Fashion Sourcebook
September 8th, 2008Sourcebook: home |
Welcome to the Fashion sourcebook…where sustainable style happens in the fashion industry! We constantly survey the fashion industru for products and services that help us all make more sustainable personal lifestyle choices. Nowhere else will you find the amount and breadth of entries gathered in such an easy to navigate format.
Have a suggestion or want to be listed on the sourcebook? Want to sponsor this sourcebook? Just send an email to info(at)sustainablestyle(dot)org to get things started. Looking for the old sourcebook format? You can find it here.
So what are you waiting for? Start surfing:
Fashion Sourcebook Sponsors
designers/labels
American Apparel | sweatshop-free, organic cotton t-shirts from LA
Hanna Andersson | quality organic clothing inspired by Swedish heritage
BU Productions | custom screen printing in Santa Cruz engaging at-risk youth
Bamboo Textile | cool shirts made with bamboo fiber
Betty Belts | surfer-inspired, hand-beaded belts, sequin and silk belts and handbags and handmade jewelry
Coolnotcruel | styling the world of change, changing the world of style
Cutter & Buck | a Seattle-based sportswear company goes SA 8000 and organic
Ecoganik | sleek organic cotton fashion
Edun | Eco-conscious jeans by Rogan, Bono and Ali Hewson
enamore | high style hemp clothing
Ethically Me | London-based apparel company with stylish clothes, ethically made
GreenKnickers | undies with an ethical foundation and natural sensuality
Headline Shirts | provocative designs, printed on organic cotton and benefitting progressive non-profits
Hempys | eco-intelligent clothing and accessories made in the U.S.A.
Linda Loudermilk | one of the best conscientious couture designers around
Loomstate | hip green jeans made from 100 percent certified organic cotton
Loyale | chic, organic activewear from New York
Lucien Pellat-Finet’s pop hemp | delighting hipsters from New York to Paris
Margaret O’Leary | bamboo silk and hemp/silk blended fashions
Marks & Spencer | a high street retailer setting the standard in corporate social responsiblity
Mountain Equipment Co-op | Canadian co-op promotes self-propelled wilderness recreation and sustainability
Patagonia | a company that says it straight up while trying to fix it
People Tree | fair trade fashion
Polo Jeans | contributing a portion of proceeds to their G.I.V.E. organizations, encouraging people to Get Involved. Volunteer. Exceed.
Project Alabama | hand-stitched high fashion
SeV Solar Jacket | recharge your USB compatible devices on the go
Slingfings | fun, funky, handmade clothing and bags, powered by alternative energy
Speak Clothing | 100% organic cotton shirts aiding hearing impaired children new!
Solestrom | sexy, sustainable swimsuits from Canada
Stella McCartney | Sir Paul & Linda’s daughter designs conscious high-fashion
Stewart+Brown | high standards + minimal extraction = responsible organic clothes
Vegan Essentials | the best of conscious style
Wave Hound | bamboo fiber & organic cotton-blended t-shirts and assorted surf gear
bags
Ecoist | one-of-a-kind handbags made from recycled candy wrappers
Escama | striking bags made from recycled aluminum tabs new!
Kim White Handbags | stitched from vintage automotive fabrics
R.E.Load Baggage | custom-made bags from start-to-finish
SalvationSacks | bags reconstructed from unique, vintage and recycled clothes and objects from the 1920s through the 1980s
Vy & Elle | urban bags for the road, from the road
companies
Ben Barry Agency | progressive modelling
Crossroads Trading Company | buy, sell and trade your clothing
enokiworld.com | anything-but-pretentious mix of vintage gear
Ethical Style | fashion across borders, ethically made
fashiondig.com | one of the most comprehensive vintage sites out there
Greenloop | Portland’s hippest boutique
NARTS | the ultimate guide to resale and consignment
Otsu | cute vegan goods at a hip San Fran boutique rubylane.com | virtual space selling vintage wares, occupied by more than 1,300 vendors
T.S. Designs | the pure apparel solution
Vivavi: Life, Style, Planet | stylish green living for everyone
resources
Brides Against Cancer | selling dresses to raise money for a worthy cause
Eco Fashion World | new resource for eco-divas new!
HEMPTECH | resource central for everything hemp
IdealsWork.com | customers can change companies
Lü Magazine | Lü means green in Chinese
Lucky Magazine | supporting childrensrights.org with a percentage of proceeds new!
Luxury Eco | Linda Loudermilk’s social network, bringing luxury eco to the masses
The Organic Exchange | a budding resource for organic cotton companies and consumers
Organic Style Magazine | the art of living in balance
Responsible Shopper | online retail raitings for comparing companies and investigating industries
Threadless | funky, edgy t-shirts supporting young, local, up-and-coming designers
TRAID | Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development
T.S. Designs | providing apparel solutions through innovation and sustainability