You might be trying to make lifestyle changes to limit your impact on the planet, but what about when it comes to your wardrobe?
This week, the Hot List is focusing on the amazing sustainable brands and products that are doing their bit to help the environment.
From ethically made, zero-waste lip balms to a genius rental service from LK Bennett, here are our top ten eco fashion faves.
Asime tiered check dress
Female-led fashion brand Asime has a community enterprise at its heart, working with responsibly sourced Ghanaian fabrics and hand-crafting its garments in a female family-owned fashion house in Ghana.
We love the tiered check dress, which has just relaunched.
SBTRCT Rejuvenating Night Balm
New eco skincare brand SBTRCT promises to be zero waste, soap-free, cruelty-free, vegan, compostable, British-made, waterless and plastic-free. The Rejuvenating Night Balm is the world’s first retinoid serum in a bar, with the addition of hydrating squalane, to leave skin supple, firm and moisturised.
Axiology Balmies
Axiology Balmies are the first three-in-one zero-waste balms. They are even packaged in boxes from recycled rubbish by a women’s refuge in Bali.
Ocean Bottle
Buy an Ocean Bottle and its makers buy 1,000 bottles worth of plastic destined for the ocean and give them to coastal communities who then exchange it for cash.
Use it at Gail’s and the bakery pledges to fund the collection of 20 more bottles. Suitable forhot and cold drinks.
Buy it for £40 from Ocean Bottle
Naturally Good Day Cream
Nivea has just launched Naturally Good, a skincare range formulated with 99 per cent natural-origin, sustainably sourced ingredients including argan oil, chamomile and green tea.
The range is packaged in bio-based jars (made from plant-based or tall-oil plastic) — a first for the cosmetics mass market.
Shop the range for £4.99 at Nivea
Net-a-Porter’s Net Sustain edit
Looking for an easy way to buy sustainable eco fashion and cosmetics? Net-a-Porter’s Net Sustain is an edit of consciously crafted products, including brands such as Caes, Sindiso Khumalo and cult beauty label Augustinus Bader.
The platform also partners with local repair services and eco dry cleaners to make the most of your clothes.
Shop the collection at Net-a-Porter
RI One collection
If we learned one thing last year, it’s that sweats are for life, not just for 2020.
Made from organic cotton, River Island’s new RI One collection is a 20-piece edit of luxe loungewear — so if you got into lockdown dressing down, now you have an excuse to upgrade your wardrobe.
Shop the collection from £12 at River Island
Form Arctic yoga mat
Can your downward dog help the planet? Form’s new Arctic biodegradable and recycled yoga mat features an image of an Icelandic glacier.
PVC, silicone and glue free, pre-order now for September delivery.
LK Borrowed
Heading back to the office? Sort your work wardrobe sustainably, with LK Bennett’s new rental subscription service LK Borrowed.
At £79 a month, customers can borrow two items at a time, with up to eight swaps per month (so 16 items). So you’ll never be short of the perfect ‘meeting’ or ‘lunch date’ outfit again.
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