This month I’ve pulled together a sophisticated, but bright and summery capsule wardrobe featuring clothing from eco clothing brand, Komodo.
I’ve paired up a black SENS t-shirt made from 100% bamboo with a pair of lightweight, sulphur coloured ADAM tencel linen shorts. In case you’ve not heard of tencel, its a very sustainable fabric made from wood cellulose, and is one of the most environmentally friendly fabrics on the market. I’ve also opted for this 100% organic cotton gathered tie dress in black from People Tree for more formal occasions and to take the look into the evening.
Both looks go equally well with the accessories I’ve chosen. I know there are plenty of 
other eco-brands of shoes on the market now which probably have better eco credentials, but I’ve been wearing Birkenstocks since I was about 15 and I’m not going to stop now. I always make sure I get the most out of each pair by caring for them well and getting them resoled as needed. These gold crackle effect sandals look great paired with a cork & gold oversized clutch from Etsy and this simple gold layered necklace from Komodo or a pair of Brazilian paxiubinha seed earrings from LauraBijoux. With 20 years of jewellery design experience, Brazilian expat Laura Torster now lives in Portugal and she ships her eco creations worldwide. She’s also very happy to work with you to create something bespoke for you and at the moment I’ve commissioned her to create a pair the same earrings pictured above for me, but with a spring loaded loop, as I am one of those rare individuals without pierced ears.
When it comes to sunglasses, I’ve always slightly struggled with the eco options. They’re often made from bamboo and are probably great if you have one of those faces that looks good wearing classic RayBan wayfarers. But I don’t have one of those faces. And I was so happy to find these stylish and feminine black & honey MARINO sunglasses from Antonio Verde, made from recycled plastic and bamboo.
I always would encourage anyone to shop sustainably by going to charity shops and second hand clothing stores, however sometimes its hard to get specific pieces you might need when shopping this way, and so I want to share these style updates as a regular, up to date resource guide for you to find out what is out there in the eco fashion world. I have done style edits in the past, but as I’ve started to research and connect with all the wonderful companies out there producing green and sustainable fashion, I want to get a chance to feature as many as I can. In particular, UK-based companies. There has been a great response from nearly everyone I’ve approached so far.
I have not been compensated (financially or in kind) for featuring any of the brands listed in this style edit. I just genuinely like them. Komodo have, however, been kind enough to provide me with some lovely high res images to use in this feature and they’ve also tipped me off with some insider information that their summer sale is due to start later this week on their website: www.komodo.co.uk.
I hope this inspires to you to check out some of these eco brands when you’re updating your wardrobe this summer.
Nice round up of Sustainable accessories and clothing. R
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Their clothes look lovely. I love the sandals! They look so comfortable
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I love Birkenstock sandals so much! I can spend hours in their big store on Neal Street in London!
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I’m not great at buying into ECO when it comes to clothing, although I picked up a gorgeous top from h&m a few years back that had been made from recycled fabric. I had no idea they stocked ECO stuff! Love those Marino sunglasses. Super stylish! Tx
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Zara also do an organic line as well. And I’m starting to see bamboo clothing and tencel clothing everywhere too – even at TK Maxx. Eco clothing is getting more fashionable and mainstream…one of the reasons for me starting this as a regular feature! I hate frumpy clothing. The glasses are lovely aren’t they?
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Wow, I like that a lot, especially the dress and the earrings. Never heard of this brand before so I’m off to check out their website now.
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Thanks Joanne, they’ve also given me a sneak peek at their AW look book and it is amazing…I can’t wait to share a couple of those looks in the autumn. Laura who does the earrings is just lovely too! But I’m not sponsored or anything so I plan to feature as many eco brands – making anything I would actually wear myself – as I can!
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I am LOVING these two colours together. What a fab idea for a capsule wardrobe x
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I love the colour sulphur! Most yellows actually!
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I am loving these pieces – those sunglasses are absolutely beautiful though, I could do with some like that. x
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Yes the sunglasses are particularly nice! They don’t look ‘eco’ at all!
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Such lovely pieces. I love those earrings and the sunglasses.
