Aisle (company)
Canadian female hygiene company
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Aisle (known as Lunapads from 1993 to 2019) is a Canadian company that manufactures washable feminine hygiene products,[1] including cloth menstrual pads, period underwear, and menstrual cups.
| Formerly | Lunapads |
|---|---|
| Industry | Menstrual products |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Madeleine Shaw |
| Headquarters | , Canada |
| Products | Cloth menstrual pads, underwear, menstrual cups |
| Website | periodaisle |
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,[2] 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".[3]
Lunapads mentored AFRIpads,[4] 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.[5]
In 2020, Lunapads rebranded as Aisle.[6]
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 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.[7] This product was discontinued in 2020, and replaced with a design using technical cotton.