Online Eco Sourcebook: Fashion
Our comprehensive guide to the best earth-friendly sites for fashion.
BTC Elements
Unique and often one-of-a-kind items are the specialty here, from "upcycled" floral appliquéd bobby pins made from vintage blouses to colorful hoop earrings crafted from old skateboards. Our favorites include the cozy striped cardigans from Raw Earth Wild Sky and cute graphic tops by Mika Machida.
Coco's Shoppe
Browse hundreds of earth-friendly pieces—Ananas' recycled handbags, underpinnings from Enamore, Larsen Gray dresses, and more—at this site, which, as a huge bonus, always offers free shipping. And click over to the special Eco Styling section, where experts can help you turn your wardrobe entirely green.
DKNY
DKNY's Pure collection of easy-sexy, thrown-on slipdresses, wrap sweaters, and slouchy trousers is rendered in black-and-white organic cotton, linen, and recycled nylon.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Earth Girls Boutique
Earth Girls is a serious resource for wearable, daytime styles like Del Forte and Pine IV, in addition to alluring printed tops from Pamplemosses. Plus, the boutique has a charitable component as well: It donates 1 percent of all its sales to the Sierra Club, the country's oldest grassroots environmental organization.
Edun
This brand has one of the highest profiles in the eco-conscious clothing market, thanks in no small part to the fact that it's the project of Ali Hewson—wife of Bono. Edun emphasizes using organic materials and creating sustainable trade in developing areas of the world. It has a particular knack for T-shirts: The colors are subtle; the patterns are unexpected and just edgy enough; and they all have a really pretty feel.
Embodies
Slinky bamboo dresses from Lara Miller and bright knit hats from Linda Loudermilk are just a few of the options at this well-stocked site, which highlights under-the-radar labels like Les Fées de Bengale (designed in France and produced in a cooperative in India to improve living situations for women there) alongside more familiar names like Habitude and Good Society.
Envi
The online portal of Boston's first green boutique stocks a well-edited array of stylish brands—including slinky party dresses from Larsen Gray and skinny Serfontaine denim—and packs each item's listing with tons of helpful information. Every piece is photographed from a variety of angles and includes icons signifying its green elements: locally sourced, sustainable, fairly traded, and more.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
The Green Loop
The online counterpart to the popular Portland, Oregon, boutique, this site brims with amazing pieces from more than a hundred different labels—including Grace & Cello, Beyond Skin, and Prairie Underground.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Green With Glamour
Headquartered in Los Angeles, this lifestyle site has an elegant roundup of clothes by EcoSkin and Popomomo, as well as one of the most beautiful selections of furniture and housewares we've seen.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Featured in the April 2009 issue.
Kaight
You'll find the same roster of compelling green lines assembled here that you'd encounter in Kate McGregor's airy boutique on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Each designer has his or her own way of being environmentally conscious—from Lulu Frost's reinvented vintage baubles to Bodkin's recycled plastic dresses.
