While fashion can be fast, it can also be paced and designed with deliberate intentions. These five future forward companies will help you look put together without dismantling planet earth’s resources and ecosystems. Their plan is to replenish it, every step of the way using regenerative practices.
Christy Dawn
Considerable attention has been awarded to Christy Dawn for their multiple programs designed to assure their garments are made ethically and that regenerative practices are in place. Read more about how they sustain their entire development cycle and the communities within them.
Koio
Koio makes luxurious, everyday footwear that combines modern design with high-quality Italian craftsmanship and comfort with regenerative practices. Koio partnered with a respected Florentine producer after visiting 34 factories in Italy and every shoe goes through the hands of 42 craftspeople before it’s finished. Their Vegan 01 is the first sneaker from Pale Blue Dot, are ethically made from apple leather and the top choice for a summer sneaker.
WIES MADE
Petaluma based, the Wies Made mission is to make premium jeans and knitwear farmed, milled & sewn in the USA. Their local supply chain of local denim mills, knit shops and wool and cotton farms supports their regenerative mission to makes responsibly made jeans and knitwear that look great and lasts. Check out their Salt Water Wash vintage high rise denim which took two years to perfect.
Rustek
Because outdoor wear should be good for the outdoors. Rustek is revolutionizing sustainable practices in the outdoor industry by creating the first plastic-free headwear line. Made with Earth’s most renewable natural materials, their hats are built to endure the outdoors, exactly what outdoor gear should be. From beanies, bucket hats to baseball caps, their designs celebrate nature’s performance and beauty with renewable materials and they plant two trees for every item sold, making their products carbon negative and actively contributing to the health of the natural world we cherish.
Fashion does not have to be fast and detrimental to the earth’s resources. Do your research before you shop and checking out these brands above and others that are doing right by planet earth.