The Best Sustainable Luxury Fashion Stores

Want to be a more conscious consumer, but not sure where to shop? Check out the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online that will allow you to make more ethical purchases, no matter where you live

By Diane Small

Sustainable luxury fashion is now firmly established in the industry. We know this because mainstream online stores are starting to pick up the brands we here at Eluxe have been writing about for almost a decade.

There’s only one problem, though: when ethical luxury is mixed in with normal brands, how is the consumer to know what’s what?

What makes a fashion brand sustainable?

Sustainable luxury fashion brands may do any of the following:

1. Use less water or hazardous chemicals that can affect your health
2. Generate less waste by using deadstock fabric or zero waste cutting techniques
3. Be cruelty-free/vegan
4. Use biodegradable textiles that don’t contribute microfibers of plastic to the oceans.
5. Be circular by either upcycling items into clothing, and/or by allowing you to return a used garment for upcycling.

And of course, the garments produced by a sustainable luxury brand will be a cut above your run-of-the-mill labels.

• Their fabrics will be more opulent
• Their cutting techniques will allow the garment to fit your body better
• And of course, each item will be made to last.

Sounds good, right? But the question is: where can you find such clothing?

Why we chose these sustainable luxury fashion stores

Here’s our pick of some of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online from around the globe. We chose these stores for several reasons:

1. They carry brands we know we can trust
2. They provide detailed information on why a garment is sustainable
3. Their clothing is beautiful, luxe and exclusive
4. The labels they carry are all pretty much the opposite of ‘fast fashion’

Ready to shop more sustainably? Let’s go! (PS: All of these shops delivery pretty much anywhere, so you can shop from wherever you are in the world!)

The Best Ethical Luxury Fashion Stores

1. Alltrueist

Based: USA, delivers orders over $150 free to the USA/Canada

Brands: Veerah, Solios, Ecoalf, Sans Beast and more

Vibe: Sleek urban professionals who give a sh*t.

Ethics: There’s a strong emphasis on luxury vegan fashion here. Most of the clothing is classically cut, eternally chic, and perfect for city living/professional environments.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: A curated selection of sustainable, luxurious accessories, scent and clothing for men and women.

2. Reformation

Based: USA, delivers worldwide

Brands: It fluctuates. They do frequent collabs with brands and celebrities.

Vibe: California-girl-cool.

Ethics: So many! The brand uses sustainable fabrics, including: TENCEL, deadstock, hemp, linen and many others. They are also fully transparent, publishing the amount of energy and water each item saves. They also provide a Supplier Code of Conduct based on International Labor Organization (ILO) standards and internationally accepted good labor practices.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Dresses! Reformation is famous for them. Mini, maxi, bridal and more!

3. Accompany US

Based: USA, delivers US/Canada

Brands: Ulla Johnson, Osei Duro, Antik Batik, Proud Mary, and more!

Vibe: An entirely ethical Anthropologie.

Ethics: Focused on the worker. Everything is fair trade, ethical, or philanthropic. They even set up special boutiques to help you give back while you shop. For example, they had the relief boutique that helped the Red Cross.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Accessories. They have a great selection of ethical bags, hats and jewellery and slippers. Perfect for the shopper who has philanthropy on the mind.

4. Amour Vert

Based: USA, delivers worldwide

Brands: BeGood, AV Essentials, Veja, own label

Vibe: Classics for all ages

Ethics: Tees, shorts, jeans, tops and undies made from 100% pure organic cotton and natural dyes. BeGood has partnered with Evidence Action, a non-profit that distributes purifying chlorine at stations across Kenya and Uganda through its Dispensers for Safe Water program. For every sale they make, BeGood will make twelve gallons of water safe to drink in rural Africa. So green, it’s practically blue!

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: What they call “The French Closet”. That is, basic sustainable staples that last forever.

5. Conscious at Browns

Based: USA/UK, delivers worldwide

Brands: Duran Latink, Veja, Reformation, Stella McCartney

Vibe: Conscious catwalks

Ethics: Fashionista favourite Browns has partnered with Good On You, an organisation dedicated to being the world’s leading source for ethical fashion brand ratings, aligning with their ethics to bring high fashion collections that consider their impact on landfill, carbon emissions, water, as well as chemical use. Brands that use animal products are ‘downgraded’ – not sure what that means, though.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Seriously fierce (eco) fashionistas with an eye for high fashion.

6. Net Sustain

Based: Globally

Brands: Maggie Marilyn, Veja, Ninety Percent, Re/Made, Stella McCartney, Mother of Pearl and many more.

Vibe: Uptown girls with a conscience

Ethics: Medium green. The Sustain Edit items from popular online shop includes Locally Made, Craft & Community and Considered Materials, for example; we here at Eluxe don’t really consider ‘locally made’ to be that important when items are shipped around the world, for example. But we do appreciate the Considered Materials element, which favours natural and recycled fabrics.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Those with deep pockets and a flexible definition of ‘eco-friendly’.

7. Maison de Mode

Based: USA, delivers worldwide

Brands: AMUR, Sachin & Babi, Cienne, Misha Nonoo and more!

