Ecouterre

Do you struggle with deciding what to donate when cleaning out your closet? Need a little extra push to let go of that old dress or sweater that you only wore once? Don’t worry,…

MAKE DO AND MEND Want to know where the nearest sewing café or cobbler is? Have a closet full of clothes that you don’t know how to make fresh and new? The Good Wardrobe offers…

Makers’ Row wants to make it easier for businesses to produce their goods in the United States. The New York City-based startup has launched an online database that seeks to…

Move over eBay: The next wave of resale shopping is here. Akin to brick-and-mortar boutiques, Twice and Threadflip auctions for more personalized shopping that reaches a broad audience…

As a clothing designer, how can you be sure that your clients will love what you create? Silvia and Sabrina Scandar, the masterminds behind Sew Love, use the power of community-sourced…

PRINT YOUR OWN Constrvct is a project of Continuum Clothing, the same interactive agency that brought us the world’s first three-dimensionally printed bikini. Mary Huang and Jenna…

Know the feeling you get when you take a bottle of nail polish home from the store and then realize the color is all wrong for your skin tone? Marks & Spencer wants to spare…

You’ve calculated your slavery footprint, now take action by downloading Made in a Free World’s complimentary smartphone app. Available for both Android and iPhone systems,…

Sweatshop isn’t your average online cow-clicker. As its name implies, the game places you on the floor of an offshore factory that cranks out merchandise for high-street retailers…

Swapping clothes? There’s an app for that. If you’re looking to spruce up your wardrobe this year, “Closet Swap” allows you to trade castoffs with your friends…

Photo by Bonnie Natko In what is being hailed as an industry first, apparel brands, retailers, municipalities, nonprofits, and recyclers are banding together to promote the recycling of…

Shopping for clothes online is a bit of a gamble, but Berlin-based startup UPcload is launching a new Web-based body-measuring system that will give you a perfect fit each time, no…

MODERN SLAVERY Developed by the Call + Response anti-slavery campaign, with funding from the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, the site seeks…

Photo by Jane M. Sawyer Grade your closet with a free, online calculator that measures the textile footprint of your entire household. Developed by Colour Connections, a fiber…

Fashioning Change isn’t your typical online marketplace. Hailing from San Diego, the self-professed “green shopping intervention” helps consumers recreate name-brand…

Patagonia always had a reputation for making durable, low-impact outdoor apparel, but the California label is taking its sustainable ethos one step further with the launch of Common…

All the world’s no longer a stage. It’s just a very, very big game. Levi’s is leveraging our yen for unlocking badges, scanning codes, and checking in to raise…

Call it “computational couture.” “Continuum,” a new app by interactive designer Mary Huang, puts bespoke fashion in the hands of anyone with an Internet…