The Best Sustainable Fashion And Jewellery Brands

For the eco-friendly shopper, we've rounded up the top fashion brands helping to save the oceans with their ethically produced, sustainable products. Through designer items like jewellery and skincare to recycled bags and swimwear, these designer brands are helping combat the biggest threats to the world’s oceans.

Alex Monroe

British jeweller Alex Monroe has long supported conservation projects with his collections of quirky and wearable nature-inspired pieces. Having supported previously supported environmental organisation Friends of the Earth by including a bee-saving kit with every piece sold from his Beehive range, this year both the charity and Monroe are turning their attention towards the crisis in our oceans. For every piece sold from Monroe's new Oceans collection - a line of marine-inspired rings, bracelets and necklaces depicting fish, shells, turtles, whales and other sea creatures in recycled gold and silver plate - £10 will be donated to Friends of the Earth efforts to end plastic pollution and protect the oceans.

Alex Monroe Starfish Chain Bracelet in Gold, £225

Having always prided itself on transparent and ethical production practices along with creating clothes built to last for years, not seasons, in October 2018 American brand Everlane extended this commitment to the oceans by pledging to completely eliminate new plastics from its supply chain by 2021. This will include removing all single-use plastic from its offices and stores as well as using recycled plastic for packaging and in its products. The first step towards this goal comes in the form of ReNew, a collections of coats, jackets and jumpers for men and women created using more than three million renewed plastic bottles.

Pictured: The ReNew Short Parka by Everlane, £129

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

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

London-based luxury fashion brand Montesogno was founded on the ethos that, rather than donating to animal conservation organisations as an act of charity, this money is merely what is owed to the animals and environment around us for the inspiration and materials they provide for each collection. Crafted from sustainable materials and delivered in plastic-free recyclable packaging, Montesogno recently teamed up with international sports brand Prendas Ciclismo to create a cycling jersey emblazoned with Montesogno's marine-inspire Animage print. 10% of the proceeds from the sale of each jersey will be donated to the Whitley Fund for Nature to help support ocean conservation projects across the globe.

Prendas X Montesogno sea Animage Jersey, £64.99​

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