Vibe: American socialite meets world traveler.  

Ethics: Each product has a detailed write up telling you if it’s sustainable, ethical, fair-trade – or all of the above. On the whole the selection is diverse, pretty, and exclusive.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: A curated selection of sustainable, luxurious accessories, jewellery and clothing.

8. Reve en Vert

Based: UK

Vibe: Upscale urban cool boutique with a slight leaning towards Scandi-chic. For women only.

Brands: Hare + Hart, the Sway, Pamela Love, Svilu, Christopher Raeburn, Bamford and more, as well as eco-beauty, too!

Ethics: Heavily into organic cottons and sustainable materials like silk and organic cotton. A pale shade of green, high on sleek style and slow fashion.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Active and yoga wear, as well as buying investment pieces, like jackets and jumpers to last a lifetime

9. Gather and See

Based: UK

Vibe: Boho chic for urban, worldly girls

Brands: A very healthy and ever-changing variety including Feral Childe, Kowtow, LaLesso and more, plus some unusual ones like Nobody Jeans, Veryan and Anne Gorke.

Ethics: Zero waste, organic, ethical, and recycled fashion. Hand-crafted and locally made are a bit of a stretch of the definition of ‘eco-friendly’ for us, but those products are far outshone by the super-green majority.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Those wanting an upscale wardrobe with a clean conscience.

10. Yooxgen

Based: Globally

Brands: A Peace Treaty, Daniel Silverstein, Pachacuti, Goodone,  Joanna Cave and more

Vibe: Chic eco-items curated by industry insiders

Ethics: Very green! Ranging from organic to zero waste, everything in this collection has been screened for its eco-credentials by Valetta herself. Bonus: Yoox also has an awesome designer vintage section!

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Feeling like you’ve been dressed by a professional, ethical stylist.

11. Vegan Style

Based: Australia

Brands: Alongside their in-house brand, Zette Shoes, they also sell Vegetarian Shoes, NAE Shoes and Ahimsa.

Vibe: Laid back, effortless style for trendy types.

Ethics: Vegan Style’s focus is to make cruelty-free, stylish fashion mainstream and not just limited to those vegan fashionistas amongst us. Ethical materials such as pinatex, recycled bottles, organic canvas and even vegetable oils are used to make products with environmental sustainability at the forefront of their ethos.

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Shoe fanatics. This is the perfect store to shop at as they have a versatile range, covering everything from flip-flops to sneakers and boots, for both women and men.

12. JORD

Based: USA, but ships worldwide

Brands: Only JORD, but they have all of your accessories needs met – from watches to bags!

Ethics:  Whether you’re looking for a wallet or a clutch, the accessories are produced from their innovative own brand of vegan leather: Suberhide, which is an innovative fusion of Portuguese cork and woven fabric. 100% sustainable, hypoallergenic and cruelty-free, these are bags you can feel good about owning!

Vibe: High-end sustainability meets ethical adornment

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Wood and coffee-ground based watches, vegan bags

13. Ethica

Based: USA; delivers worldwide

Brands: Angela Roi, Daniel Silverstein, Ace & Jig, Beautiful Soul London, A Peace Treaty and many, many more. There’s clearly a lot of money backing this brand.

Vibe: Gossip Girl Goes Green

Ethics: Pale green. They include ‘Made in America’ and ‘handcrafted’ as being sustainable, though those pieces may well be made of, say, fur or conventionally mined gold. This is a shop that’s more about the workers than the clothing. They say on their website:

“Though some people use these words interchangeably with terms like eco fashion, vintage fashion, sustainable fashion and slow fashion, we think ethical fashion encompasses a broader and more rigorous set of criteria. No matter how eco-friendly a product is, or how much a company gives to charity, we believe a brand cannot be considered ethical if it has not made a demonstrable commitment to protecting human rights.”

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Stunning fashion for those with deep pockets and a flexible definition of ‘eco-friendly’.

14. Farfetch

Based: Worldwide

Brands: Tekla, Nanushka, Ninety Percent and many more

Ethics: Vegan fashion, organic clothing, brands that give back, and vintage, too

Vibe: Modern, luxurious fashion, jewellery and accessories for uptown girls, guys and kids

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: There’s so much to love here!  We love their designer vintage section the most, though.

15. Immaculate Vegan

Based: UK

Brands: BeFlamboyant, Dauntless, Borboletta and many more

Ethics: Vegan fashion, beauty and home goods meets luxury

Vibe: Modern, luxurious vegan fashion, beauty and home items for uptown girls, guys and houses

One of the best sustainable luxury fashion stores online for: Vegans. Their variety of stuff, from candles and blankets to perfumes, vegan clothing and accessories, makes this the perfect one-stop-shop for ethical gift buying.

Which are your favourite sustainable luxury fashion stores online? Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments, below!

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Diane Small

Senior Features Writer at Eluxe Magazine

A University of Texas journalism graduate and serious chocolate enthusiast, Diane was a sub-editor at the Houston Chronicle before falling pregnant. Today, she is the proud mom of two kids under the age of three, and freelances for Eluxe in between nappy changes and feedings.

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