Top 10 Brands For Sustainable Skirts

Are you interested in making a positive change for the environment and communities across the world just through the places you shop at? And would you be looking for a new skirt for that night out or summer’s day?

I’m guessing at least one of those is a yes, if so we’ve got you covered! These 10 brands below can provide you with a wide range of options from affordable skirts for sports to planet-positive elegant cocktail skirts. 

Eco-friendly, sustainable, and organic are just a few of the many ethical quotas these brands meet, so if you’re interested in making a positive impact please read on. 

What does ‘sustainably made’ mean? 

To take it back to basics sustainability in fashion has to do with avoiding the depletion and damage of the natural environment and its resources and ensuring the future security of said resources by minimizing the fashion industry’s contribution to ecological imbalance. 

Social sustainability involves supporting communities and peoples’ livelihoods and ensuring future populations’ livelihoods won’t be threatened by ecological damage through production, manufacturing, or end-of-cycle waste.

Many brands, including the ones we’ll dig a bit deeper into, also adopt sustainable practices by using sustainable fabrics in the majority of everything they make.

What does ‘ethically made’ mean? 

Ethically made clothing focuses more on social sustainability, prioritizing workers’ conditions, rights, pay, and so on. Brands ensure social responsibility by addressing all aspects of the garments’ production and manufacturing process where people are involved. 

The brands we cover here are a stark contrast to fast fashion names like Shein, Temu, and PrettyLittleThing who have been notorious for underpaying workers, forcing them to work in harmful environments and extremely long hours, all for consumers to have a new, cheap, poorly quality top to be worn once and thrown away. 

When we rate brands here at Eco Stylist you can have faith in the fact that the garments you are purchasing have been ethically made, with workers/laborers receiving living wages working in safe working conditions. 

It is important to acknowledge that a key part of sustainable fashion is reducing consumption altogether. But of course when we need to buy something—buy it sustainable!

If you are in your sustainable fashion journey and are looking to build more of a capsule wardrobe or even looking for a gift for a friend or family member to encourage them to shop more sustainably and ethically for skirts, these brands are a great place to start.

Our 10 Favorite Certified Brands for Sustainable Skirts

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1) Boden

If you’re after something a little more elevated — colorful prints, polished silhouettes, and skirts that move effortlessly from brunch to a work meeting — Boden is the answer. Their women’s skirt collection spans midi lengths, wrap styles, printed A-lines, and tailored options in responsibly sourced fabrics including RWS certified wool and FSC-certified fibers.

Known for vibrant, personality-driven design that stands apart from the sea of beige sustainable basics, Boden also offers petite and tall sizing options — a genuine differentiator in the sustainable fashion space.

A Certified Eco-Stylist brand with a 365-day quality guarantee.

2) Toad&Co

Toad&Co brings a versatile, adventure-ready approach to sustainable skirts — maxi, midi, mini, and skorts designed to take you from a city walk to a mountain trail without missing a beat. Their skirt collection is built from eco-friendly materials including organic cotton, hemp, recycled polyester, and TENCEL™, with breathable, lightweight constructions that pack easily and wash well.

Fair Trade certified, woman-founded, and committed to ethical production throughout their supply chain. Size range covers XS–XL across most styles. If you’re looking for a skirt that genuinely works as hard as you do, Toad&Co delivers.

3) KNOWN SUPPLY

Known Supply takes transparency one step further by giving workers credit for each garment made. You can see this on your label, with the maker’s signature on it and a QR code to ‘meet the maker’. In this way the worker gets credit for the garments they produce, you have a more personal experience and connection to your clothing, and Known Supply massively performs on their ethical transparency, through the publishing of factory suppliers and the condition of facilities. 

At first glance, Known Supply seems dominated by tees and sweatshirts with simple yet quality designs, however, they have a substantial collection of clothing on offer including skirts. These include mini, midi, and maxi from affordable prices starting from just $20. Similar to Girlfriend Collective, Known Supply prides itself on being size-inclusive offering a range of styles in sizes XS-4XL, again there is something for everyone here.

4) Tentree 

Tentree specializes in all things eco-friendly, whether making their clothes from organic cotton, hemp, recycled polyester, or TENCEL. The environment is a top priority here, as it says in the name, Tentree makes a promise to plant 10 trees for every item of clothing purchased. In doing so you’re not only gaining a new piece of clothing, but you’re also helping encourage afforestation which in turn improves the world’s ability to store carbon from the atmosphere and reduce levels of global warming. 

On a more personal level as a Tentree customer, you can send your clothes back once they have reached the end of their lifecycle in your hands to Tentrees to then be recycled and made into new clothing or to be resold as second hand. Their partnering with SuperCircle is a great initiative to increase the lifespan of clothing reducing the demand for constant mass-scale production and manufacturing of new garments in environmentally damaging processes, and it’s a super easy and simple way to play your part. 

Tentree skirts are all made with either hemp or cotton, no animal products, so are very eco-friendly and feel great to wear too. While Tentree doesn’t host an overwhelming collection of skirts, they hit the mark by providing something for every occasion whether that be sporty, casual, or for more of a dress-up occasion. 

