As I wrote awhile back, I’ve been making an effort to be a conscious consumer. I also wrote not long ago I am attempting to “streamline my life.” Both of these new efforts involve buying less stuff: simplifying my wardrobe, adding to it less frequently, choosing “quality over quantity.” When I began searching for alternative places to shop, looking for ethical, environmentally friendly businesses to support, I found there are quite a lot of options in the women’s fashion world. Companies that encourage this “slow fashion” philosophy (which is also picking up popularity in the fashion blogging world with all their talk of “capsule wardrobes”.) There are many social enterprises facilitating direct trade, fair trade, and striving to give back. So here I’ve organized the shopping destinations I’m finding most tempting, places to patronize when its time to add to my wardrobe, or better yet, buy a gift for someone else!

My mega-list of places to browse for ethical Fall Fashion and Holiday shopping:

Ethical-Affordable-Clothing-Lines
Everlane  |  Threads For Thought  |  Tonlé  |  Mayamiko  |  Constant Simplicity  |  elegantees  |  Krochet Kids  |  Shift To Nature  |  People Tree  |  Fair Indigo  |  Prana  |  Fed By Threads

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Ethical-Eco-Friendly-Fashion
Thread Harvest  |  TOMS Marketplace  |  Good Cloth  |  Gather & See  |  Fair Trade Certified List

Higher-End-Ethical-Brands
Reformation  |  Eileen Fisher  |  IOU  |  Raven & Lily

Where-to-Buy-New-Accessories
Far and Wide Collective  |  Ten Thousand Villages  |  Faire Collection  |  FashionABLE  |  Earth Divas  |  So(u)l Collective  |  Fashion ComPassion  |  Stone & Cloth  |  List of Jewelry

Where-to-Buy-New-Shoes
Roma Boots  |  The Root Collective  |  BANGS  |  Love is Mighty  |  Oliberte

Where-to-Buy-New-Underwear
Thinx  |  Nursing bras by Piper Marie  |  Katastrophic  |  Larkspur  |  List of Jeans

Have you found any favorite shops or brand for ethical, eco-friendly clothing and accessories?