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Pointelle may be trending, but we’ve long known it’s more than a fashion statement: it’s a great lower impact material to add to your underwear or casuals collection. Here, we’re sharing top picks from more sustainable brands.
Why pointelle is a more sustainable option
Pointelle is a soft and lightweight material knitted with dainty openwork patterns such as chevrons, hearts, diamonds, and stripes. It’s been trending recently thanks to the likes of Zoe Kravitz, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter wearing camisoles and cardigans typically reserved for lounging as ready-to-wear.
But we, and our network of small, top-rated brands, have long known that pointelle is more than a fashion statement: it’s a great lower-impact material to add to your underwear (or casualwear) collection, since it is most commonly made from organic cotton and has a knit structure that doesn’t require the addition of stretch fibres. What’s more, its popular off-white colour requires no dyeing to achieve, meaning it’s a staple in the ranges of many brands that focus on non-toxic clothing.
If you’re shopping for pointelle clothing, keep an eye on the fabric composition—ideally it is 100% organic or recycled cotton, the former potentially being GOTS certified. Check also that any additional trims are made from lower impact options, since bows and ribbons can often be polyester. You’ll also want to make sure that the brand you’re buying from works to reduce its impact in other areas, too, such as animal welfare and labour justice. To help out, we’ve curated 13 options from top-rated brands that are doing the work on issues across all three of our ratings pillars: people, the planet, and animals.
Read on to discover more sustainable pointelle tops, cardigans, dresses, bras, and more.
Pointelle camis, tops, and more from better brands
Q for Quinn
Q for Quinn offers more sustainable, non-toxic, and eczema-friendly clothing for all ages. Its essentials are made using organic, more responsibly sourced materials.
Christy Dawn
Christy Dawn is a minimalist showroom for vintage-inspired women’s clothing and footwear, locally made with surplus fabric. The US brand rates “Great”, making it a fabulous option for your wardrobe.
Find the clothes in standard sizes XS-XL, or shop the Extended and Petite collections.
Kotn
Certified B Corp Kotn is based in Canada and works with local NGOs on the ground at the Nile Delta to provide every child in their farming communities with quality education, and to help close the gap of low literacy rates amongst communities. With every purchase, not only will you get a beautifully made garment, but you’ll also help fund school infrastructure, materials, and salaries for teachers.
Find Kotn in sizes XS-2XL.
Spell
Spell is an Australian fashion brand inspired by far-off places, vintage treasures, and childhood memories. Its clothes are proudly designed and sampled in Byron Bay, and produced responsibly in factories around the world.
Most garments are available in sizes 2XS-2XL.
Toad&Co
Toad&Co is a US brand working in a more socially and environmentally minded way. Its women’s and menswear is equally suited for the rigours of the trail or the tavern.
Most items are available in sizes XS-2XL.
JAN ‘N JUNE
JAN ‘N JUNE is a more sustainable, fair and transparent fashion label from Hamburg. Created by young female entrepreneurs who could not find what they were looking for and decided to make it themselves, this minimalistic, super stylish fair fashion label succeeds in being more sustainable and affordable at the same time.
Find sizes XS-XL.
LA Relaxed
“Simplicity, sustainability, style” is LA Relaxed’s motto. The brand reduces its climate impact by using renewable energy in its supply chain. It also uses some lower-impact materials, including organic cotton and TENCEL Lyocell.
Find the collection in sizes XS-XL.
Eco Intimates
Eco Intimates is a basics brand that features organic cotton lingerie, intimates, and sleepwear for women who care about their bodies and the Earth.
Find the loungewear in XS-2XL, and some lingerie up to 4XL.
Shop Eco Intimates with 10% off (automatically applied at checkout).
Reformation
LA-based Reformation creates “killer clothes that don’t kill the environment.” The brand ensures that a proportion of its suppliers pay a living wage, and provides training to its suppliers to improve working conditions for workers in its supply chain.
Its range is available in sizes XS-3XL.
Editor's note
Feature image via Q For Quinn, all other images via brands mentioned. Good On You publishes the world’s most comprehensive ratings of fashion and beauty brands’ impact on people, the planet, and animals. Use the directory to search thousands of rated brands.
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