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External links
Official website:
Chatelaine: Your Greenest Time of the Month. Period.Founding Canadian B Corporation: AisleMedia Planet: Addressing a Monthly Issue* {{usurped,
Aisle CEO, Suzanne Siemens, on the Importance of Listening to Customers}
Feminine hygiene brands