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18 Sep
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The Ultimate Guide to More Sustainable Accessories

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Some may say they don’t really matter; we say they can make or break an outfit. Here’s our ultimate guide to accessories by more sustainable brands, from hats and hair accessories to scarves and jewellery.

The power of accessorising

“I get more compliments on accessories than anything else. I think they’re kind of like herbs and spices. They give zest and zing to an outfit,” fashion icon Iris Apfel once said. Regardless of which camp you fall in, accessories you love—especially more sustainable ones—can be hard to find.

Keep reading to discover some of our favourite more sustainable accessories to help make that search just a bit easier, so you can do good while looking great. Whether you’re on the market for scrunchies or hats, the perfect transseasonal scarf, or convenient card holders, we’ve got you covered. Remember that using what you have is the best first step, followed by searching for secondhand options that do the trick. But if you must buy new, supporting better brands rated “Good” or “Great” by our world-class methodology is your next best option as a conscious consumer.

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Hair accessories and hats

OhSevenDays

Rated: Good
scrunchie from oh seven days

Scrunchie – Ships worldwide from Turkey

OhSevenDays was started by Australian-Canadian Megan Mummery to promote slow fashion and the "power of circularity". Based in Istanbul, the brand reclaims end-of-roll fabrics from the city’s garment factories and creates sharp, everyday womenswear that’s as wearable as it is responsible. Essentially, it makes slow fashion from fast fashion's leftovers.

OhSevenDays' garments are available in sizes XS-XL, or in custom sizing.

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Sustain by Kat

Rated: Good

Plant-dyed Silk Scrunchies – Ships internationally from the US

Sustain by Kat produces timeless organic women’s  and children's clothing, dyed with plants. This is a brand that really cares about the environment. It uses more responsible materials, including GOTS certified organic cotton, and uses only lower impact, plant based dyes, which is better for you and the planet. It’s possible to have clothes that also care for you with Sustain by Kat’s “clothing with a conscience”.

Find the range in sizes XS-XL.

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tentree

Rated: Good
cap from tentree

Emerald Edge Elevation Baseball Hat – Ships worldwide from Canada

Canadian brand tentree plants ten trees for every item purchased to help regenerate ecosystems and provide planting jobs in communities around the world, and has already planted over 65 million trees. All tentree’s products are created with an Earth-first approach, meaning they're made in fair, safe working conditions, and constructed using lower-impact and recycled materials.

tentree’s clothes are typically available from XS-XL.

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E.L.V. Denim

Rated: Great
reversible denim bucket hat from elv denim

Reversible Denim Bucket Hat – Ships internationally from the UK

E.L.V. Denim transforms old discarded denim into modern, sophisticated, and even made-to-measure jean jackets, pants, and accessories.

Find most jeans in UK sizes 24-32.

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Shop E.L.V. Denim @ Rêve en Vert.

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The Knotty Ones

Rated: Good
beret from the knotty ones

Bereté Handmade Crochet Beret – Ships internationally from Lithuania

The Knotty Ones is a knitwear brand celebrating craftsmanship and modern design. Born out of nature, pagan Lithuanian roots, and heritage knitting craft, every garment tells a story through the hands of female artisans.

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Shop The Knotty Ones @ Urbankissed.

PANGAIA

Rated: Good
printed bucket hat from pangaia

Hemp Bucket Hat – Ships internationally from the UK

PANGAIA designs products for living in any situation, sustaining your basic needs with smart technology and utilizing recyclable elements wherever possible.

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Shop PANGAIA Pre-Owned @ Vestiaire Collective.

Shop PANGAIA second hand @ Retykle.

Shop PANGAIA.

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Scarves

OMNES

Rated: Good
floral knit scarf from omnes

Molly Floral Scarf – Ships internationally from the UK

OMNES is a more responsible and more affordable UK-based brand creating high quality womenswear. "We created OMNES to help change the way you shop, wear and think about clothing. And to encourage the rest of the industry to do it, too," says the brand.

Find most items in sizes 6-20.

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Opera Campi

Rated: Good
A person wearing a dark green knitted scarf by Opera Campi.

Sciarpa – Ships internationally from Spain

Founded in 2017, Italian brand Opera Campi creates premium quality garments from locally-sourced raw materials. By using a balanced approach to sustainability, the brand makes conscious choices throughout its supply chain and donates 4% of its profits to social causes.

The brand is inclusively sized from 3XS-3XL.

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Shop Opera Campi.

