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11 Mar
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37 Clothing Brands From Australia and New Zealand Stepping up in Sustainability

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Here’s our selection of top-rated local and responsible brands from Australia and New Zealand. 

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Sustainability is becoming increasingly important and more and more people are trying to reduce their impact on the planet. As a result, a growing number of responsible fashion brands are emerging to meet the demand and help change the fashion industry for the better. So if you live in Australia or New Zealand, you might be wondering which clothing brands are doing it right. First, here’s what you need to know about what makes a brand more ethical and sustainable in the first place.

What makes a better brand?

Simply put, a more sustainable brand makes sure it has a positive impact in every aspect of its work.

Good On You rates brands on their policies and actions across three key sustainability pillars: people, planet, and animals.

Among the many things we look at (there are 100 key issues), is evidence that a brand’s workers are treated fairly across the supply chain, including policies and practices on child labour, forced labour, worker safety, the right to join a union, and payment of a living wage. We also look at resource and energy management, whether a brand is actively reducing its carbon emissions, managing its impact on our waterways, and using and disposing of chemicals safely.

Finally, we analyse the use of animal products like wool, leather, fur, angora, down feather, shearling, karakul, and exotic animal skin and hair. Ideally, the brand is 100% vegan.

We give each brand an overall rating which you’ll see throughout this list, but you can find out more about a brand’s rating on our directory.

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Now that you know what makes a responsible brand, you might decide to shop from companies located in your country or region. Whether it is to support your community at home or reduce your carbon footprint when shopping online, shopping locally can have positive benefits.

So if you live in Australia or New Zealand or want to support labels made there, you might wonder which clothing brands are doing better. We know how you feel, which is why we compiled this list of “Good” or “Great” rated fashion brands either based or produced in Australia or New Zealand.

Curious about brands in other regions? Check out our editors’ favourite brands from:

Brands from Australia

Good Citizens Eyewear

Rated: Good

Good Citizens Eyewear is an Australian label that offers eyewear made from 100% recycled single-use plastic bottles

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Outland Denim

Rated: Great

Outland Denim makes premium denim jeans and clothes, and offers employment opportunities for women rescued from human trafficking in Cambodia. This Australian brand was founded as an avenue for the training and employment of women who have experienced sex trafficking.

Find most of the brand's range in US sizes 22-34.

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Shop Outland Denim.

dk active

Rated: Great

dk active is an Australian high-performance brand. It uses renewable energy in its supply chain to reduce its climate impact, and reuses all of its offcuts to minimise textile waste. It is also a PETA approved 100% vegan brand.

Find the products in sizes XS-6XL.

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Shop dk active.

Sans Beast

Rated: Good

Founded in 2018 with the sole purpose of delivering pieces that had beauty without the beast, Sans Beast is an Australian accessories brand creating luxury vegan bags and accessories entirely cruelty-free. They are particular about their sourcing, using materials like Global Recycled Standard certified materials, and innovative plant-based leathers made from cactus and apple.

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Sorella Organics

Rated: Good

Australian brand Sorella’s certified organic sleepwear range includes tops, pants, wraps, nighties, as well as maternity wear. The label’s founder Anna McGregor has a background in international human rights work. This is obvious with her use of Fairtrade certified cotton, and it ensures strict social standards are met in production and trading. Best of all, purchasing the clothing won’t make you cry over your bank balance.

Find the range in sizes S-XL.

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Shop Sorella Organics.

Bhumi

Rated: Great
People in shirts by Bhumi.

Australian brand Bhumi believes in sustainable luxury, paving the way for a new era in the textile industry by choosing 100% Fairtrade, organic, and vegan materials for its basics and bedding.

Find the clothes in sizes XS-XL.

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Shop Bhumi.

Amble Outdoors

Rated: Great
Someone in clothes by Amble Outdoors.

Amble Outdoors (formerly Team Timbuktu) creates high-performance waterproof raincoats and sweat-wicking outdoorwear, made from recycled plastic bottles in Australia.

Sizes offered in XS-4XL.

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Afends

Rated: Good
Someone on roof wearing clothes by Afends.

Born in Byron Bay, Australia, Afends is a more responsible brand leading the way in hemp fashion. Drawing inspiration from the environment, streetwear, and surf culture, Afends’ mission is to create more sustainable clothing through innovation, action, and positive change. As true hemp advocates, it purchased 100 acres of farmland called Sleepy Hollow to grow its own hemp crops and ignite the hemp revolution.

Find most of the range in sizes XS-XL.

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Shop Afends.

The Very Good Bra

Rated: Great

The Very Good Bra is an Australian womenswear label that houses lingerie and other basics for the modern woman.

Find most bras in cup sizes A-E, and clothes in S-L.

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Shop The Very Good Bra.

The Common Good Company

Rated: Great

Australian brand The Common Good Company produces clothing using recycled materials, proving that there is not only a better way to produce but a better way to consume.

Find the clothes in AU sizes 6-14.

