Why Civile Stands Out
Welcome to Civile Apparel, where the fun of pickleball is celebrated in style. Our incredibly comfy and stylish pickleball apparel empowers players to wear their love for the game, whether they’re on the court or out and about.
Founded in San Diego and powered by female ingenuity, we’re people who live and breathe pickleball, creating clothing with not only pickleball lovers but also the planet in mind. Our locally sourced threads ship in 100% compostable shipping bags, wrapped in 100% recycled custom tissue paper, landing on your doorstep with a minimal carbon footprint.
But Civile is more than just a clothing line; our styles are a salute to the movers, the shakers, and everyone in between. By wearing Civile Apparel, you promise to "play nicely," helping spread a message of respect and kindness. It's a symbol of your commitment to a community that celebrates one another’s differences and also what brings everyone together (hint, hint: it’s pickleball!)
Join a movement that values positivity and sustainable choices for a better, brighter sporting world. Dive into our collection and make every day a dash more stylish!
Bringing Pickleball Home
When my husband decided to paint a pickleball court in the front driveway, it seemed a fun but insignificant gesture at the time. Knowing little about the sport, we thought it would be a fun way to engage our five teenage children and to keep them active amid the closure of schools, sports, and their social lives.
Pickleball was a sport we knew our parents and their friends played. The smaller court and dink-style play allowed for varying levels of exertion and therefore was accessible for people of all ages. We quickly became well-versed in the game and began inviting neighbors and friends to play, all while maintaining social distance and excessive sanitizing of equipment. This was the sport we could play with our parents AND our children. Birthdays and holidays in 2020 were always spent eating outdoors and rotating through a few games of pickleball. Simply put, pickleball brought us together
Unifying Sport
Civile Apparel was born out of that tragedy and darkness of 2020. From the heavily polarized sentiment of our nation, to the isolation and exclusion that was forced upon us as a result of the pandemic.
Upon diving further into the fashion behind the sport, I noticed that there was no urban-facing apparel brand that married my active lifestyle with who I am as a woman, and definitely nothing out there that felt as multifaceted as I do. I want to be able to go from my office, to the pickleball court, to the store, golfing with my husband, and maybe out for drinks, all with a great performance fabric fashion piece as the base.
We at Civile Apparel see pickleball as the unifying sport that offers everyone an accessible, fun, and competitive outdoor respite. We're just making it more fashionable.
Civile reminds us all that, no matter which side of the line you play on, BE CIVIL. PLAY NICELY.
Aubri Steele, Founder