Our sustainable brands
SHOP SUSTAINABLY NOWSustainable brands at Fair Couture
Sustainability and sustainable fashion are in high demand. Therefore, many brands now offer a few sustainable garments or eco-friendly lines. Other brands, however, have been committed to sustainability from the very beginning and rely on 100% eco-friendly products. At Fair Couture, we offer exclusively sustainable items. These come from the top brands when it comes to sustainability. Discover our brands now and make your everyday life a little more environmentally friendly.
What makes our brands sustainable?
Our fair fashion labels use environmentally friendly materials, produce the items as resource-efficiently as possible and are committed to fair working conditions.
But what does sustainable fashion mean?
Clothing is considered sustainable or fair trade when the focus during production is not profit, but the well-being of people and the environment. To verify this, there are social and ecological certifications that assess how resource-efficiently and fairly the Fair Trade clothing was produced according to strict standards. You can find brands with such certification in our online shop. We only include brands in our range that meet the standards and also regularly monitor the manufacturers' production conditions.
Fair fashion labels contrast with fast fashion, which is known for producing inferior goods cheaply. Fast fashion is quickly thrown away, not least due to its poor quality, and thus wastes valuable resources. Clothing, on the other hand, is much more durable and often made from sustainable or recycled materials such as organic cotton or recycled polyester. PATAGONIA, for example, is also known for its outdoor clothing and T-shirts.
Sustainable materials and organic clothing
Fair Fashion products are made from a wide variety of materials. Many fashion brands use recycled polyester. This usually involves reusing old PET bottles, sometimes even leftovers. FEUERWEAR uses discarded fire hoses for all of its products, giving the old hoses a new purpose. This creates unique designs, and reuse saves a lot of resources—both material and electricity and gas. You can find a recycled backpack in our “ Recycled Backpack ” category or in the overview of all backpacks and individual brands and fashion labels. For example, at UCON ACROBATICS , AEVOR , or SANDQVIST .
Particularly environmentally friendly: Example Bananatex
Some sustainable brands like QWSTION are constantly developing their products and exploring new material ideas. QWSTION uses GOTS-certified organic cotton and recycled cotton for its bags and backpacks. They have also developed Bananatex – the world's first technical fabric made from banana plants. This functional and waterproof textile is made from banana fibers and coated with natural beeswax. Thus, QWSTION products are made from 100% natural materials and are therefore particularly environmentally friendly.
Certified sustainability through environmental labels
There are now a number of seals that identify sustainable brands. We explained them in more detail in our blog post . They are particularly relevant for demonstrating how companies operate and why they are allowed to classify their products as sustainable. The most important seals are:
- IVN BEST
- GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard)
- Fairtrade Cotton
- Fair Wear Foundation
- The Green Button
- PETA approved vegan (People of Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Sustainable brands - Made in Germany like ORTLIEB
The ORTLIEB brand has located all of its production in Germany. The bags and backpacks are designed, engineered, produced, and distributed in Heilbronn. The marketing department and production management are also based in Germany. This allows ORTLIEB to label its products as 100% Made in Germany, thus supporting fair working conditions and fair wages. Other sustainable brands such as ULSTO also produce their backpacks and bags in Germany.
PINQPONQ’s “Design follows minimal waste” strategy
The minimal waste strategy means that PINQPONQ approaches the manufacturing and design of its products in such a way that waste is kept to a minimum. Based on the minimal waste strategy, PINQPONQ also adheres to the principle "Design follows minimal waste." PINQPONQ backpacks and bags are deliberately designed with a rectangular shape to not only be functional but also to follow the minimal waste approach.
Shop environmentally conscious fashion labels at Fair Couture
In our range, you'll find only top fashion brands with environmentally friendly items. It's our passion to contribute to climate protection with sustainable backpacks and bags. That's why women and men can find organic fashion and fair trade clothing here. With every order, you also contribute to protecting the environment. Fair trade fashion is easy to shop with us. Unlike other online shops, all your orders from our fashion labels arrive in a climate-friendly way via DHL GoGreen.