Your fitness and sustainable lifestyle goals can be met with what you wear at the gym.
In this series, we look at what’s trending and notice what people are reaching their wallets for. We recommend which luxury products are worth trying and can satiate your retail therapy needs from fashion to beauty to food and tech.
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If you’ve been looking for more sustainable wardrobe options, you might have started shopping for linen tops instead of polyester. For luxury goods made of leather, perhaps you’ve considered buying preloved to reduce your carbon footprint. However, it can get a bit tricky when it comes to activewear. After all, linen isn’t squat proof, and second-hand gym wear isn’t desirable if you ask me.
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Fortunately, some brands prioritize sustainability as their ethos while specializing in performance pieces. Here are four worth checking out.
TALA
Founded by fitness entrepreneur Grace Beverley, Tala results from her frustration of not finding sustainably-produced activewear. Now, the London-based brand produces pieces with 92 percent recycled content. Their goal is to let you stick to your sustainable lifestyle without sacrificing the gym wear quality you’re used to.
You can shop here.
TENTREE
Based in Vancouver, Tentree offers ethically made athleticwear that is also climate-neutral. In addition, with every purchase, they plant ten trees. By 2023, they aim to have planted 1 billion trees—more than 71 million have already grown.
You can shop here
OUTDOOR VOICES
Outdoor Voices offers what to wear in the gym and for everyday life with recycled materials and packaging and eco-friendly practices. The sustainable materials used include “responsibly sourced” merino wool and recycled polyester from water bottles.
You can shop here.
WOLVEN
Based in Los Angeles, Wolven uses OEKO-TEX certified sustainable materials for garments that have recyclable packaging. The collections are ethically produced in Los Angeles and China. Wolven removes a pound of plastic litter from the ocean with every purchase.
You can shop here.
Banner photo from @Wearetala on Instagram.