All of their skirts are super comfortable, made from stretchable fabrics with adjustable waistbands so you won’t have to feel uncomfortable throughout your day. Plus as a little bonus, they often have a 10% discount when you sign up for their newsletter, providing you with lots of useful sustainable information and keeping you informed on their range of garments.

5) Nudie Jeans 

Nudie Jeans is a hip, trendy, and sustainable business providing yes, as you guessed, jeans for men and women. They don’t stop here though, Nudie also provides other denimwear, including shorts, jackets and again you guessed it, skirts.

They keep their collections relatively small, allowing them to focus on the sustainability of each item. High-quality organic denim is of top priority here ensuring that their denim lasts a lifetime, and if not Nudie Jeans offers free repair services. 

To provide full sustainability disclosure Nudie Jeans publishes their annual CO2 emissions and water usage, which is a key step to encourage them to minimize both environmentally damaging aspects of the fashion industry, especially with the water-intensive nature of denim manufacturing, but also gives us as consumers a better understanding of the impact our clothes have on the environment. 

Nudie Jeans 100% organic cotton skirts have a softened feel to their denim, providing extra comfort. Their skirts also have individual product transparency details, explaining the climate impacts and water consumption for that item, in addition to the location and factory of each step that goes into producing their skirts.

6) Whimsy and Row 

Whimsy and Row is an eco-conscious, sustainable brand producing elegant skirts. 

Their use of locally sourced fabrics for all clothing demonstrates their commitment to sustainability, and again reduces the environmental transport impact of sourcing materials from far and wide. 

In terms of sustainability, they use wait lists as a way of reducing waste from overproduction, and customers are also able to resell their items via Whimsy and Row if no longer worn, giving new customers the option to buy second-hand, again reducing the demand and risk of overproduction.

If you’re looking for sleek and sophisticated skirts, with flattering lengths, they are the company for it. Whimsy and Row also design a skirt and top matching set allowing you to interchange outfits in many ways with just a few garments.

7) Ninety Percent

Ninety Percent is a London-based sustainable womenswear label with a skirt collection that spans slip skirts, midi styles, and sarong-inspired designs — all crafted from low-impact materials including organic cotton, TENCEL™, and linen. GOTS and OEKO-TEX certified, 100% vegan, and designed with a minimalist, fashion-forward aesthetic in earth tones that feel genuinely timeless rather than trend-driven.

What makes Ninety Percent genuinely distinctive is their profit-sharing model: 90% of distributable profits go directly to the people who make their clothes and the charitable causes they support. Every garment tag lists exactly which people and causes benefited from your purchase — a level of transparency that goes well beyond most certified brands.

They are based in the UK but they ship worldwide, making them accessible to US shoppers looking for elevated sustainable skirts with a real values story behind them.

8) ARMEDANGELS

ARMEDANGELS, based in Germany, provides a wide, but not overwhelming range of skirts, from staple maxi skirts with colors that will pair well with pretty much all items in your wardrobe, to more dressy, summery, and floral styles for more special occasions. Their designs are timeless, perfect for a capsule wardrobe, and reducing the want to buy new skirts each season. 

For ARMEDANGELS ethical sustainability is a matter of great importance: by making their production transparent in that you’re able to trace where your garments have been made, enabling you as a consumer to research the factories and working conditions of their suppliers, providing comfort in the sustainability of the skirts you buy. 

To confirm this ARMEDANGELS have received a Leader status from the Fair Wear Foundation, confirming their compliance to fair workers’ rights, pay, and condition of work with ongoing assessment of manufacturing conditions.

9) prAna 

prAna brings a bohemian, adventure-ready aesthetic to sustainable skirts — flowing midi lengths, versatile skorts, and casual styles designed to move between a yoga class, a farmers market, and a weekend hike without missing a beat. Their women’s skirt collection is built from organic cotton, recycled materials, and hemp, all Fair Trade certified and bluesign® approved — meaning both the environmental and human standards behind every garment are independently verified.

What sets prAna apart in this list is their genuine outdoor versatility. These aren’t skirts you retire when the trail gets muddy — they’re built for real movement in real conditions, while still looking effortlessly put-together off the trail. Available in a wide range of earthy, nature-inspired colorways across XS–XXL.

10) Kotn

Kotn is one of the few certified sustainable brands genuinely excelling in mini skirts — and they do it with real range.

Their collection includes a Cozy Mini in brushed Egyptian cotton ribbing, a Denim Mini with patch pockets, a textured Cord Mini in corduroy, and a Pleated Mini in a soft wool blend. Each one is crafted from 100% natural fibers — primarily Egyptian cotton sourced directly from farming communities in Egypt — with a structured, flattering fit that actually holds up.

A portion of every Kotn order also funds primary schools for the children of their cotton farmers. Clean, classic design with a values story that runs all the way to the source.

Interested in even more sustainable and ethical brands? 

It doesn’t stop here: we’ve got a whole range of sustainable brands, including clothing, accessories, and footwear, for you to explore. Check out our Brand Guide to take a look at our range of brands and levels of ethical certification.

Editor’s Note: Updated June 2026 with refreshed brand recommendations to better reflect today’s best sustainable skirt options.

Grace is graduating from the University of Sheffield this summer after studying Geography. She loves all things sustainability and fashion, spending her time making and up-cycling clothes. She also has a new found love for writing and a passion to help make positive change in the world.