The Most Sustainable Luxury Fashion Brands

No list of luxury ethical brands would be complete without including Stella McCartney. This was the first vegetarian luxury label in the world and has become synonymous with ethical luxury. McCartney was the first to bring environmentally conscious high fashion to the catwalk and is living proof that designers can create hugely popular clothing and accessories with sustainable practices, while respecting animal rights and our planet as a whole.

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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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Founded by Marcelle Symons in 2000, One Vintage has now become an iconic luxury vintage shop based on London’s Portobello Road. The shop lovingly transforms antique textiles and relics to create contemporary and modern luxury pieces, all while preserving the rich beading and embroidery that was once hand-crafted.

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Edeline Lee is a London based brand that features ready-to-wear collections that are structured, feminine, and for the future lady. Her pieces are designed with a soul, made with quality and meaning, made to fit well to lift the best out of you.

The items are available in sizes 6-12.

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Luxury label By Walid embraces the artisanal skills of owner Walid al Damirji and a small team who hand-make garments in-house using antique materials.

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Teatum Jones is the luxury London-based label of Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones. Teatum Jones is known for its bold colours and textures with beautiful knitwear and flowing dresses.  They're also a favourite of Good On You supporter Emma Watson, who wore a stunning blue suit by the label to the recent G7 summit.

Most items are available in sizes 8-16.

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Anchored in timeless design, Minimalist is a curated collection of women's ready-to-wear pieces all made in New York and designed to be recycled at their end of life. It seeks to be part of the solution to make fashion more sustainable, using certified lower-impact materials and ensuring fair wage and work conditions in the local New York City factories it supports.

Find it in sizes XS-L.

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Arnsdorf is a Melbourne and New York-based label by designer Jade Sarita Arnott, who brings a background in sculpture to her sharp but feminine designs. Arnsdorf uses more responsible textiles such as organic cotton, Tencel and hemp, and minimises waste by producing only small runs of each line. Its clothes are all made in-house in Melbourne and it traces most of its supply chain.

Find the garments in sizes S-L.

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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 sustainable as well as beautiful, the New Zealand-based label utilizes organic cottons and ethically produced silks to craft effortlessly glamorous designs. Sizes available are XS-L.

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Bianca Spender is Australian fashion royalty, who has taken sustainability into the heart of her label. From smart workwear to statement gowns, this is a label that employs the highest standards of design and quality. Bianca Spender uses deadstock fabric and natural fibres, making all her garments in Ethical Clothing Australia-accredited factories. Find the range in S-L.

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RVDK is a sustainable couture label that is revolutionising the fashion industry’s wasteful practices, and hopes to lead the way to one day change the industry as a whole. Founded in 2015, its collection is aimed to be seasonless and timeless. Each piece is ethically made with high-end existing materials and leftovers.

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RIANNA + NINA was formed after its founders met by chance at a vintage furniture fair and bonded over their shared love for vintage fabrics and bond prints. Today, the Berlin-based duo creates their eclectic clothing collection from repurposed vintage fabrics that are rich and bold in colour, and crafts every piece in Germany.

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Danish sustainable luxury brand Aiayu offers building blocks to a conscious home and wardrobe, with an emphasis on quality and time enduring designs. Established in 2015, Aiayu products are created with care for the environment, its workers, and the wearer. The brand embodies its belief that the combination of a product’s origins, sustainable production, and environmental impact are equally as vital as its aesthetes.

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Sustainable and ethical brand, FH Christensen, believes that fashion should represent good causes and promote positive messages, sustainability, and ethics. Manufacturing its pieces in London, it has set out to push boundaries; crafting sustainable luxury garments with ethical procedures without compromising on quality. The brand is an advocate for change as it works to ensure manufacturing is plastic-free, and leave the smallest carbon footprint possible.

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Chopova Lowena is an English-Bulgarian brand that juxtaposes Bulgarian traditional outfits with the unexpected 1980s rock-climbing style to create eclectic ready-to-wear pieces. The brand’s manufacturing techniques remain entirely authentic, while implementing sustainable practices throughout its processes and production chain.

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