Thank you for joining us on this journey of conscious shopping. Hopefully by now the information we have shared has made a little impact in the way you think about shopping. We provided you with a good number of businesses who are eco-friendly, sustainable, ethical, transparent, and most importantly fashionable, in hopes to encourage you to give more thought and effort to make a difference one cool cute outfit at a time. So like before, I will provide you suggestions on some great eco-friendly, sustainable, ethical, and inclusive brands.
So why Nau (pronounced now), because now is the time for you to make a difference. The group who started Nau had a vision of “blending beauty, performance, and sustainability.” Their goal is to use as many sustainable resources as possible as well as to “make better products”. The fabrics they use include 100% organic cotton, 100% recycled polyester, and 100% recycled down to name a few. They say they make the product better by building garments that are versatile and lasting to reduce manufacturing. Ensuring their manufacturer’s follow the Nau standard, they work with businesses that are verified with the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), the Organic Cotton Standard (OCS), Global Recycled Standard (GRS), and Recycled Claim Standard (RCS). Aside from being an ethical sustainable brand, they are also philanthropic. 2% of every sale is donated to Partners for Change, these proceeds go to various organizations that protect wild lands water ways in North America, provide the ability for individuals and communities transform their lives, and reducing the green footprint people leave by supplying bicycles to communities.
Quintessentshell Waterproof Trench Coat
Size: XS-XL
Price: $298
Shell 53% Organic cotton 47% recycled polyester
Their recycled polyester fabric is sourced from PET (post consumer waste) bottles, industrial polyester waste, and recycled garments.
Size: S-XXL
Price: $85.00
60% Organic Cotton 40% recycled polyester
The organic cotton is produced with standards that include prohibiting the use of synthetic agrichemicals, like pesticides and fertilizers, as well as genetically modified seeds.
Fashion is head to toe, the next ethical company covers the toes. The founder of Starch Slides Shannon Crowley, seeing the impact the fashion industry has on our environment, set out to build a sustainable eco-friendly brand 1 slide at a time. The company in effort to reduce textile waste, turns button up shirts that would otherwise end up in landfills into fashionable slides. The brand creates shoes with eco-friendly materials like vegan leather, and rather than contributing to unnecessary waste utilizes a jute backpack instead of a shoe box.
Size: XS (5/6) S (6/7) M (8/90 L (10/11)
Price: $164
Collaborated with designer Alessandra Mackenzie the slide is made of vegan leather and wool
Size: XS (5/6) S (6/7) M (8/90 L (10/11)
Price: $134
Made from recycled men’s button up shirt and is lined with eco-friendly vegan.
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Who is Jungmaven, they say the company was “born out of activism”, to combat the environmental effects of deforestation. The company states the use of industrial Hemp regenerates soil in a matter of months versus the decades it normally takes. The company stance is, they care about the impact they make on our planet and so the products they make are long lasting, get better with age, and are made with Hemp. According to the company, Hemp requires no irrigation, no pesticides, no synthetic fertilizers, or GMO seeds, all which are great for on the environment.
Size: XS-XL
Price: $48
Made in the USA with 55% Hemp and 45% organic cotton
Size: XS-XL
Price: $72
Made in the USA with 55% Hemp and 45% organic cotton
Our blogs intention is to guide you to businesses that are not only ethical, sustainable, and transparent, but also to be inclusive. Olderbrother, is a company that fits each of those things. They are made in the USA and are cut sewn and dyed in Los Angeles. Their tag line is, “we make clothes for people”, their clothing is universal “tailored to fit me, women, and those in- between equally. No gender, gender-neutral, unisex etcetera”. One of the many great things about this company is, they naturally dye pieces. By utilizing natural dyes, the garments are free from heavy metals, salts, and toxins. They provide some awesome informative information regarding the natural dyes, when you have time I highly recommend looking at their process page. The company works with eco-conscious companies like Sustainably Grown California Cotton, a collective group of farmers who goal is to “protect the land, air, and water resources”.
Geri Shirt – Double Seersucker
Size: XS-XL
Price: $275
Japanese seeker Natural • Ethically Sourced • Sustainable • Organic • Healthy
Size: XXS-xl
Price: $245
Naturally dyed with Hibiscus, organic Japanese cotton Natural • Ethically Sourced • Sustainable • Organic • Healthy
Our next brand is Outerknown, and they have the head covered, along with the rest of you. They are also trying to cover the earth. The brand was founded by surfer Kelly Slater and designer John Moore. Kelly traveled the world and explored every ocean and didn’t like what he was finding, pollution. During his travels as pro surfer Kelly Slater states, he would come across massive plastic waste and other pollution that are devastating the oceans and the creatures within. The brands mission as Kelly states, “we created Outerknown to smash the formula. To lift the lid on the traditional supply chain and prove you can actually produce great looking menswear in a sustainable way.” The brand set to change how apparel is made and the impact their brand makes on our environment and those who reside in it. They are a company that is transparent; this can be seen in their list of all the ethical businesses used to produce their goods. They are sustainable; they produce garments with ECONYL; a textile made from angler’s nets that would otherwise devastate ocean life and they use recycled plastic from business that obtained it from the ocean. As a brand, they made a conscience decision to promote ethical practices as evident in their code of conduct and Fair Trade practice, which help to ensure the people making the goods are treated and paid fairly. The amazing stuff this brand stands for goes on and on, but don’t take my word for it check it yourself. Outerknown
S.E.A. LEGS SLIM
“S.E.A. stands for Social and Environmental Accountability, and represents our commitment to people and planet”
Size:28-38
Price: $88
98% Organic Cotton, 2% Spandex Organic
The brand chose organic fabric as it supports “biodiversity by using no pesticides”. This collection utilizes buttons made by Oceanworks® from recycled ocean plastic
POCKET EVOLUTION TRUNK
Size:28-38
Price: $75
The fabric is made from ECONYL® twill is built with reclaimed fishing nets and other waste in a production process that transforms these materials into premium 100% recycled nylon.
Well folks, this concludes our journey through shopping with a conscious. Our sincerest hope is that you have taken the information we provided you into your next shopping trip. Even more so, we hope that you share the information with others so they may join you in shopping with a conscience. One more reminder, as a consumer how we shop influences retailers, who in turn impacts how the manufacturers produce their goods. So go forward and shop with ethical, sustainable, eco-friendly, and inclusive businesses!!!
~Jennifer Gutierrez
Conscience 