Words: Solene Rauturier
Category: Top Picks
Published: 21 Sep 2023
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If you live in London, you might be wondering which clothing brands are doing better for people, the planet, and animals. We compiled this list of 23 more sustainable clothing brands from London, all rated “Good” or “Great” using our first-class methodology.
One of the globe’s fashion capitals making moves
London’s reputation as a global fashion capital gets put on display every year during London Fashion Week, where you might spot a handful of familiar names in the sustainable fashion world, including Edeline Lee, Fanfare, and adaptive clothing brand, Unhidden.
But many of the highstreet brands you’ll find on the streets of London like Primark, H&M, and Marks & Spencer still have a long way to go for people, the planet, and animals. It’s no wonder, then, that finding everyday brands that match your style, size, budget, and values and are genuinely more ethical and sustainable can be so challenging. How can you know if the brands on your radar are really as sustainable as they claim? What goes on behind the price tag? And when you add to that the growing interest in buying local and supporting communities at home, well, that’s when things can start to get messy.
But Good On You has made it our mission to help you find the very best more sustainable fashion brands from around the world. Today, we’re looking out for all the Londoners thinking of transitioning to a more sustainable wardrobe. But first, what does a better brand actually look like?
What makes a better brand?
Simply put, a responsible brand makes sure it positively impacts on people, the planet, and animals.
It ensures its workers are treated fairly across the supply chain. This includes policies and practices on child labour, forced labour, worker safety, the right to join a union, andpayment of a living wage.
A better brand also cares about its use of resources and energy,reducing its carbon emissions, impact on our waterways, as well as using and disposing of chemicals safely.
Finally, it uses no or very few animal products, like wool, leather, fur, angora, down feather, shearling, karakul, and exotic animal skin and hair. Ideally, the brand is100% vegan.
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 London or want to support London fashion labels, you might wonder which clothing brands are doing better. Here we’re shining a spotlight on 23 more ethical and sustainable clothing brands from London that are all rated “Good” or “Great” by our first-class methodology. In the list, you’ll find both accessories and clothing labels that all cater to different styles, including womenswear and menswear, streetwear, and even a couple more luxurious options. As a bonus, we also included a London-based retailer that stocks some of our favourite responsible designers.
Curious about brands in other regions? Check out our editors’ favourite brands from:
- the UK as a whole
- the USA(includingCalifornia,LA, andNew York)
- Canada
- Europe,Germany(includingBerlin),Belgium,Spain and Portugal,Italy(includingMilan),France(andParis),Sweden and Denmark, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
- Australia and New Zealand
- India
BEEN London
Rated: Good
BEEN London is a London-based brand turning waste into timeless accessories you’d want to use every day. All their products are made of materials that have been something else in a previous life, includingrecycled leather offcuts and plastic bottles.
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Edeline Lee
Rated: Good
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. Edeline Lee’s feminine and confident Autumn Winter 2021 collection will be presented digitally, as a moving image lookbook. This year the brand also introduces a brand new capsule of loungewear made of 100% GOTS Certified Organic Cotton.
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Fanfare
Rated: Good
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Fanfare is a UK-based sustainable brand that creates modern, timeless women’s and unisex clothing with a purpose that aims to bring change to the fashion industry. This season’s collection combines bold and contemporary designs, with classic styles made from repurposed materials, inspired by modern tailoring. Find most items in UK sizes 6 to 18.
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WeAreNativ
Rated: Good
WeAreNativ creates high fashion swimwear with a conscience. It uses a high-proportion of lower-impact materials, including recycled fabrics and ECONYL.
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Beaumont Organic
Rated: Good
Beaumont Organic is a UK-based slow fashion brand that blends simple style with responsible production practices. Founded by Hannah Beaumont-Laurencia, the brand also has its own charitable foundation which supports people in Fiji.
Find the range in sizes XS-L.
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Will’s Vegan Store
Rated: Good
Will's Vegan Store produces animal and human friendly women's and men's footwear, clothing, and accessories at affordable prices.
Find the women's shoes in US sizes 5-10, and men's in 7.5-14.
