The Best Sustainable Fashion And Jewellery Brands

This recently launched women's swimwear brand founded by ocean enthusiasts Natalie Glaze and Zanna van Dijk positions the fight for the health of the oceans as central to its existence. Created as a way to give back to the seas, every piece of Stay Wild Swim swimwear is made using Econyl. The brand currently offers two designs - a one piece swimsuit and a bikini - in three colourways.

Stay Wild Swim Open-back Contrast-panel Swimsuit, £160

Founded by husband-and-wife team Quang and Ellie Dinh and designed by a team with experience at Lululemon and Puma, Girlfriend Collective's leggings were borne out of a desire to offer sustainable workout gear without sacrificing on function. Each pair of leggings is created from 25 recycled plastic bottles in an SA8000 certified fair trade factory in Vietnam meaning the company both contributes towards reducing ocean plastic waste and provides its workers with a guaranteed living wage and fair working conditions.

Girlfriend Collective Seamless LITE High-Rise Legging, $78

One of the earliest responders to the plastic crisis, Selfridges Project Ocean campaign is now in its eighth year. As part of its activities Selfridges banned plastic bottles in store, promoted the use of reusable bottles, hosted an art exhibition including Studio Swine’s fine art created from ocean plastic waste, launched a Donate As You Dine scheme in its restaurants and encouraged the filling of reusable bottles from its Sea Change drinking fountain.

Selfridges SIGG M2Malletier aluminium water bottle, £27.99

Forevermark

The sister company to DeBeers, Forevermark is 100% sustainable, promising to only work with natural, hand-selected diamonds with no compromise on quality. The diamond experts are committed to preserving natural habitats, supporting local economies and communities.

Pictured above are the Centre of my Universe Black Label Oval Earrings, POA.

It was a deep love of the ocean that led scientist Dr Max Huber to create the original Creme de la Mer face cream and the company continues to celebrate this heritage with the annual release of a limited edition Creme de la Mer Blue Heart jar. A portion of the sales from each jar go to support Creme de la Mer's ocean conservation projects, including a partnership with the National Geographic Society, supporting the inaugural Boat International Ocean Awards and an art auction with Sotheby's and Project 0.

Creme de la Mer Blue Heart, $475

Luxury luggage brand Tumi is making its first foray into the world of ocean conservation this autumn with a new capsule collection created from a blend of virgin materials and recycled nylon and plastic bottles. The finished products are made from 70% recycled materials and represent the first time the brand has been able to offer a sustainable fabric which doesn't compromise on its rigorous quality control. The Recycled capsule collection comprises four lightweight backpacks (two from the women's Voyageur collection and two from the men's Alpha Bravo collection), two zippered pouches and a sling-style bag, with up to 30 plastic bottles being recycled to make each piece.

Tumi Alpha Bravo Recycled Lark Backpack, £425.00

This luxury jewellery brand uses only ethically-sourced gold and thoroughly checks the sources of all their materials in order to uphold their commitment to sustainability.

Chopard's website states:

'Our Journey to Sustainable Luxury is centred around our commitment to protecting and preserving the Earth from which we source our raw materials. We operate according to compliance rules and verified industry standards and practices.'

Pictured above is the Green Carpet Collection ring, POA.

Online surf, skate and skiwear retailer Surfdome has long been a supporter of ocean sustainability projects and in 2014 launched its own #2MinuteBeachClean project with writer and television presenter Martin Dorey. Based on the 'every little helps' line of thinking, the project asks visitors to beaches around the world to remove as much or as little plastic litter as they have time for because every piece removed makes a difference. As well as publicising beach cleans, Surfdome has replaced its plastic mailing bags with recycled cardboard boxes printed with information about the campaign and implemented a greater focus on selling sustainable clothing. Alongside this Surfdome has also founded the Plastic Project which sends explorers and documentarians to the remotest coasts on earth to discover how plastic pollution is devastating these otherwise untouched areas and shed light on the importance of human intervention in this crisis.

Surfdome 2 Minute Beach Clean Organic Whale Logo Pullover Hoody, £34.99

Based in Maine, New England, Sea Bags prides itself on creating its bags entirely from sails collected from the local boating community. Designed and sewn in-house, each bag aims to incorporate the unique features of the sail used to make it and you can even design your own on the brand's website. Sea Bags also uses eco-friendly inks and employs innovative methods for reducing scrap which have helped it save 500 tons of material ending up in landfills over the last 15 years.

Sea Bags Recycled Sea Turtle Tote, $160

Argentina-based brand Mafia is the brainchild of professional kite surfer Marcos Mafia and his sister Paz and gives worn out windsurf and boat sails a new lease of life by turning them in to bags. Having found huge success in the US and Japan with their colourful designs and hard-wearing accessories, the brand is now expanding to the UK and Europe.

Handmade in California, not only do Mafia's bags stop sails heading to landfill or polluting the oceans, but because there are so many different sail designs each one is completely unique.

Mafia Bags W-Pack, $149