Here are 5 of our favourite
Sustainable Fashion Brands
you can shop in Australia and are ethically made.
To make life a little easier, we are using a pricing scale in this post so you have a good idea of the price range before clicking.
$ = $50 – $100
Seaside Tones
Product range: Everyday wear for women and men.
Price range: $$ – $$$
About the brand: Modern and minimalist style to suit every occasion. Seaside Tones is a European brand that uses natural fabrics and neutral colour palettes to create comfortable wardrobe staples. Each garment is ethically made in Poland with a simple style that stands the test of time. They use GOTS certified Polish linen which is renowned all over the world. The linen is also prewashed, meaning it is soft and drapes beautifully against your body. All Seaside Tones fabrics are organic, coloured without harmful chemicals and produced in safe and fair conditions.
Mantaikotai
Product range: Colourful and dreamy
Price range: $$$$
About the brand: Mantaikotai is one of our exclusive ethical fashion labels here at Velvety. They make dreamy & high quality linen garments and they are based in Lithuania. Lina is the owner, designer, and also the main seamstress of Mantaikotai. She sews all the garments herself, sometimes with a little help from a team of expert tailors. She truly values natural fabrics, that’s why she works mainly with linen. Laima is her mom and she is in charge of the search for sustainable materials, knitting patterns, and measurements.
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Sorella Organics
Product range: Luxury organic lounge and sleepwear
Price range: $ - $$
About the brand: Sorella Organics is an independent Australian label by Anna McGregor made in both Australia and Fiji. Each garment is made with the softest certified organic and fair-trade cotton ensuring each piece is kind on the skin, kind to the environment, and kind to the farmers growing the cotton. Anna’s mission is not only to create organic clothing but to create sustainable employment for garment workers by making it easier for them to partner with other Australian businesses. Sorella Organics ensures a small, slow production and sustainable employment for all their workers and garment makers. Anna has also been recognised for her commitment to sustainable and ethical fashion with an honorary membership to Ethical Fashion Forum’s Fellowship 500. She is devoted to continuing to learn and improve all elements of Sorella’s supply chain to reduce environmental impact and become a leader in ethical fashion in Australia.
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Quillan
Product range: Comfortable, quality womenswear
Price range: $$ – $$$$
About the brand: Quillan is an ethical fashion label designed in Australia and ethically made in South Africa. The founder of Quillan grew up in Johannesburg, a town in South Africa, so it seems natural that her business aims to support those who once supported her. Quillan focuses on using natural materials, such as hemp, organic cotton and linen, and they design collections that are tran-seasonal and timeless so each item can be worn year-round. Items such as the Luna top can also be styled multiple ways, to work with various outfits and body types. Quillan’s style is distinctive and artistic, using beautiful textures and colours for comfortable garments to suit any occasion.
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Nich
Product range: Stylish day to night linen dresses and more.
Price range: $$ – $$$
About the brand: Elegant and minimalist style to suit most occasions from day to night. Nich is a European ethical brand based in Ukrainian that hand makes linen clothes. Sofia Kozlovska is its founder. The name of our brand means "Night", which is associated with peace and relaxation. And that’s the mood the label seeks to evoke with their high-quality linen pieced. Nich creates clothes that are breathable and beautiful. Each garment is made by a professional seamstress. The making of the perfect dress takes about 3-4 hour. All ethically made. Their linen range goes from size XS to XXL, but larger sizes can be made by request.
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