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Neem
Rated: Good
Neem is a menswear brand that looks to make clothing waste good again. From the UK, Neem exists to produce men's clothing that has been made with care, a result of a transparent supply chain with the safeguarding of our environment as the focus.
Find most items in sizes S-2XL.
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GROUNDTRUTH
Rated: Good
UK-based GROUNDTRUTH grew from 3 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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People Tree
Rated: Great
Conscious fashion pioneer and leader People Tree is a seriously more responsible brand. It uses lower-impact materials and addresses labour risks by adopting the Fairtrade International - Small Producers Organisations Code of Conduct.
Find most products in UK sizes 6-18.
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COSSAC
Rated: Good
COSSAC is a British brand that believes in creating timeless, feminine, and versatile apparel responsibly. They promote the minimalistic concept of capsule wardrobes, offering contemporary classics intended to be worn and cherished beyond seasonal trends. They use organic or lower-impact materials, and work exclusively with small factories on limited production runs to minimise waste and deadstock. Offering design-led conscious fashion, they make it easy for shoppers to make better choices.
Find most of the range in sizes S-L.
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Pantee
Rated: Good
Offers
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Pantee is a women's underwear brand based in the UK with a focus on comfort. The brand incorporates a high proportion of lower-impact materials including recycled materials, and its limited production run minimises textile waste.
Find bras and undies in sizes XS-3XL.
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Culthread
Rated: Great
Culthread is a UK-based clothing label that offers stylish, practical, and everlasting jackets and accessories from vegan and deadstock materials. Culthread's goal is to make quality coats and lifestyle products that you will want to wear and treasure forever.
Find most items in sizes XS-XL.
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Mashu
Rated: Good
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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Plant Faced Clothing
Rated: Good
Streetwear without the sweatshops, that's the motto of this British 100% vegan and cruelty-free streetwear apparel brand that is all about promoting a new wave of consciousness that supports the non-harming or exploitation of any beings in fashion production.
Buy Plant Faced Clothing in sizes XS-2XL.
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Pop My Way
Rated: Good
Pop My Way is a GOTS certified brand that features mix and match 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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Elvis & Kresse
Rated: Good
Elvis & Kresse upcycles reclaimed materials into more sustainable luxury lifestyle accessories, all responsibly handmade with 50% of profits going back to charities.
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Mother of Pearl
Rated: Good
Mother of Pearl is a more sustainable and ethical luxury womenswear and accessories designer brand from the UK that celebrates individuality and authenticity. The brand uses a high proportion of more responsible materials including organic cotton and ensures the payment of a living wage across some of its supply chain.
Find most products in UK sizes 6-16.
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YU STEPANEL
Rated: Good
YU STEPANEL is an independent jewellery brand based in London that celebrates a slower pace of living and wearing.
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Dilli Grey
Rated: Good
Dilli Grey offers a unique mix of block print womenswear and artisan homewares all made in Rajasthan, India.
Find the range in sizes S-XL.
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Brothers We Stand
Rated: Good
Responsible men's clothing, selected with style in the UK. With the vision to support you to build a wardrobe of stylish and more sustainably-made menswear that is 100% vegan, Brothers We Stand is the go-to online store for anyone in the market for better menswear.
Sizes available are S-XL.
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Baukjen
Rated: Good
Baukjen is a London-based womenswear brand, with a focus on more ethical and sustainable style. Its clothes are designed for you, and designed for good. The brand uses lower-impact materials including recycled materials, which helps limit the amount of chemicals, water, and wastewater used in production.
Find the range in sizes XS-L.
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Responsible London-based retailers
Rêve en Vert
Rêve en Vert is more than a luxury retail platform for responsibly-crafted goods—it offers an invitation to engage in the creation of a better world, and to make choices that are in harmony with its natural balance.
We love them for their curated and contemporary selection of more ethical and sustainable brands, including Aiayu,Woron,Kowtow, andBoyish Jeans.
Editor's note
Feature image via BEEN London, 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 Good On You to search thousands of rated brands.