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Shop The Common Good Company.

The Glade

Rated: Great

Australian luxury menswear brand The Glade specialises in everyday essentials and resortwear crafted from lower-impact materials.

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Shop The Glade.

ettitude

Rated: Good

Sleepwear and bedding made with innovative CleanBamboo™ fabric, engineered for comfort. This Australian brand reuses offcuts to minimise textile waste, and reduces its water use by using a closed-loop system in its supply chain.

Find most clothing in S-XL.

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Shop ettitude.

NICO

Rated: Good
Someone in underwear by NICO.

Established in 2012 by Lis Harvey, NICO celebrates minimalism and understated luxury. The brand brings high quality basics and underwear to the Australian fashion landscape, featuring clean lines, luxe fabrics, and the styles and colours needed for everyday. NICO’s factories are signatories to The Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Accord and are compliant with BSCI and certified with WRAP.

Find the range in sizes XS-2XL.

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Shop NICO.

Flare Street

Rated: Great
two people posing in matching tops and vintage-inspired flares by Flare Street

Flare Street is a Melbourne-based brand capturing the style of the 1960s and '70s with quality fabrics and vintage-inspired prints. After searching far and wide for the perfect flares, its founders created their own more responsible designs. The brand uses lower-impact materials and locally sourced factory ends in its limited production runs, and ensures payment of a living wage in its final production stage.

Find the range in sizes 2XS-3XL.

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Shop Flare Street.

All The Wild Roses

Rated: Good

All The Wild Roses offers free-spirited fashion for the dreamers and change-makers. This Australian brand uses up to 50% deadstock fabric to create high quality and long-lasting products.

Find most items in sizes XS-2XL.

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Bon Label

Rated: Great

Born from brand owner Linda Smyth’s search for the perfect white tee, Australian brand Bon Label’s products emulate that timeless French simplicity and elegance. The t-shirts are made from 100% organic cotton to perfectly match with your favourite denim on the weekend or a classic pin skirt in the office. Bon Label uses no animal products in manufacturing and has a strong focus on responsible labour practices.

Find AU sizes 6-14.

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Shop Bon Label.

nat’v basics

Rated: Good

nat'v basics is an Australian responsible underwear label designed for the everyday woman. Made from recycled and lower-impact materials, nat'v basics pieces are designed to be the most comfortable basics you’ll ever wear. No frills or trims or awkward bits—so you can put them on and forget you’re wearing them.

Find the range in AU sizes 6-20.

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Shop nat'v basics.

Dharma Bums

Rated: Good
A woman with dark curl hair wear a white yoga crop top.

Dharma Bums is a yoga and activewear brand providing beautiful, high performance sportswear. Its all-Australian-made items are certified by Ethical Clothing Australia and it doesn't use any animal-derived materials.

Find the range in sizes 2XS-2XL.

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Shop Dharma Bums.

Etiko

Rated: Great

Etiko is an Australian designer of organic fair trade clothing and shoes. The brand constantly sets the bar for upholding and campaigning the human rights of people working in traditionally exploitative industry supply chains.

Find the clothes in AU sizes 8-20, and the shoes in UK sizes 3-13.

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Shop Etiko.

BJ’s PJs

Rated: Good
Women wearing BJ's PJs

Australia-based BJ's PJs was founded with the mission to create minimal, comfortable, and supportive lounge and sleepwear using lower impact materials. It manufactures its garments locally to reduce the impact of shipping, and traces most of its supply chain.

Find its clothes in sizes XS - 4XL.

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ESSĒN

Rated: Good
Essen patent leather boots

"I founded ESSĒN in 2016 as a response to a fashion cycle that overproduces more than it carefully crafts, chases trends more than it determines classics, and wastes more than it sustains," says founder Marre Muijs. The shoes and accessories brand, which limits its production runs and uses low-waste cutting techniques, eschews the fashion calendar in favour of a single, permanent collection.

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Shop ESSĒN.

Eco Intimates

Rated: Good
a group of women wearing eco friendly lingerie by ethical brand Eco Intimates

Eco Intimates is a basics brand that features organic cotton lingerie, intimates, and sleepwear for women who care about their bodies and the Earth.

Find the loungewear in XS-2XL, and some lingerie up to 4XL.

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Shop Eco Intimates.

Boody

Rated: Good

Founded in Australia by two best friends, Boody is a clothing brand with comfort, style, and health at its core. It creates comfortable, thoughtfully-made everyday essentials made from organically grown bamboo. It reduces waste through lower-waste cutting techniques and using a closed-loop system in its supply chain, supporting the green and ethical movement.

Find the range in sizes XS-4XL.

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Shop Boody.

Citizen Wolf

Rated: Great

Citizen Wolf uses revolutionary technology to give you high quality custom-fit t-shirts that it guarantees will be the best you’ve ever worn. After capturing your customisations, the brand handmakes each tee in Sydney using certified lower-impact fabrics like cotton, hemp, and Merino wool milled in Melbourne.

