Summer is in full swing so it’s only appropriate that I do a post on ethical swimwear for this weeks Shop for MORE. Did you know there are oodles of choices when it comes to eco-friendly and fair trade swimwear?
I LOVE this laid back one piece by Bodkin on super sale at Founders & Followers for $135 marked down from $225.
I kind of die for the modern triangle pattern in eco-line Mociun; the below one-pieces are on sale now for $131 used to be $230.
Both Bodkin and Mociun found on Ecouterre’s post here.
Love these sweet florals from fair trade brand Emobi at Fashion Conscience for $111.00.
And I find this one-piece made by Seattle based eco-friendly designer Kelly Berry super sexy with the cutouts going up the side. Available at BTC Elements for $130.
If you’re more into classics this eco-friend polka-dot bikini should fit the bill. Found on the Huffington Post collaboration between Yooxygen and Katherine Hamnett $132.
I am personally an easy breezy kind of gal and would personally love to get my hands on the Manhattan One-Piece in tye-dye available at Fairies Dance for $115.
So friends, did you know ethical swimwear could be so chic? What do you think?
If you’d like to see the other ethical finds featured on this blog please help yourself to the Shop for MORE section in the categories on the sidebar or go to the top of the page and click on Links! Ethical Shopping. Happy shopping for MORE, dears.
GREAT picks dear!! I’m smitten with the triangle one!!
I didn’t realise you were an ethical blogger. I loved the bikini’s you posted, it’s always good to have places to go to if you want to go down the ethical route.
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These are so cute – all rather pricey but that only makes me think about how non-ethical retailers can afford to produce their products so cheaply!
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These are some wonderful suits–I really love the modern triangle in orange. It’s gorgeous!
Hi 🙂
I looove the first grey one piece baithing suit!
And I LOOOVE THE YELLOW FLORAL 2 PIECE SOOO CUTE!
And thank you for your wonderful comment on the Melrod Illustration 😀
Yes, she is a pretty lady. 😀
I am glad that you are so ethical. Maybe your over-abundance of ethics will outweigh my lack of ethics when it comes to fashion. I have a horrible mantra — If it’s cute, and if i love it, I will wear it. I honestly have no ethics when it comes to style.
That’s really sad.
So thanks for canceling me out. 🙂
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what gorgeous suits! I love them all because they’re really unique in design and pattern but simple. Love the tie dye!
I really like the first bathing suit and the yellow one-piece. They’re so pretty.
p.s. thanks for the lovely comment. 🙂
xoxo,
Mel
Egads the modern triangle print and cut is so 70’s Farrah fabulous!! I love them!
These swimsuits are too cute!! My favorite one has to be the yellow one piece! 🙂
what great suits. The Tie-dye is great. I have been wearing something like it’s twin black maillot for yearrrrrrs. Hard to find simple, braless these days, even here in Southern Florida.
These are really cute suits and I Love that they’re ethical. I was wondering if you also knew where to buy ethical swim suits for the ladies who aren’t ready to or can’t plunk down more than $100 for a suit?
Hi Zoe!
Thanks so much for stopping by. What kind of bathing suit are you looking for? Right now instyleswimwear.com has a good selection of Vitamin A and Vitamin A Silver Swimwear on sale for under a $100: http://www.instyleswimwear.com/vitamin-a-silver I really love this one piece from Vitamin A that is on sale for $79 right now. I highlighted Vitamin A and Vitamin A Silver in my latest ethical swimwear post here: http://www.made-to-travel.com/2012/04/01/so-it-begins-ethical-options-for-swimsuit-season/. Also this one piece: http://www.swimoutlet.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=38825&color=9325 at swim outlet online is on sale from Eco Swim for under $100. Both brands are eco-friendly and made in sunny California.
Hope this is helpful and let me know if I can do anything else to help you find an ethical swimsuit!
Very best,
jamillah
Hi, I stumbled across this site while searching for ethically produced men’s swimwear, and so far I haven’t been able to find a single pair of ethical trunks, anywhere! Do you know of anywhere that might offer such things?
I’m also a little saddened to see the price-gouging that goes on with supposedly ethical clothing. Of course, the higher costs involved in buying fairly traded fabrics and paying US- or EU-level wages instead of Bangladesh- or China-level ones will cause prices to rise, but I can’t believe they would rise by so much. You can be sure that the seamstresses who make the swimsuits shown above will still only earn minimum wage, and won’t get even a sniff of the huge margins; that all goes into the company directors’ pockets. Of course, it’s the same story in fashion everywhere, but it’s a shame to see that ethical producers haven’t taken a different tack. Even the items made by workers’ cooperatives in South America still receive a massive price-hike by opportunistic ‘eco-vendors’ as soon as they enter the US or the EU.
Still, none of this is a reason to not buy ethical clothing! Little by little it’ll permeate the mainstream and cease to be exclusively high-end. In the meantime, my search for ethical trunks continues… 😉
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You’re hunch is very right, Matthew; there’s no need to increase prices this much for fair trade clothing. Small ethical sourcers do miss out on economies of scale, increasing production costs without any extra benefit to the actual workers, but the big margins are usually for western design departments, retailers etc. etc. whether produce is fairly traded or not. To some extent this is due to simple supply and demand economics (so-called unskilled labour is cheap because largely available in developing countries), so inevitable; but as strange as it sounds, just slightly higher wages already make a world of difference for garment production workers. More importantly the true gain is (or should be) is safer working conditions, workers’ representation rigths and the like. As much as I would like to see world wages converging, this doesnt necessarily mean that workers are exploited if their cut makes up a small percentage of revenue as long as living wages are offered and restrictions on working hours are enforced and preferably opportunities to develop a sense of carreer. So keep up your quest, I’m also looking!
Great options for fun in the sun. We like the yellow one!