Elevate your personal style, protect the environment, and promote ethical manufacturing practices with sustainable women’s clothing.
Beside being fashionable, sustainable clothing typically uses high-quality materials that are more likely to last than mass market clothing.
The brands below make sustainable clothing. Some is entirely organic while some is a mix of organic, natural, and recycled. Our list is a work in progress and a great place to start your eco-friendly fashion journey.
PrAna – “Everyday basics, travel-ready styles and activewear.”
Toad&Co – 100% sustainable clothing. Can include organic and recycled materials.
Amour Vert – “The original sustainable fashion brand.”
Tentree plants 10 trees for every item of clothing sold. They use organic cotton, recycled materials, and other sustainable fibers.
Blue Canoe makes cotton bras that are made for comfortability and ease. They use 100% natural organic and cotton fiber, organic bamboo, less water for production and no toxins or toxic dyes as well as ethical production processes.
Fair Indigo is a brand that uses Pima cotton and earth-friendly dyes to make their products in Peru. They also provide fair working conditions for their employees and pay them living wages.
Sustainable Fabrics
✓ Organic textiles are made from fibers that are grown without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Organic cotton, for example, is grown using natural methods, such as crop rotation and biological pest control, which helps maintain soil fertility and minimizes environmental and personal (you wear the clothes) impact.
✓ Natural textiles are derived from natural sources, such as plants (cotton, hemp, linen), animals (wool, silk), or minerals. These fibers are typically minimally processed to retain their inherent qualities such as breathability, comfort, and biodegradability. While some natural fibers may be grown using pesticides or GMO techniques, the term “natural” generally refers to their origin in nature versus that of synthetics.
≠ Synthetic textiles, also known as man-made or synthetic fibers, are created through chemical processes. Common synthetic fibers include polyester, nylon, acrylic, and spandex. These fibers offer properties like durability, moisture-wicking, and stretchability, but they are derived from non-renewable resources and often involve chemical treatments during production. Clothing made from synthetics will also eventually have an environmental impact; likely microplastic pollution.
Sustainable fashion brands prioritize eco-friendly production processes. Brands with a USA manufacturing base are also more likely to use labor practices that correspond to a broader corporate sustainability framework.