Citizen Wolf

Rated: Great

Zero Waste Scarf – Ships internationally from Australia

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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Looking for more scarf inspo? Head over to our guide

Sunglasses

Kampos

Rated: Good

Round Sunglasses – Ships internationally from Italy

Kampos is a luxurious Italian brand that believes in creating a world with integrity and conscience now and for future generations. The brand aims to raise awareness of over-fishing and marine pollution and offers consumers unique pieces that are made of recycled plastic bottles, fishing nets, and other lower-impact organic fabrics.

Find most products in sizes XS-2XL.

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Good Citizens Eyewear

Rated: Good
people wearing good citizens sunglasses

Newport Sunglasses – Ships internationally from Australia

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

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Discover the best more sustainable sunglasses

Belts

NAE

Rated: Good
black vegan belt from nae

Blanes Black Vegan Belt – Ships internationally from Portugal

NAE is a Portuguese footwear, bags, and accessories brand using innovative materials to create goods with “No Animal Exploitation”. Its lower-impact materials include recycled PET from bottles, OEKO-TEX® certified microfibres, recycled car tyres, natural cork, recycled thermoplastic, and even pineapple leaf fibre.

Find most of the shoes in sizes 36-46.

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Shop NAE.

Shop NAE @ Urbankissed.

Shop NAE @ Immaculate Vegan.

Shop NAE @ Shop Like You Give a Damn.

Elvis & Kresse

Rated: Great
red upcycled belt by elvis kresse

Upcycled West End Belt – Ships worldwide from the UK

Elvis & Kresse upcycles reclaimed materials into more sustainable luxury lifestyle accessories. The collection is handmade and 50% of profits are donated to charities.

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Unbelts

Rated: Great

Unbelts Classic – Ships internationally from the US

Unbelts was founded with two goals in mind: helping you feel great in your jeans by making stretchy belts that ensure they fit perfectly, and creating quality jobs for every single person along the supply chain.

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Jewellery

FUTURA Jewelry

Rated: Great

Sole Double Twisted Stacking Ring – Ships internationally from the US

FUTURA Jewelry is a New York based responsible jewellery brand. Each piece of FUTURA Jewelry is handcrafted with mercury-free 18kt Certified Fairmined Ecological gold. The brand’s gold, including the one in this stacking ring, comes from the three certified Fairmined mines in the world that mine for gold without the use of toxic chemicals.

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Alchemist

Rated: Good
pendant necklace from alchemist

Medallion Necklace – Ships internationally from the Netherlands

Alchemist is a Dutch womenswear label with a focus on linens and innovative fabrics.

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Shop Alchemist @ Shop Like You Give A Damn.

Bario Neal

Rated: Great
gale bracelet in yellow gold by Bario Neal

Gale Bracelet– Ships Worldwide from the US

Bario Neal is a responsibly custom jewellery designer that creates handmade fine jewellery with conflict-free diamonds and other gemstones. The brand uses more responsibly sourced materials, like reclaimed 14kt yellow gold in the Gale Bracelet, to bring to life each of its uniquely designed pieces.

Read our ultimate guide to more ethical and sustainable jewellery

Wallets and card holders

Sandqvist

Rated: Good
black leather cardholder from sandqvist

Cardholder – Ships worldwide from Sweden

Sweden’s Sandqvist makes a range of stylish, everyday bags from backpacks to handbags. It uses organic cotton and recycled fabrics and is a member of the Fair Wear Foundation. Sandqvist even has its own workshop which repairs and upcycles old bags into new products.

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Shop Sandqvist Pre-Owned @ Vestiaire Collective.

O My Bag

Rated: Good
Someone showing off vegan apple leather wallet by O My Bag.

Sonny Wallet – Ships worldwide from the Netherlands

O My Bag merges style and a responsible approach, creating vintage inspired, rugged-chic bags made from lower-impact, high quality materials. The Dutch label also uses non-toxic dyes in its products.

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Shop O My Bag @ Urbankissed.

Shop O My Bag @ Immaculate Vegan.

 

GROUNDTRUTH

Rated: Great
grey wallet by groundtruth

RIKR Range Travel Wallet – Ships internationally from the UK

UK-based GROUNDTRUTH grew from three sisters’ shared belief in the power of collaboration, and their drive to protect people and nurture the planet. Together, they saw the opportunity to design problem-solving travel goods that drive positive change: reducing plastic pollution and improving people’s lives.

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Svala

Rated: Good

Mia Card Holder – Ships internationally from the US

Svala creates luxury vegan handbags, purses, bags, and totes. Each bag is handcrafted responsibly in LA with high-quality, premium vegan leather, cork, and Piñatex.

