25 Brands Making More Sustainable Toddler and Baby Clothes

0-18 months

Pop My Way is a GOTS certified brand that features mix and match organic baby essentials that are designed to “pop” onto the garment. This UK brand’s modular and versatile designs take the stress out of getting your little one dressed with mix and match elements you can switch in and out for ease or occasion.

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2-8 years

Little Emperor creates unique, functional, and hard-wearing clothing for toddlers and children. Its affordable clothing is made from responsible organic cotton, with every garment designed in Sydney, Australia and made in a Sedex-approved factory ensuring living wages and safe working conditions for workers.

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0-12 years

Orbasics is a stylish and simple German clothing brand that turns the softest organic cotton into gorgeous clothes that last. Born from a desire to seek out high-quality, gender neutral organic clothes for her daughter, founder Lilija took matters into her own hands. It thoughtfully chooses more responsible options from harvest to production, using 100% GOTS certified cotton and certified local production partners.

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1-5 years

tentree is a Canadian lifestyle brand that plants 10 trees for every item purchased. The certified B-Corp brand has already helped to remove tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere and reforested over 5,000 hectares of land (that’s equal to 12,000 football fields). But its commitment to sustainability extends way beyond trees. Using recycled, organic, and circular fabrics, tentree cuts down on huge amounts of waste and water usage with every piece. Our editors love its adorable range of more sustainable baby clothing, especially those Dr.Seuss quotes.

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1-7 years

MATE the Label creates clean essentials made with GOTS certified organic fabrics and lower-impact dyes. It is proudly female-founded and is predominately operated by women. This US brand also manufactures locally to reduce its carbon footprint. If you’re looking for non-toxic and organic cotton clothing for babies that you can also match to your own outfit, this is the brand for you.

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1-7 years

éclipse creates climate control UPF 50+ clothing essentials and accessories to help keep the whole family sunsafe. It manufactures locally to reduce its carbon footprint, and its entire product range is vegan-friendly. If you’re a family who loves to be out in nature, the sun poncho and sun sleeves are must-haves for bub.

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0-18 months

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. Prepare to fall in love with Boody’s range of organic bamboo baby clothes.

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6 months-16 years

Infantium Victoria offers beautiful vegan luxury for all ages. This German brand scores highly across the board. Its products are certified by Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), and it sells previously owned products to minimise textile waste. From baby trench coats to flower petal formal dresses, this has to be some of the fanciest lower-impact babywear we’ve seen.

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0-11 years

Mini Rodini creates more sustainable baby and kids clothes, accessories, and more. It is certified by OEKO-TEX® STANDARD 100 and is a member of the Fair Wear Foundation.

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0-2 years

Nui Organics was founded on a culture rooted in consciousness, community, and intentional design on an ethos that puts people and planet first. It creates high-quality, lower-impact Merino wool and organic clothing for families, in timeless styles.

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0-14 years

Little Yellow Bird is a uniform and consumer brand that makes fully circular plant-based fibre clothing with transparency from farm to factory. Its range of organic cotton baby clothes is simply adorable, and it even has some wool options certified by the ZQ Merino label if that’s more your jam.

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Shop Little Yellow Bird.

4-14 years

Jackalo creates organic playclothes for kids. It uses a high proportion of more responsible materials including Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified cotton, and reuses all of its offcuts to minimise textile waste. We know four is at the late end of toddler, but we couldn’t resist including such a cool brand.

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0-8 years

Little Green Radicals creates “organic clothing for free range kids”. Its adorable range of childrenswear is always made from 100% organic, Fairtrade-certified cotton, so you know the brand cares about the planet, workers, and your little one, too.

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0-5 years

Aster & Oak is a West Australian brand that offers a unique collection of soft, certified organic cotton baby clothes and bedding.

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0-12 years

Gugguu is a minimalistic childrenswear brand from Finland spiced with fun little details. From neutral-toned basics and swimwear to brightly-coloured floral print dresses and shorts to (our personal favourite) double-tufted hats and beanies, Gugguu is perfect if you want to have a little fun with your little one’s wardrobe.

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3-14 years 

STANLEY/STELLA celebrates simplicity in its pieces by focussing on comfort, quality, and durability. It uses 100% organic cotton and mainly recycled polyester to support the circular economy and reduce waste.

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0-8 years

Matching outfits for the whole family? Absolutely. Responsibly-dyed, organic, and crafted in the US, Rudy Jude offers a better alternative to the excessive waste produced by children’s clothing. It uses a high proportion of lower-impact materials including organic cotton, and limits the amount of chemicals used in production. Although the brand primarily focuses on toddler and children’s wear, they also make adult wear so the whole family can look good.

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0-5 years

Did someone say tie-dyed baby clothes? Sustain 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, non-toxic plant based dyes, which is better for you and the planet. It’s possible to have clothes that also care for you with Sustain’s “clothing with a conscience”.

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0-5 years

Frugi is a British label that specialises in bright, wearable organic clothing for women and children. There are plenty of playful designs as well as classics. Frugi has you covered for maternity wear and nursing clothes, as well as baby and children’s wear. Our editors love the distinctive designs and commitment to putting the planet first.

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0-10 years

Sense Organics is an established German brand that has been dressing kids in its colourful organic cotton range for 18 years. We give it a high rating for its commitment to lower-impact materials and its treatment of garment workers, including ensuring suppliers pay a living wage.

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0-13 years

Oobi is an Australian girl’s fashion, swimwear, homewares, and lifestyle brand. In addition to creating stylish clothes for children and babies, the brand makes sure it uses lower-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.

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0-8 years

Children’s accessories and fashion brand which places ethics in the heart of all creative processes. It uses a high proportion of more responsible materials including GOTS certified cotton, and most of its supply chain is either independently audited or visited by the brand.

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Shop Coq en Pâte.

0-3 years

THEA WITH LOVE is a brand dedicated to creating beautifully designed and high-quality swaddles, apparel, and bedding for newborns and toddlers. The native floral and animal prints on these organic baby clothes and accessories are just divine.

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1-7 years

ZUZU & CO offers sun safe children’s swimwear designed and made in Australia using recycled nylon sourced from oceans and landfills.

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0-6 years

Dimples is a New Zealand based brand that offers a large range of specialist baby and mother care products. The brand uses the highest-quality soft, warm New Zealand Merino wool and pure organic cotton to make a wide range of baby clothing, blankets, and accessories.

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