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Thanks! Laura who makes the earrings seems just lovely.
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I love the gold layered necklace! My kind of style! Something simple but pretty 😀
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Yes that’s also my style of jewellery as well. Very simple. I’m hoping it goes into their sale later this week…
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It’s always nice to go for the eco frirendly options when possible. The sunglasses are lovely x
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Aren’t they? As I said, I’ve always struggled with eco sunglasses in the past as they’re just too masculine looking with the wayfarer shape and hard wooden frames. But these are so similar to my non eco Oliver Peoples Laylas…finally a decent pair of eco sunglasses!
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Aw I love the gold layered necklace and the yellow shorts are gorgeous too. Its lovely that the brand is eco-friendly.
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Thanks Ana, yes I’ve got my eye on that gold layered necklace when their sale goes on later this week…
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I love charity shop shopping for clothes – you can get some really great gems in there and like you said, it’s sustainable!
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I’ve found so many amazing designer buys at charity shops! And some nice accessories as well.
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The dress is so pretty i love it. Love the sunglasses too.
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The dress is really pretty, especially paired with the gold necklace. Add a pair of gold wedges and it would be such a nice outfit for evening.
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Great choices! I think shopping sustainable is the responsible thing to do. Those sunglasses rock.
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Thanks Liz. The sunglasses are gorgeous, aren’t they?
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The black dress looks lovely and perfect with white sneakers. I would love to have the cork & gold oversized clutch too. 🙂
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Its not expensive either. It was around £28 I think. You know what I should have done was a costing for the whole look. Next time!
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Pretty! I love those yellow shorts, wonderfully bright.
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Aren’t they? I tend towards quite neutral colours normally but yellow is my favourite accent colour!
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What a fantastic post! I love the fact that the items are all Green, and those sandals look so comfortable!
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They are! I’ve been wearing Birkenstocks since forever. They’re so comfy and come in so many styles and patterns. And they even do vegan ‘leather’ sandals as well!
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I love that green fashion is getting a lot more versatile now and really stepping up its game x
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It really is stepping up its game. It really needed to. Shapeless bits of hemp are fine when you’re 19 and look amazing in everything but grown women need well tailored, well designed clothing and high quality accessories and finally these things seem to be available.
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Great pieces, these. Loving the natural colours too.
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Thanks Elizabeth, yes I’m a big fan of neutrals…though I do love yellow which is probably my favourite accent colour.
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I love those yellow shorts, they’re so summery! The sunglasses look lovely too. It’s always good to know your clothing choices are environmentally friendly 🙂
Jess xo
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Thanks Jess! Isn’t yellow such a cheerful colour? I dress my daughter in it all the time! The sunglasses are gorgeous and not too expensive at all, despite being made from recycled plastic and bamboo.
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those sunglasses are very chic. i think they will match any outfit
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Some lovely pieces here, I am loving the look of the sunglasses x
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Gorgeous pieces, I love them all. I really should be more conscious when shopping x
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Thanks Jenni, I’ll do my best to make sure that I do something this good…or better…every month.
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So much pretty. This looks and sounds like a great brand.
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Thanks Jemma, it is, and there are plenty of others out there too. I hope to feature as many as I can over the coming months.
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Great colours here and I love love love the shoes! Flats that are beautiful!
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Great colours and I absolutely adore the sandals! I might have to buy them!
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Love the yellow tee with those shorts.
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I love that black dress – it looks so casual and comfy. Great for lazing around in the park in the sunshine 🙂
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That cork clutch is certainly unique! You can always fine cool stuff on Etsy 🙂
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I love Etsy so much. I do a lot of my gift shopping there these days.
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I absolutely love that clutch bag. It would be ideal for taking on holiday xxxx
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What a lovely capsule you’ve created, loving the sunnies and the shorts
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Great post, I had no idea you could get so many things that are sustainable!
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Thanks Stephen, yes there are companies finally starting to ‘get it’ that people interested in protecting the planet still want to look good and have a disposable income. I was recently more than a little surprised checking Google Analytics to see that 54% of my readers are men…do you think a men’s sustainable style edit would go down well?
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