Sustainable Dresses for Valentine’s Day

Planning your perfect Valentine's Day outfit? Start by shopping your own closet! That gorgeous dress from last year's wedding could be just what you're looking for.

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If you need something new, consider secondhand options — they're gentler on both your wallet and the environment. Browse secondhand marketplaces, borrow from friends and family, or explore Buy Nothing groups in your area.

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If you are planning to invest in a new outfit, we've curated a list of sustainable brands with dresses for your Valentine’s date night:

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Everlane

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Dresses start at $60

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Everlane offers a wide, evergreen collection of over 100 dresses. Most are made from sustainable materials including organic cotton, linen (derived from flax seeds), TENCEL™ Lyocell, and LENZING™ ECOVERO™ — a man-made cellulosic fiber sourced from FSC-certified wood pulp. While a few dresses use virgin synthetic materials, you can easily check the materials section before purchasing. Each product page also shows which factory (and country) made your dress.

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Lucy & Yak

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Dresses start at $60

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Lucy & Yak has a limited but affordable collection of Valentine’s Day dresses with floral details and lovely textures, starting from $50. All of these dresses are made from GOTS certified Organic cotton or a blend of organic and recycled cotton. They are eligible for a buy-back scheme where the brand will resell or downcycle them, based on their condition. If you are on a budget, you can even buy a secondhand dress from their ReYak collection. The brand publishes an impact report every year and its 2024 report is already out.

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Kowtow

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Dresses start at $80

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B Corp certified Kowtow has a versatile dress collection that is completely plastic-free and each dress is traced from seed to garment. The brand uses a natural mono-fibre, Fairtrade certified cotton for every garment it makes. This Fairtrade certified cotton is rainfed, hand-picked, and entirely biodegradable. Even the garment labels and swing tags are made from organic cotton and the clothes are sewn together using GOTS certified cotton.

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Noble

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Dresses start at $160

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Noble’s Utility Dress is also one of its best sellers. Made in Peru from GOTS-certified organic cotton, these dresses are fully traceable from plant to product. They are dyed using eco-friendly processes and each piece is pre-washed and pre-shrunk so that you don’t encounter any size issues. Noble also has a take-back program that accepts its own brand's clothing for resale.

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DÔEN

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Dresses start at $230

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If you're looking to splurge a bit for your Valentine's Day outfit, check out DÔEN, which creates lasting, beautiful dresses mostly made in women-owned factories. The majority of these dresses are made from sustainable materials such as 100% organic cotton, hemp, and LENZING™ ECOVERO™, and the brand aims to source 100% lower-impact materials by 2030. When you're done with these dresses, you can send them back to the brand, and it'll pass them on to someone else through its Hand Me DÔEN program.

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