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Encircled

Canada

Encircled is a Canadian womenswear brand that designs versatile, travel-friendly clothing it calls wanderleisure. It sells tops, pants, cardigans, blazers and sets made from fabrics such as Tencel, modal and merino, aimed at women who want to pack light without giving up style. Garments are ethically made in Toronto, and more than half of its fabric is knit in Canada. The brand follows a slow fashion model built on multi-way, trendless designs. Its sewing studios keep scrap fabric to upcycle into accessories, and it holds sample sales for imperfect garments. Green energy powers its office and web hosting, and its packaging is 100% recyclable. Encircled is a certified B Corp, and most of its textiles are Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certified. Good On You rates Encircled Good overall. It scores the brand Good for planet and people and It's a Start for animals. The rating notes local manufacturing and a traceable supply chain, but finds no evidence of living wages or an animal welfare policy.

LANIUS

Germany

LANIUS is a family-run fashion company based in Cologne. Claudia Lanius started it in 1999 and is still its designer, and she now runs it with her daughter Annabelle Homann. The brand designs two slow fashion collections a year, mainly for women, including trousers, knitwear, blouses, jackets and denim made from natural and certified materials. LANIUS is GOTS-certified and a member of the IVN. It mostly uses organic materials, alongside TENCEL and recycled polyester and polyamide. The wool it uses is mulesing-free, and its vegan pieces carry PETA-Approved Vegan certification. The company says its producers hold certifications such as GOTS, amfori BSCI and SA8000, or are audited by the Fair Wear Foundation. It also offers care, repair and resale services. Good On You rates LANIUS Good overall. Its planet score is Great, reflecting published material data, lower-impact materials, efforts to cut transport emissions and recycled packaging. Its people score is Good, although there is no evidence of living wages. Its animals score is It's a Start: the brand uses leather, wool, cashmere and alpaca, and Good On You says it has not verified the mulesing-free policy.

Elvis & Kresse

United Kingdom

Elvis & Kresse is a UK brand that makes bags, belts, wallets, travel goods and other accessories from reclaimed materials. Its main materials are decommissioned London fire-hoses and rescued leather. The range includes crossbody bags, totes, backpacks, briefcases and wash bags for women and men. The brand is built on three pillars: rescue, transform and donate. It gives 50 percent of its profits to charity, including the Fire Fighters Charity. In 2021 it moved its operations to a farm in Kent to work regeneratively. There it built a straw bale workshop powered by renewables, created a wetland system to treat its own wastewater and is setting up a vineyard that prioritises soil and biodiversity. Elvis & Kresse is a certified B Corp. Good On You rates it Great overall, with Great for planet and people and Good for animals. The rating notes that pieces are made in-house by a small team and that final-stage workers are paid a living wage. It also says the leather and any other animal materials the brand uses are recycled before ever reaching consumers.

Neem London

United Kingdom

Neem London is an independent UK menswear brand. It makes overshirts, jackets, shirts, trousers, merino T-shirts, blazers, socks and belts from recycled and regenerative fibres. Its materials include recycled Italian flannel and denim, traceable ZQ Merino wool, organic cotton and recycled leather. Through a take-back scheme, customers can send in old clothes of any brand and in any condition. Neem shreds and re-spins them into yarn for new overshirts, and customers earn store credit in return. Good On You rates Neem Good overall, giving it Great for planet, Good for animals and It's a Start for people. It cites the brand's slow fashion model, limited production runs, wool from non-mulesed sheep and recycled leather. It also notes there is no evidence of a Code of Conduct or of living wages in the supply chain. Neem holds Global Recycled Standard certification.