Sustainable Fashion on Social Media

New to the conscious fashion game? Love vintage shopping but want some more inspiration? Here's a guide to  finding your niche within the industry.  These Instagram accounts will help you stay up to date with everything conscious consumerism.

 
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For Starters

To kick you off on your sustainable fashion journey!

Fashion Revolution is a non profit based in the UK encouraging and teaching fashion activism.

Remake a San Francisco based company committed to transparent story-telling.

Eco Age is Livia Firth's eco-friendly consulting company.

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For Doses of Wisdom

To keep you inspired and informed.

Good On You is an app which guides consumers to be more conscious consumers.

Ecologique is a PR and marketing business dedicated to expanding the reach of sustainable fashion.

What's Your Legacy is another company sharing untold stories from around the world.

 

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For Killer Sustainable Style

Fashionistas using their skills for good with conscious clothing.

Sophie Benson is a stylist and blogger keeping color and loud patterns at the center of her wardrobe.

Style Me Sustainable is run by Jessika Khoury, who is making sustainable fashion more accessible with her blog.

Style & Trashion is an online platform pushing the boundaries of what we consider to be conscious fashion.

 

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For Fair Trade Adventures

Businesses giving back in big ways, all over the world.

Eco Warrior Princess is an online publication asking hard questions about the fashion industry, supply chains, and consumerism.

Elisha C. is a Los Angeles based company selling goods ethically made by individuals in Haiti, who they are in close and constant contact with.

Known Supply  is an ethical clothing brand (along with their sister brand Krochet Kids) "humanizing the apparel industry".

 

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For Exciting Innovation

New fibers, fabrics, and processes making fashion greener.

Bolt Threads is a company changing the way that clothing is made with natural materials and modern technology.

FiberShed is a women-run farm in Northern California, promoting and producing natural materials.

Older Brother is a sustainable clothing company that is continuously experimenting with natural dyes and fabrics.

 

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For Minimalist Madness

Calm, clean photos to ease your monkey brain.

Tribe Alive is a sustainable fashion company bringing soft patterns and boxy silhouettes.

Shop the Golden is an online retail store selling some 100 sustainable and ethical brands.

Vetta Capsule is a conscious fashion company based on the concept of the capsule collection and wardrobe.


10 Books For a Crash Course in Eco Fashion

I don't know about you but 2018 has been non-stop! There's so many exciting things in the works and, even though there's PLENTY to be enraged about, I like to think a bit of hope is in the air. My excitement might have a lot to do with the fact that I recently bought myself some new year's gifts: an assortment of used eco fashion books! There are so many great texts detailing issues, stories, and possible solutions to the dirty fashion industry. Navigating all this information can be overwhelming, so this week I've rounded up a list of greats reads to help you become an eco fashion expert. Take a look at how to make the most of your individual impact, get industry insights, and read analysis from outside observers.

 

Individual Impact

 

How to Shop for Shi(f)t

by Taryn Hipwell, Karen Housel, and Nicholas Brown of Beyond the Label

 

Magnifeco: Your Head-to-Toe Guide to Ethical Fashion and Non-Toxic Beauty

by Kate Black of Magnifeco

 

Wear No Evil: How to Change the World with Your Wardrobe

by Greta Eagen of Fashion Me Green

 

Loved Clothes Last

by Fashion Revolution activists around the world

 

Slave to Fashion

by Safia Minney of People Tree

 

Industry Insights

 

The Sustainable Fashion Handbook

Eco-Chic: The Fashion Paradox

by Sandy Black of Centre for Sustainable Fashion at the London College of Fashion

 

Eco Fashion

Refashioned: Cutting-Edge Clothing From Upcycled Materials

by sustainable fashion guru Sass Brown

 

Sustainable Fashion and Textiles: Design Journeys

by ecological design consultant Kate Fletcher

 

Slow Fashion: Aesthetics Meets Ethics

by Safia Minney

 

Outsider Analysis

 

To Die for: is Fashion Wearing Out the World?

by journalist Lucy Siegle

 

Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion

by journalist Tansy E. Hoskins

 

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

by journalist Elizabeth L. Cline

 

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