Eco Brands I Stand By // a list of sustainable fashion companies

Hello everybody! It can be difficult to navigate all the info about clothing, and fashion brands, especially when trying to support a brand that reflects your values. So now I am trying to make a list that I can update every now and then. Whenever I stumble upon a brand that I personally like (primarily due to their ethics and supply chain, values, or transparency, I’ll add them to this list, so you can be updated to date on which brands I recommend. There are products or elements that I love on each of these sites, but not everything is vegan, just have that in mind.

Clothing:

• Mahla Clothing: a brand that strives towards zero waste production, has cool and edgy designs, and uses both deadstock, waste fabrics, and recycled materials.
• Oh Seven Days: makes limited editions collections to avoid overproduction, and surplus fabrics and makes fashionable and stylish pieces
• Aniela Parys: makes both clothes, underwear, and swimwear, handmade pieces from Barcelona
• Noo Boo: t-shirts made ethically in bamboo fiber
• Wituka: organic non-basic t-shirts with cool and nerdy prints, made ethically in their workshop in Spain.
• Lucy & Yak: UK-based clothing brands that do everything for transparent and ethical fashion, makes a variety of clothes, including cool overalls and dresses.
• People Tree: UK-based clothing brand that makes organic and ethical fashion pieces
• Maium: makes raincoats from recycled plastic bottles from Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
• ArmedAngels: a Germany-based fashion brand that makes conscious clothing for both men and women.
• The Finiti: A small business that makes women’s clothing in the US. Everything is handmade in Tencel by the owner and no mass production insight
• Aluka: A brand based in Denmark that delivers made-to-order basics in GOTS certified cotton. 
• Tamga Designs: a women’s fashion store with colour designs that are designed, dyed, and produced consciously.
• Girlfriend: an activewear brand that is also really size-inclusive
• Pure Waste: a s brand based in Helsinki that uses 100% recycled textiles
• Brothers we stand: a UK-based men’s wear brand that focuses on reusability
• Bastet Noir: A brand that employs and supports single mothers in Macedonia, their clothes are made to order – they have a wide selection of gowns, dresses and suits for more formal occasions as well

Shoes:

• Allbirds: a San Fransisco-based brand that uses Tencel and has implemented several green practices in its production
• Bhava Studio: a US brand vegan shoe brand that also carried formal shoes and heels
• Christy Brown: shoes handmade in LA with vintage second-hand leather
• Cariuma: a Brazilian vegan sneakers brand that makes shoes produced with bamboo, sugar cane, and recycled plastic
• Etiko: natural Fair Trade rubber flip-flops and sneakers made in Australia
• Ethletic: an ethical and vegan sneakers company that uses Fair Trade cotton and natural rubber
• Flamingo Life Shoes: a Spanish sneakers brand that uses corn, bamboo, natural rubber, and organic cotton
• Humans Are Vain: a vegan sneakers brand, with a return program
• Insecta: A transparent and sustainable shoe brand from Brazil, their shoes are all vegan and waste materials are reintegrated into the shoes’ insoles
• Kira: an Estonian shoe brand that accepts old shoes back once they are worn out, the shoes are vegan, and made from recycled materials like car tires and post-consumer waste
• Maison de Mode: a US ethical luxury platform with several brands available
• Mireia Playa: a Spanish vegan shoe brand with great all-around sustainability initiatives, like renewable energy, material recycling, and textile innovation
• Miret Shoes: a 97% natural shoe brand from Croatia
• Nae Vegan: shoe selection for all genders made from cork, pinatex, recycled PET, and organic cotton
• Po-Zu: a British brand that uses GOTS cotton, non-toxic dyes, and hand-makes the shoes locally
• Rothys: a US brand that makes flats made from recycled plastic bottles
• Veja: a French sneakers brand that has great supply chain transparency, they do use leather though
• Solerebels: Ethiopian shoes made with recycled materials
• VAER: Danish sneakers made with upcycled fabrics and deadstock 
• Wildling: US-based barefoot shoes made with organic cotton, hemp, and flax (for adults and children)
• Wills Vegan Shoes: shoes made with plant-based leather made from organic cereal crops and manufactured within the EU

Underwear & Swimwear:

• Troo: reuses recycled lace to make beautiful handmade lingerie
• Under Protection: underwear brand that uses organic and recycled material
• Dilling: uses organic cotton and dies their fabrics pollution-free
• Organic Basics: makes underwear for all in organic cotton and recycled materials
• Swedish Stockings: a zero-waste company that recycles nylon stockings, you can also send any brand of nylon stockings to them and they will recycle them
• Vitamin A: a brand based in California which makes its swimwear with 95% locally sourced materials.
• Bikini Empire: donates percentages of their profits to several charities, their workers do not work overtime and are paid 3 times as much as average making way for an ethical supply chain.
• Galamaar: this brand makes its swimwear from discarded ocean waste and is completely sweat-shop free
• Alyend Together: a brand that makes swimwear for both men and women, they use recycled materials and are transparent about their supply chain
• Jonesy: a US-based underwear brand with a transparent supply chain, they produce their garments in New York and use OEKO-TEX certified fabrics.
• Knickey: a US-based underwear brand that carries sizes xxs til xxxl, uses certified organic cotton, and has an accessible impact report for their supply chain

Bags:

• Bagabù: a bag company located in Copenhagen, also uses deadstock fabric
• Grün: reused recycled materials and waste fabrics to make bags, laptops sleeves, and bag packs
• Pakt: sustainable travel bag packs made from recycled single-use plastic (affiliate)
• Charlie Feist: uses recycled materials and makes ethical and vegan bags in England
• Kantala: makes authentic and luxurious vegan handbags, and pays their workers fair wages
• Kintobe: a bag brand that prioritize recycled materials, they are very transparent and publishes an annual sustainability report to show their progress
• Lovia: A Finnish brand that uses reclaimed and deadstock leather and publishes impact reports on all its products

Jewelry & glasses:

• Ola ’Elua: a jewelry brand that makes handcrafted pieces from recycled materials.
• Ana Luisa: luxury style jewelry made with recycled silver and gold, they also have lab-grown diamonds.
• Honu: a company that makes beautiful jewelry and donates 10% of its profit to save the turtles
• Votch: makes vegan watches and has a wide selection and plant-based leathers
• Nordgreen: a watch brand with a large charity program, also has vegan watches, although they also carry leather items.
• Lunel Vintage: a small business that restores vintage sunglass frames. The business is zero waste because old and unrecyclable lenses are reused in jewelry production. The restoration is sweatshop-free and the store offers worldwide shipping and returns.
• Stilnest: A German jewelry brand that uses recycled and responsibly sourced materials, and makes to order to avoid overproduction and waste
• Recree: A Danish company that makes glasses and sunglasses in recycled materials, and they have some pretty non-basic experimenting styles as well which is great to see from an eco brand
• ByBiel: A Danish jewelry company that only uses recycled gold and silver in their designs.
• Opals Treasures: a small business from the UK that turns plastic waste into beautiful keychains
• Bruna: makes fine jewelry in recycled silver and gold