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What does it take to be considered one of the best sustainable fashion brands featured on The Wellness Feed? We research, review, and ask brands hard questions to provide transparent articles with reasons as to why a brand is sustainable. Here are a few of the questions that we ask brands whether researching or interviewing them:

How is their brand sustainable? How is their brand not sustainable? Are their materials organic, natural, biodegradable, upcycled, or recycled? What dyes do they use? Are their clothes made in factories that meet ethical standards? How do they vet factories? Are garment workers in their partner factories paid a living wage? How do their factories reduce fabric and water waste? How do they manage CO2 emissions from transporting raw materials and finished garments? What certifications do they have- OKEO-TEX, B-Corp, Fair Trade, etc? Is their packaging single-use-plastic-free? How do they give back? Do they transparently show their product's impact to customers? Do they publish an impact report? What are their sustainable goals for the future?

As to what you'll never see recommended on The Wellness Feed, here are our 'nos':

Fast fashion brands. We might cover news about Boohoo, Shein, and others. But, they're not recommended as sustainable fashion brands that we support. Virgin plastic-based materials. We will never recommend 100% polyester or nylon clothing. Single-use plastic packaging. Forest Stewardship Council Certified paper packaging is always better than plastic. Brands that have been profiled by the Human Rights Watch or other nonprofit human rights organizations for workers' violations in their factories.

With an understanding that everything we make, produce and consume has an impact, we're not here to offer perfect sustainable fashion brands. The Wellness Feed reviews, interviews, and round-ups focus on brands making the best sustainable decisions from sourcing to end-of-life.

Christina Dean founder of Redress

"My jeans used 3625 liters of water, 3 kilos of chemicals, 400 megajoules of energy and 13 sq meters of land to grow cotton. I was horrified by this." ~ Christina Dean

Christina Dean is the founder of the world's largest sustainable fashion design competition and has spent the last decade helping the fashion industry understand how clothes are affecting our lives. Her sustainable fashion TedX talk highlights her research into the fashion industry and how the facts have fueled her mission in the fashion industry.

"How many of you can say with certainty that the clothes you're wearing right now have not been made in a sweatshop or by child labor? The truth is it's very hard to know... the clothing supply chain is a complex system." ~ Trisha Striker

This powerful sustainable fashion talk looks at how ethical clothing can help us say for sure where our clothing comes from. And, by standing by these brands we are standing by our morals and own values when it comes to child labor, pollution and fair trade.

"When I looked into my closet I had 116 t-shirts, 52 pairs of jeans but still I had nothing to wear. I went from buying 6-7 times a month to not shopping for a year." ~ Gabriella Smith

As founder of The UpCycle Project, Gabriella educates and offers circular solutions for the fashion industry. It's her way of using her passion for fashion to help design students find creative solutions using deadstock fabrics, recycled materials and textiles such as bedsheets to design for a sustainable future.

Fashion Lifestyle

Powerful TedX Talks That Will Change Your Perception About Fast Fashion

These insightful talks share how we can reduce our impact.
July 12, 20200Comments

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