Fair fashion brands, local makers, second-hand clothing, tailors and mending.
The label tells you where a garment was sewn and what it is made of: production nearby or in Europe, and a single fibre, which is easier to recycle, are good signs. Second-hand shops and a tailor who takes up or mends clothes keep what you already own in use.
Oxfam Shops are second-hand shops in Germany, run by Oxfam with about 4,000 volunteers, that sell donated clothes, books, music, films and household goods. Their surplus funds Oxfam Deutschland’s…
Alternative to fast fashion and new books, and online second-hand platforms that earn on every sale
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1083 is a French brand of jeans, jackets and sneakers made in France, based in Romans-sur-Isère in the Drôme. Its name is the distance in kilometres between the two towns of mainland France that lie…
Alternative to fast-fashion jeans and sneakers made far away under poor working conditions
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Good On You rates fashion brands on their impact on people, the planet and animals, on a five-step scale from “We avoid” to “Great”. Its website and free app for iOS and Android cover more than 7,000…
Alternative to the green marketing of fashion brands, which nobody checks
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VAUDE is a family-owned German maker of outdoor clothing, backpacks, tents and bike bags, based at Obereisenbach near Lake Constance. It is known for its environmental work: PFAS-free products…
Alternative to outdoor brands that use toxic chemicals and make gear that is hard to repair
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Worn Wear is Patagonia’s programme for used and repaired clothing: the outdoor brand buys back its own garments, resells them second-hand and repairs them under its Ironclad Guarantee, so that a…
Alternative to buying new outdoor clothing and gear
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Vinted is a website and app for selling second-hand items between private people: mostly clothes, but also shoes, children’s things, books, homeware and electronics, usually at prices far below new…
Alternative to buying new clothes from fast-fashion chains
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Clothes that are made fairly and last
Second-hand, swapping, lending and sharing
Donations, volunteering and non-profits
Leisure, sport and outdoor gear
Repair and do it yourself