Sustainable Winter Clothing For The New Year
2022 is officially here! With many New Year’s resolutions just beginning, one global resolution we should all continue to commit to is sustainability. In this article, you will find a variety of sustainable clothing brands that you should be sure to check out this winter. Whether you are looking for a new winter coat to start off the new year or cozy scarfs and hats for loved ones, this list of sustainable winter clothing brands is likely to have the winter essentials you are looking for!
Who Are They: Boden is a British company that provides sustainable clothing for the entire family. This company is committed to sustainability, supporting women and children, along with restoring the rainforest. Boden has partnered with a handful of different organizations, and created the opportunity for customers to take part in ‘Pass It On’, their recycle system that contributes to their mission of sustainability.
Price Range: $$$
Fun Fact: Boden has been working with HERproject™ since 2014 to educated women in the workforce about health and nutrition.
Who Are They: Frank & Oak is a Canadian lifestyle brand that has become a leader of sustainable fashion. Their dedication to practicing sustainability can be seen through their fabrics, design philosophy, and packaging.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Frank & Oak collaborated with Town Brewery to create over 5,000 cans of beer known as Coastal Waters. With each can that is sold, $1 is donated to the David Suzuki Foundation, with the mission to protect Canada’s oceans and marine life biodiversity.
Who Are They: United by Blue is a lifestyle brand that devoted to sustainability. They use sustainable materials and ethical manufacturing as a way to embody better business practices to create a wide range of eco-friendly products.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: United by Blue removes one pound of trash from the ocean’s and waterways with every product that is purchased.
Who Are They: tentree is lifestyle brand that creates sustainable apparel, upholding their dedication to putting Earth first. From using substantiable materials like organic cotton and recycled polyester to partnering with factories that have the highest standards of ethical labor rights, tentree is true to their core value of environmental responsibility.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: tentree plants 10 trees for every item purchased. Thus far 50 million trees have been planted!
Who Are They: Outerknown is a Los Angles based clothing company that was created with the mission of crafting sustainable clothing, continuing to discover the most environmentally responsible practices, and supporting the people that work to create desirable and eco-friendly products.
Price Range: $$$
Fun Fact: In January 2020 Outerknown partnered with various brands to open an online marketplace for sustainable products!
Who Are They: Amour Vert is a San Francisco based eco-friendly clothing brand. Every aspect of this company is rooted in sustainability practices. Unlike many companies, they create their own fabric that is made up of ethical and eco-friendly raw fibers and materials. Their devotion to sustainability continues beyond the creation of garments to using compostable protective bags to store and ship their products!
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: Amour Vert has collaborated with American Forests® to plant a tree for each tee shirt purchased. Over three hundred thousand trees have been planted in North America since Amour Vert was founded in 2010.
Who Are They: VETTA is a lifestyle clothing brand committed to responsible fashion. Their products are made up of mini capsule wardrobes with five multipurpose pieces created from sustainable fabrics such as Tencel, Organic Cotton, and deadstock. In addition to using sustainable fabrics, their clothing is made in responsible factories and is packaged in poly bags, inserts, and packing slips that are made from 100% recycled materials.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: The factories VETTA uses to create their clothing, obtains 70% of its energy from solar power!
Who Are They: FURB Upcycled is an eco-friendly brand with a mission to re-purpose garments into sophisticated fashion items and accessories. Through their sustainable practices, including the use responsible and sustainable fabric, they create a new purpose for discarded materials, providing luxury products that help further a more environmental and ethical future!
Price Range: $$$
Fun Fact: All of the pieces are handmade!
Who Are They: prAna is a sustainable California based clothing company. Their mission is to create socially and environmentally ethical clothing for people get active in responsible style. They created the movement Clothing for Positive Change (C4PC) which aims to protect people and this planet by embodying responsible practices.
Price Range: $$
Fun Fact: prAna is a founding member of the OIA Climate Action Corps!
Who Are They: Christy Dawn is a sustainable Los Angeles based clothing brand that is dedicated to Mother Earth. They go beyond the practices of sustainability and have made more progressive strides to heal and regenerate the Earth.
Price Range: $$$
Fun Fact: Christy Dawn has taken part in the Farm-to-Closet Movement and invites you to ‘Grow Your Own Dress’. Investing $200, covers the cost of 3,485 sq ft plot of land and its maintenance. Christy Dawn will buy back the cotton from the plot of land, create a new collection of cotton dresses from this land, and give investors a gift card to purchase the dress they helped grow!
This concludes our list of sustainable winter clothing brands. We hope that from this list you were able to find eco-friendly essentials to keep you warm all winter! From our team at Jejune, we wish you a happy and healthy new year!
