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Check out these 10 sustainable brands that are fashionable, ethical, and owned by people of color.
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Ethics: Handwoven from natural cotton in Ethiopia, has partnerships with additional artisan groups across Africa.
SHOP lemlem.com
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Ethics: Jewelry is individually and ethically handmade with fair-trade African gold and globally sourced conflict-free fine metals
SHOP omiwoods.com
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Ethics: Based in Los Angeles with roots from Japan and Peru, sources fabric from natural fibers such as GOTS organic cotton
SHOP mostprominent.co
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Ethics: Bolivian-American owned clothing brand based in Los Angeles, designs are ethically and sustainably handmade by the founder, Vanessa Acosta
SHOP wasiclothing.com
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Ethics: Nude lingerie line made in Los Angeles from earth conscious material, including recycled plastic water bottles
SHOP wearproclaim.com
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Ethics: California born lifestyle brand created by Isadora Alvarez, uses recycled cotton, hemp, tencel, and organic cotton
SHOP backbeat.co
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Ethics: Founded by Kristen Gonzalez and Sam Romero, produced in Los Angeles, ships packages with zero plastic and 100% recycled and recyclable materials, purchases dead stock fabric to reduce the amount of new fabric purchased through fabric mills
SHOP selvanegra.com
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Ethics: Ethical manufacturing, partners with various charities
SHOP lacausaclothing.com
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Ethics: Focuses on working with sustainable natural fibers such as organic cotton that is grown in Burkina Faso and cotton that is grown in Ghana, dried grass from Ghana and silk from Italy and the USA, recycled fabrics such as recycled cotton, recycled glass and also recycled plastic, fabrics made out of new tech such as pineapple pinatex leather made out of pineapple fibers, and tencel fabric made out of wood
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Ethics: Creates luxury accessories and footwear designed in Brooklyn; finds vegetable-tanned leathers, soling from recycled tires, hand carved wood, floral dyed feathers along with a collection of other by-product materials sourced from farmers across the globe
SHOP brothervellies.com
photo credit: @brothervellies