These ethical clothing brands for men are making a positive difference by treating workers well and reducing their impact on the environment.
A lot of big name clothing brands do not treat their workers (especially factory workers) fairly. Many don’t pay them living wages, or their working conditions might be unsafe. Additionally, many brands are creating insane amounts of waste and pollution in the production of their clothing lines. You can read my post, Beginner’s Guide to Ethical Fashion, to learn what to look for in clothing brands and what ethical brands are doing differently.
Thankfully, there is an abundance of ethical clothing brands who are taking responsibility for their impact, both on people and the environment! These ethical clothing brands are ensuring they are maintaining high standards of rights for their workers and factories, and limiting their negative environmental impact as much as possible.
After looking at countless brands, I’ve put together this list of 16 ethical clothing brands making men’s clothing that are fashionable and making a really positive impact.
Also check out my list of 25 ethical clothing brands for women!
Keep in mind: In order to fight fast fashion, we need to begin to view clothing and accessories as investments. Investing in classic, quality items means paying a little more for something that will last a lot longer.
Sustainable and Ethical Men’s Clothing Brands
Everlane
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Maintain personal relationships with factory owners to ensure factories’ integrity.
Price Range | $$
Fun Fact | Website has profile for each of their factories, which include photos, a backstory, and information about the owner.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel, shoes, bags, and accessories.
Thought Clothing
Based In | UK
Ethics Highlights | Sustainable fabrics with aim to minimize environmental impact.
Price Range | $$
Fun Fact | They sell lots and lots of patterned socks.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel.
Alternative Apparel
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | More than 80% of their materials used are sustainably sourced. Committed to fair and safe workplace conditions for all workers in all countries.
Price Range | $$-$$$
Fun Fact | Free shipping and returns is available on all orders.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel, bags, jewelry, and home goods.
Patagonia
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Fair and safe labor conditions, increasing fair trade practices, seeking to improve sustainability, and giving 1% of sales to environmental groups.
Price Range | $$-$$$
Fun Fact | Patagonia will buy back used gear for store credit, or repair any Patagonia items.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s active and outdoor apparel, swimwear, and gear.
Fair Trade Winds
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Fair trade products and practices while committed to not exploiting the planet for its materials.
Price Range | $$
Fun Fact | It’s a family business that started out selling fair trade goods at fairs, events, and churches.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel, bags, jewelry, gifts, and home goods.
Threads for Thought
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Eco-friendly fabrics and commitment to socially responsible manufacturing.
Price Range | $$
Fun Fact | It started out as an eco-friendly graphic t-shirt brand.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel.
FatFace
Based In | UK
Ethics Highlights | High standards for protecting the environment, sourcing sustainable materials, and having a diverse yet equality-focused workplace.
Price Range | $$$
Fun Fact | The name was inspired by founders’ favorite ski run, “La Face,” in France.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel, swimwear, bags, accessories, and footwear.
Krochet Kids
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Empowering impoverished women and their families in Peru and Uganda by employing them to create every product they sell.
Price Range | $$
Fun Fact | Every product is hand-signed by the woman who made it. Each artisan has a profile on their site where you can read about her.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel, headwear, bags, and scarves.
Gustin
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Crowdsources all items, meaning they propose items and wait to manufacture them until a given number of people has said they want it and will purchase when it’s produced – this means there is no excess inventory and prices can be much lower.
Price Range | $$$
Fun Fact | Everything is made in the USA, and only the finest American, Japanese, and Italian fabrics are used.
Product Range | Men’s apparel.
Nudie Jeans
Based In | Sweden
Ethics Highlights | Products made with 100% organic cotton, paying living wages to all factory workers, ensuring an ethical working environment, recycling, and reselling secondhand products.
Price Range | $$$
Fun Fact | Nudie Jeans offers a free repair service for all products.
Product Range | Men’s apparel, bags, accessories, and kids’ apparel.
Outerknown
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Using organic, recycled, and regenerated materials wherever possible, ensuring safe working conditions, providing opportunities for education, and fair compensation to workers.
Price Range | $$$
Fun Fact | One founder is an 11-time World Surf League champion.
Product Range | Men’s apparel.
ARMEDANGELS
Based In | Germany
Ethics Highlights | Only recycled and organic materials are used, while ensuring high standards of fairness are implemented for every individual involved in production.
Price Range | $$-$$$
Fun Fact | The site includes a blog called “Nothing to Hide” which includes all kinds of stories from the inside of their eco and fair fashion brand.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s apparel.
PACT Organic
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Committed to using organic cotton and providing safe and fair working conditions for factory laborers.
Price Range | $$
Fun Fact | Much of their manufacturing is in India where they’re endeavoring to make positive impact.
Product Range | Men’s, women’s, and kids’ basics apparel.
Vagabond Shoemakers
Based In | Sweden
Ethics Highlights | Ensures healthy work environment by maintaining long-term relationships with manufacturers. Design with goals of sustainability and minimizing waste.
Price Range | $$-$$$
Fun Fact | Working with industrial research lab to create a better formula to existing shoe glues.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s footwear.
Sustainable and Ethical Men’s Bags & Accessories
Matt & Nat
Based In | Canada
Ethics Highlights | A vegan brand, committed to sourcing sustainable materials and maintaining personal relationships with factory owners.
Price Range | $$-$$$
Fun Fact | Matt & Nat stands for “Mat(t)erial & Nature.”
Product Range | Men’s and women’s handbags, wallets, and shoes.
Nisolo
Based In | USA
Ethics Highlights | Paying factory workers well beyond fair wages with personal relationships with factories and artisans and high standards for their treatment.
Price Range | $$$
Fun Fact | Nisolo links to their impact report from their home page.
Product Range | Men’s and women’s shoes, bags, and accessories.
3 comments
Hey, thank you so much for stopping by and letting us know about Visible Clothing and Eternal Creation! I hadn’t heard of either of those before, and they look like great brands.
Hi Cassandra, awesome ethical clothing brands!
Last summer I bought a pair bamboo sunglasses at https://masthobamboosunglasses.com/.
Really cool brand! They would like to reduce the amount of plastic sunglasses, because of the environment.
Maybe you can consider to add them in your list?
Either way, thanks for putting together your list of resources.
Hi Ruben, thanks so much for telling us about Mastho bamboo sunglasses – they look really cool! I always love learning about new sustainable brands. 🙂