9 conscious fashion brands to keep an eye on in summer

Our periodic selection of brands responsible for the environment and workers.

The mantra that accompanies us when it comes to shopping is:buy less, buy better.Here are nine other brands for our periodic selection of eco-conscious brands that respect workers' conditions.There are many aspects we take into account when making the selection:from the materials that brands choose to use, to the processes up to the concept and inclusiveness of the collections:essential parameters to talk about sustainable fashion.

Forest Party

This four-year-old company is a Benefit company and a beachwear, underwear and easywear brand that produces in Italy in small artisan workshops between Lombardy and Marche using recycled yarns obtained from fishing nets or accelerated biodegradability fibres.The models are designed to convey messages of body neutrality and positivity.

Industry 

Brand with a circular approach that gives new life to deadstock lots of quality materials through Made in Italy craftsmanship.Relaxed and minimal style are the characteristics of this brand of clothes and accessories.

Sort of Looser

This is a project that contains its essence in its name:a relaxed style and a rejection of the capitalist idea of ​​performance and profit which makes all its products within a 50 kilometer radius of Genoa, preferring recycled materials.Created for all revolutionary, rebellious "losers", alive with music, love, surfing and the desire to change the world.

Crosa Milan

This brand has patented a mechanical method to transform pineapple leaves into a special and resistant material that can be used for bags and shoes while the accessories are made of certified wood, mainly beech which is not an endangered species and worked with other natural materials such as glues, waxings, reinforcements and padding.

Kampos

This brand produces high-end beachwear made with econyl for female models and NewlifeTM for male ones:a unique, certified system of recycled polyester filament yarns sourced from 100 percent post-consumer bottles transformed into a polymer through a mechanical process made entirely in Italy.

Monobi Studio

This brand applies wool finishing to cotton for an avant-garde design.The strong point, however, is traceability:each product is equipped with a Digital Product Passport from which all steps of the supply chain can be traced.

Malia Lab

Artisan ethical fashion brand that produces ready-to-wear clothes in Calabria in the recovery of the textile traditions of this region starting from deadstock lots and using certified natural origin textile fibres.The goal of Malìa Lab is to take care of the well-being of both the body and the planet.

Rita Ricami

This brand uses embroidery to personalize existing garments, to help its customers with upcycling and repair processes, and at the same time creates unique pieces.All hand embroidered by her in a slow fashion production.

Halite jewels

Brand that creates bags that are unique handmade pieces recovering artisanal processes inspired by the Apulian textile tradition.A slow fashion philosophy to which the brand has recently added a variant in bio-based material.