15 Sustainable Boho Brands (Affordable, Ethical & Hippie)

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Boho is a hippie-inspired fashion style characterized by effortless, relaxed, bold, and breezy clothing. It typically involves an eclectic mix of natural elements, bright colors, patterns, and textures. 

There are many beautiful boho brands, however, most often rely on unethical fast fashion practices, which are exploitative, polluting, and harmful to both people and the planet.

Thankfully, there are great bohemian-style brands that focus on sustainable practices, ethical labor, and organic or recycled materials. In this article, you can find a list of 15 of them! Let’s jump right in.

Sustainable & Ethical Boho Clothing Brands:

They have one-of-a-kind pieces that are mindfully crafted with low-impact dyes, and most are made locally in the US. The items are screen-printed in small batches to ensure every item gets the attention it deserves.

Hemp Temple’s pieces are made with hemp – a natural material that rejuvenates soil and can be farmed and used in abundance.

The hemp is grown in the Himalayan soils of Bihar, India; then, the fabrics are dyed and sewn in Pushkar, India. The garments are then packaged in hemp and biodegradable post bags.

They use sustainable materials like TENCEL, made from renewable eucalyptus wood, ECOVERO™ – sustainably grown viscose, Flax linen; and Lenzing Modal, made with beechwood. 

Their dyes are low impact, use 70% less water, and are free from harmful chemicals. In addition, they ship the clothes with 100% post-consumer paper packaging that’s 100% compostable and made from sustainably sourced plants.

Made Trade’s collections include Tencel, modal, organic cotton, and bamboo clothing for every taste and occasion. 

They carefully hand-select every item to ensure it meets their sustainability standards that cover manufacturing processes, labor conditions, materials, fair trade status, third-party verifications, and more.

Those materials need less water and energy to create and biodegrade faster than synthetic fabrics. While Whimsy and Row is a bit pricier, they have a Sale page with more affordable clothing. The style is more elegant and modern, but there are some bohemian-looking pieces, too.

It is conceptualized, designed, and sewn at a home studio in Cadboro Bay by Brooke Macdonald with help from seamstress Andrea Skleryk and studio assistant Anabel Sargent. They use materials like linen, cotton, hemp, and silk.

Each piece is unique and handmade by sari suppliers who run small family-run businesses in Northern India. They also have up-cycled dresses from vintage sarees (traditional Indian clothing) that are one of a kind and handmade with love by the Saheli Women.

Every material is natural, organic, and carefully selected. Poppy’s fabrics are created on an Indonesian island and partner with local Balinese NGO ROLE, which works to prevent land-based waste from polluting the ocean. They also use eco-friendly mailers which are fully biodegradable and 100% compostable.

They work with non-profit organizations and small workshops in Ghana and India to pay fair wages for a sustainable livelihood. The designs are first sketched on paper, edited on the computer, and sent to artisan partners in India and Ghana to hand dye, print, weave, and sew all the designs. 

That practice helps extend garments’ life and reduces carbon, water, and fast footprint. All The Wild Roses is a Certified B Corporation that ensures the brand meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency, and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. They offer carbon-neutral, plastic-free delivery worldwide.

The brand uses deadstock fabrics as another way to help reduce textile waste and prevent materials from going to landfill. Oh Seven Days uses natural fabrics like cotton, cupro, rayon, and semi-natural & recycled fabrics.

The fabrics are botanically dyed from resources such as leaves, plants, fruits, vegetables, etc. They pay well for their sewers and provide a healthy working environment with fair hours. Oakie is designed in Australia, curated and dyed in Bali, and ships with a carbon-neutral postage service.

Since then, it has taken seriously the responsibility to ensure fair conditions for manufacturing its products. Their goal is to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2025 for their supply chain. They manufacture in India, Nepal, Thailand & China, and they regularly do audits of the factories.

They source their fabrics in India, and the designs are produced in different parts of India. In addition, they use materials that are less harmful to the environment, such as Lyocell & Eco-Vero Viscose. The pieces are simplistic, timeless, and boho-inspired. In addition, their dyes are eco-friendly and minimize greywater run-off during production.

There is also a Desert Fox Collection, handmade by Lucie – the founder of Desert Fox, in her studio in the South of France. Most fabrics are vintage or dead stock, and many items from our Desert Fox Collection are one-of-a-kind and made with love.

Additionally, if you don’t like digging through thrift stores, you can check out some of these fantastic online stores with vintage & bohemian clothing:

• KayaWearOnline (Etsy)
• Kalbelia (Etsy)
• TaobaImpuls (Etsy)
• Depop (app)

Check my article for more vintage online stores.

Summary

As you can see, you can easily do boho fashion in a sustainable & ethical way. Many fantastic cute brands put the planet & people first.

While some brands are pricier, they often have sales where you can purchase sustainable & bohemian clothing at affordable prices.

Did I miss a sustainable bohemian clothing brand you love? Make sure to write it in the comment section below!