Avala DREAM Shorts | Merino Wool Elevates Performance

The World’s First Active Shorts with a Nuyarn® Merino Wool Liner

The D.R.E.A.M. Shorts™ help you feel less sweaty, less stinky, and more comfortable, while improving your overall health.

Built with Nuyarn®’s patented merino wool fabric that is 8.8x as durable, 5x faster drying, and 85% more elastic than conventional merino wool.

Tired of Sweaty, Stinky Polyester Liners? We Have The Ultimate Solution!

Polyester liners trap heat, sweat, and bacteria. They can also be treated with chemicals that are bad for our health.

Meanwhile, merino wool is naturally temperature-regulating, drying, and odor-resistant.

Feel up to 30X Less Sweaty

Merino wool can absorb and release up to 30x more sweat vapor than synthetics, while staying dry against your skin. This is a game-changer in keeping you dry, comfortable, and chafe-free.

Cools When You’re Hot, Warms When You’re Cold

Merino wool was evolved by desert sheep that thrived in extreme conditions, from scorching 100-degree summers to freezing 0-degree winters. This advanced biology keeps you perfectly temperature-regulated through summer and winter workouts.

Do Less Laundry, Travel Lighter

Astronauts wear the same merino wool clothes for weeks because of its space-saving, antibacterial properties. When you’re traveling with the DREAM shorts, you can pack lighter, check less luggage, and do less laundry.

Ditch the Chemicals, Better for Your Boys

Most synthetic liners are treated with PFAS (forever chemicals), which have been linked to reproductive issues, cancer, and other diseases. Merino wool is naturally even more moisture-wicking and odor-resistant than PFAS-treated fabrics, so we never have to use these harmful chemicals (in our liner nor our outer).

The World’s Most Advanced Merino Wool Liner

We partnered with Nuyarn® to create the world’s first performance merino liner. Compared to conventional ring spun merino wool fabrics, Nuyarn® is 8.8x more durable, 5x faster drying, and 85% more elastic.* Our liner is built-to-last; it keeps you even more dry and comfortable; and it is exceptionally form-fitting.

*Independently verified by Intertek® Vietnam and AgResearch, New Zealand when compared to ring spun 100% merino wool.

Better for the Planet

For each pair sold, we remove a net of 5kg of CO2 to fight climate change and sea level rise (learn how). This inspired our “Rising Tides” design and oceanic colorways.

Avala’s mission is to elevate modern activewear using merino wool. Wearing merino wool directly on our skin feels better, performs better, is better for our health, and is better for the planet.

Avala is also one of the first companies to launch as carbon-negative from day one. This means that for every product we make, we remove more CO₂ than we emit to better the planet. We accomplish this by funding high-impact carbon sequestration and renewable energy projects (learn more).

Detailed Product Specs

Liner: Nuyarn® Merino Wool – 85% merino wool (125 gsm, 18.0 micron, RWS certified), 15% nylon, PFAS-free. Outer Shell: 92% polyester, 8% elastane, PFAS-free. Inseam: 6.5 inches.