The Bandeja Magazine Issue 2

entrepreneurs
Flanci
If you’re looking for high performance men’s and
women’s apparel then look no further than Flanci.
For the British brand, which has grown a huge following for its nononsense
activewear in bright patterns and prints, has just been put
through it paces in the most demanding of environments thanks to
the amazing exploits of founder Nicky Chrascina.
Flanci founder
Nicky Chrascina
sporting a Flanci
Union Jack skort
during the 150
mile Atacama
Crossing.
Not content with having just the Marathon des Sables under her belt, Nicky
recently completed Racing the Planet - the Atacama Crossing, a 150 mile
self-supported race across the Atacama desert in Chile.
With temperatures ranging from -7°C to 35°C, multiple river crossings
(including ice melt), sand and dust everywhere, daily mileage ranging
from four to 42 miles and everything required for the trip on your back
(and front), the demands on Nicky and her apparel were severe. But her
Flanci skorts proved more than up to the task - check out the range
at www.flanciactivewear.co.uk and use code FLANCI15 for 15% off
until the end of March 2023.
Hard Face
‘Anything but ordinary’ is the slogan of women’s sportswear
brand Hard Face (a cheeky nod to the Spanish term ser un
caradura) which aims to bring Brazilian pizazz to the padel
court, with vibrant colours and hard-wearing, luxurious fabrics.
Founder, Irish entrepreneur Yvonne Dolan, sources all materials
in Brazil and ships them to Southern Ireland to be designed and
manufactured on home soil. Her aim is to encourage ladies to
ditch black sportswear in favour of brighter colours in simple,
classic styles that won’t go out of fashion.
Sisters are doing
it for themselves,
setting up their
own padel
businesses. The
Bandeja reports.
www.hardfacesports.com
Lancorett
The Bandeja was lucky enough to see WPT No 117
Carla Fito play and win (with GB No 1 Tia Norton) the
FIP Rise London tournament at the National Tennis
Centre in August. And we loved her outfit. So we asked
where she got it from (along with other more insightful
questions, obviously…) Turns out she’s teamed up with
her mum Monica Fernández, brother Arnau Fitó and best
friend Maria Rovira to form a ‘slow fashion’ activewear
brand based in her home city of Barcelona.
That brand - Lancorett - aims ‘to bring elegance and
passion to the padel court’ in an eco-friendly way,
with high quality technical fabrics and great design.
Production is kept as local as possible to minimise travel
miles and ensure ethical production standards. Plastics
are banished from packaging and a percentage of
each sale goes to The Ocean Cleanup organisation.
www.lancorett.com
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