Better Brand Edit: 10 More Sustainable Mini Dresses

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Minis are flattering and fun⁠—the perfect dress for warmer days. Here’s our guide to brands making more sustainable mini dresses doing better for people, the planet, and animals.

More sustainable mini dresses you’ll be wearing for years

Mini dresses are the most modern cut of the trifecta (maxi, midi, mini), and have stayed the course pretty steadily since the 1960s. The reason? They’re so versatile. The right mini dress can be styled with tights and boots in the fall and winter, and sandals in the summer. Mini lengths work well for both casual and cocktail events, too, depending on the design and material they’re made from.

And while those endless listings of mini skirts and dresses made from plastic-based poly fabrics on ultra fast fashion websites like SHEIN and Boohoo may be cute and tempting, their damage to people, the planet, and animals is undeniable. Why not hit your local second-hand store to get your mini fix? And if they don’t stock the size or style you’re after, consider tapping into one of the “Good” or “Great” brands below doing more sustainable mini dresses if you’ll get good wear and care out of them.

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1. Whimsy and Row Kate Dress

2. Afends Eboni Dress

3. Kotn Luxor Cable Dress

4. Coco & Kandy Avani Dress

5. Spell Rebel Spirit Tunic Dress

 

6. Malaika Hexagon T-Shirt Dress

7. The Summer House Soichi Handwoven Dress

8. Christy Dawn Regan Dress

9. Bastet Noir Smocking Dress

10. Komodo Seba Dress

Prefer a different length? Check out our favourite maxi dresses and midi dresses too.

Editor's note

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

We updated this article on 19 September 2024. Our editors frequently make updates to articles to ensure they're up to date. We refreshed our selection of products to ensure we've got top picks from brands with recent ratings.