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Shop Citizen Wolf.

Oobi

Rated: Good
little girl wearing blue and pink flower dress by oobi

Oobi is an Australian girl’s fashion, swimwear, homewares, and lifestyle brand. In addition to creating stylish clothes for children, the brand makes sure it uses low-impact non-toxic dyes throughout its range. It also uses no animal products and opts for sea freight to transport products to reduce its climate impact.

See the rating.

Shop Oobi.

Shop Oobi pre loved @ Retykle.

TALI & TASI

Rated: Great

For travelwear designed for adventures, look no further than Australian brand TALI & TASI (formerly Tasi Travels). Boasting a stunning collection of handmade garments in lower-impact materials that are made-to-order, you can feel good out in the world knowing you are leaving a light footprint behind.

Garments come in sizes XS/S, S/M, and M/L.

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Shop TALI & TASI.

Elk

Rated: Good

A pioneer of independent Australian design, Elk was founded in Melbourne in 2004. Elk creates bi-annual collections that are informed by a design ethos where simplicity and sustainability meet innovation.

Find most items in AU sizes 6-18.

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Shop Elk.

Carlie Ballard

Rated: Great
A woman in a red jumpsuit closes her eyes while sitting on a chair. A navy scarf blows in the background.

Carlie Ballard is a pioneering Australian fashion brand advocating for more ethical and sustainable practices, and quality, independent design.

Find the garments in AU sizes 6-16.

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Shop Carlie Ballard.

Monsoon Blooms

Rated: Good
man wearing yellow monsoon blooms t-shirt

Following the wisdom of Ayurveda, Australian brand Monsoon Blooms creates Fairtrade certified organic cotton underwear and basics, naturally dyed with plants. It does not use any animal products and makes its product by hand to reduce its climate impact.

Find sizes S-L.

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Shop Monsoon Booms.

Kalaurie

Rated: Good

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Stunning designs, beautifully made, to the highest standards—Kalaurie is one of those labels that gives you a rush of excitement when you first find it. This is a Melbourne, Australia brand that makes capsule collections, with an emphasis on signature shirt tailoring. There are many reasons to love Kalaurie, and it rates highly in all three categories.

The pieces are available in 2XS-2XL.

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The ANJELMS Project

Rated: Great

The ANJELMS Project is an Australian clothing brand on a mission to help improve the lives of its makers. It celebrates traditional techniques, creating clothes that are naturally dyed and hand-loomed in India using more sustainable practices and limiting production to minimise waste.

Find most garments in XS-2XL.

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Shop the ANJELMS Project.

In the Soulshine

Rated: Good

In the Soulshine is an Australian brand that loves fashion, but doesn't want to exploit people or animals or destroy our planet in the process.

Find the range in sizes 2XS-2XL.

See the rating.

Shop In the Soulshine.

Brands from New Zealand

ReCreate

Rated: Great
Someone sitting in a tree wearing a dress by more responsible brand, ReCreate.

New Zealand brand ReCreate makes boutique clothing that transforms lives through fair employment, training, and empowerment. It uses lower-impact materials, including organic cotton, and incorporates textile offcuts to reduce waste.

Find most items in sizes XS-XL.

See the rating.

Shop ReCreate.

Kowtow

Rated: Great

Kowtow is a New Zealand brand that uses organic, fair trade cotton and non-toxic dyes to produce its clothes. It designs elegant, timeless womenswear, and also has a range of ceramics.

Find the clothes in sizes XS-L.

See the rating.

Shop Kowtow.

Joyya

Rated: Great

Joyya makes organic apparel that helps create good jobs in communities in Kolkata, India. The brand was founded through the merger of three companies that knew they would be better together. The New Zealand-based brand originally started back in 2001 in Kolkata, India, with one ambitious goal: to spark opportunity where little is found until there is an end to the horrors of extreme poverty and human trafficking.

Find most items in sizes XS-4XL.

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Shop Joyya.

Maggie Marilyn

Rated: Good

Need-to-know designer Maggie Marilyn’s clothes are defined by her strong sense of luxury and fresh point of view. Inspired to create collections that are more sustainable as well as beautiful, the New Zealand-based label utilises organic cottons and responsibly produced silks to craft effortlessly glamorous designs.

Sizes available are XS-L.

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Shop Maggie Marilyn Pre-Owned @ Vestiaire Collective.

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Untouched World

Rated: Great

New Zealand luxury lifestyle brand Untouched World creates more sustainable and organic fashion for the whole family in a classy minimalist style.

Find the range in sizes XS-XL.

See the rating.

Shop Untouched World.

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Editor's note

Feature image by ESSEN, all other images via brands mentioned. Good On You publishes the world’s most comprehensive ratings of fashion and beauty brands’ impact on people, the planet and animals. Use our directory to search thousands of rated brands.

We updated this article on 8 May 2025. Our editors frequently make updates to articles to ensure they're up to date. We refreshed our round-up to ensure it reflects brands with recent ratings.

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