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Shop Svala @ Immaculate Vegan.

Parker Clay

Rated: Good

Meskel Square Zip Wallet – Ships internationally from the US

A bag that saves lives? You got it. Parker Clay is an American based brand looking to create a future without exploitation by bettering lives and communities in Ethiopia. The brand has partnered with Ellilta Women at Risk program, fighting to bring women out of prostitution by providing a more stable income and safe working environment. Parker Clay also helps preserve traditional Ethiopian techniques, materials, and styles, ensuring that this fast growing country is able to remain close to its beautiful roots.

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Bags

ASK SCANDINAVIA

Rated: Good
willow tote bag from ask scandinavia

Willow Tote Bag – Ships internationally from Finland

ASK Scandinavia is a Helsinki-based, female-founded brand making timeless bags from lower impact materials.

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Shop ASK SCANDINAVIA @ Immaculate Vegan.

Up-Fuse

Rated: Good
up-fuse luna bag

Luna Bag – Ships internationally from Egypt

Up-Fuse is a Cairo-based social enterprise that promotes an eco-conscious lifestyle. Believing “one’s trash is another’s fabric”, the brand works with Syrian, Ethiopian, and Sudanese female refugees in Egypt to create its unique products.

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Théla

Rated: Great
sling bag from thela

Sling Purse – Ships internationally from Greece and India

Greek brand Théla creates handcrafted fashion and lifestyle accessories with plastic waste. Witnessing the increasing reliance and problems around disposable plastics and over-consumption, founder Diti Kotecha is on a mission to inspire change, diverting plastic from filling landfills, polluting oceans, and harming wildlife. It crafts pieces using lower-impact materials working with partners from disadvantaged communities, and is entirely vegan.

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Mashu

Rated: Good
A black luxury handbag with gold handles by Mashu.

Calliope Black – Ships internationally from the UK

Mashu is a British more sustainable vegan accessories label specialising in handbags. Mashu’s environmental rating is "Good", crafting its exterior with vegan leather alternatives while its interiors feature vegan suede made from recycled polyester, ensuring you never have to sacrifice your morals for style again.

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BEEN London

Rated: Good
mini millais lilac bag from been london

Mini Milais Bag – Ships internationally from the UK

BEEN London is a London-based brand turning waste into timeless accessories you’d want to use every day. All its products are made from materials that have been something else in a previous life, including recycled leather offcuts and plastic bottles.

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Shop BEEN London.

Shop BEEN London @ Immaculate Vegan.

HYER GOODS

Rated: Good
hobo bag from hyer goods

The Hobo Ring Bag – Ships internationally from the US

HYER GOODS is an NY-based, leather goods label that curates handmade products including handbags, wallets, and accessories. By upcycling "trash" it eliminates the massive energy footprint needed to cultivate land, livestock, crops, and fertilisers, while simultaneously reducing the amount of waste being sent to landfill. Less energy and less pollution mean fewer greenhouse gases.

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Ucon Acrobatics

Rated: Good
brown bag from ucon acrobatics

Alva Medium Bag – Ships internationally from Germany

Ucon Acrobatics strongly believes in the idea of innovative, functional, and minimalistic products for creative consumers. It makes products with a high proportion of eco-friendly materials including organic cotton, and uses renewable energy in its direct operations to reduce its climate impact, while also ensuring payment of a living wage at the final stage of production.

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Shop Ucon Acrobatics.

BEDI

Rated: Good

CHE Backpack – Ships internationally from Canasa

Canadian-brand BEDI creates handmade bags, knits, and outerwear driven by a creative ethos to wear a better tomorrow. It promotes circularity with its careful selection of lower-impact materials, from upcycled airline seat leather and fish nets, to vegan cactus leather and more sustainably grown cotton. Driven by a slow fashion ethos, its pieces are grounded in utility and constructed for life, intended for you and beyond.

Find the range in sizes XS-XL.

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Shop BEDI.

Shop BEDI @ Immaculate Vegan.

Petit Pli

Rated: Good
expandable mini orbit bag from petit pli

Mini Orb Expandable Bag – Ships internationally from the UK

Petit Pli designs award-winning clothes that grow with children. They're engineered for play, planet and purpose; blending aerospace innovation with more ethical manufacturing to reshape fashion for the next generation.

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Editor's note

Feature image via tentree, 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 15 June 2025. Our editors frequently make updates to articles to ensure they're up to date. We refreshed our selection of products and brands.

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