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Ethical fashion directory: UK clothing brands

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Your complete guide to shopping for ethical clothes and accessories, from Fairtrade babygrows and vegan nightwear to fashion made in the UK

Why buy ethical?

'Ethical fashion is about being creative'

Jo Wood
Jo Wood. Photograph: PR

Recycling clothes is in the blood of Jo Wood, founder of Jo Wood Organic. She explains how watching her doll maker mum turn old clothes into new outfits informed her world view, and why now is the time to make a big change

'Fair trade is a slow process'

Safia Minney, People Tree founder
Safia Minney: 'We now know it's ethically wrong for a top to cost as little as a sandwich, but nine years ago people thought we were crazy.' Photograph: Jenny Lewis/Corbis

Safia Minney, founder of fair trade fashion pioneers People Tree, on producing, campaigning and trying to change trade policy - and on how ethical fashion is easier to define by what it isn't, than what it is

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Minna ethical fashion at the estethica show, London fashion week
Minna ethical fashion at the estethica show, London fashion week

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More on this story

More on this story

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  • Fashion must stick to climate pledges to prevent waste crisis, says UK economist

  • Jean Paul Gaultier launches rental service of iconic 1980s and 90s items

  • EU eco-labels for fabrics not strict enough, say campaigners

  • Crocs to change clogs’ ingredients to be bio-based by 2022

  • Firm seeks funding for ‘performance sneakers’ made from coffee waste

  • Ethical shoe brand Toms hopes to find its footing with Gen Z

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