Directory Category: Apparel & Footwear

Apparel & Footwear

ABLE
ABLE is a lifestyle brand that focuses on ending generational poverty by providing economic opportunities for women.  Their products are produced in Ethiopia, Mexico, Peru, and Nashville by women who are paid a living wage.
Product(s):
Women’s Apparel, Handbags, Footwear, and Jewelry
Cause(s):
Women
How They Give Back:
Fair Trade, Employment/Job Training
Amour Vert
Amour Vert is a San Francisco-based clothing company which specializes in sustainable fashion.  They use environmentally friendly fabrics to create beautiful and versatile clothing.  They also locally produce their clothing in small batches to reduce waste. For every t-shirt purchased, Amour Vert plants a tree.
Product(s):
Women’s Clothing, Kids Clothing, Footwear, Accessories
Cause(s):
Environment
How They Give Back:
Environmentally Friendly/Sustainable
Bombas
Bombas sells high-quality socks for men, women, and kids.  Bombas’ giving model was inspired by the fact that the number on requested clothing item at homeless shelters is socks.  For each pair of socks sold, a pair is donated to someone in the homeless community who is in need of socks.
Product(s):
Socks
Cause(s):
Homelessness
How They Give Back:
One for One
Conscious Step
Conscious Step designs and sells women’s and men’s fashion socks.  They strive to support emerging markets, provide a fair wage, and are environmentally friendly.  Each of their socks supports a different cause, including animal rescue, fighting hunger, breast cancer prevention, and more.  They partner with organizations aligned with 12 different causes to support their missions.  
Product(s):
Socks
Cause(s):
Partners with Nonprofits
How They Give Back:
Donate Sales Revenue
Encircled
Encircled is a Canadian women’s apparel brand that embraces minimalism.  They design high quality capsule wardrobe basics made of sustainable materials such as Tencel, Lyocell, and bamboo.  
Product(s):
Women’s Clothing
Cause(s):
Environment
How They Give Back:
Environmentally Friendly/Sustainable
Everlane
Everlane offers modern basics for women and men.  Their mantra is radical transparency.  They disclose the true cost of the labor and materials to make their clothing.  Everlane use factories around the world that offer fair wages, reasonable hours, and a safe environment for all employees.  
Product(s):
Women’s Clothing, Men’s Clothing, Accessories
How They Give Back:
Fair Trade
Fair Indigo
Product(s):
Women’s, Men’s, and Kids’ Clothing
How They Give Back:
Fair Trade, Environmentally Friendly/Sustainable
FIGS
FIGS sells fashionable and high quality medical apparel.  FIGS donates scrubs and medical apparel to healthcare providers in need around the world.
Product(s):
Medical Scrubs and Apparel
Cause(s):
Health
How They Give Back:
Donate Goods or Services
Indosole
Tires make up a large amount of waste and are impossible to decompose.  IndoSole addresses this issue by using old tires and repurposes them into the soles for their collection of high-quality flip flops, sandals, slides, and shoes.   
Product(s):
Flip Flops, Sandals, Shoes
Cause(s):
Environment
How They Give Back:
Recycle/Upcycle
Ivory Ella
Ivory Ella sells casual clothing and accessories for women.  Ivory Ella’s mission is to protect and save elephants and proceeds from each sale is given to the nonprofit organization, Save the Elephants.
Product(s):
Women’s Clothing, Accessories
Cause(s):
Animals