Yes Friends (affordable organic clothes from Bristol)

Yes Friends is a fashion brand that pays excellent wages to workers in Vietnam and and India (to help end modern slavery), then passes the savings onto you.

For any items containing recycled polyester or elastane, launder in a microfibre filter (or just buy the 100% natural fabrics, far simpler!)

Donate unwanted clothing to small charity shops (not big ones that test on animals). Recycle damaged/stained clothing at textile banks (it’s shredded into insulation and other goods).

The range includes a 100% organic cotton jacket, and hemp/organic cotton blue jeans. Wanting to end the risk of modern slavery (the 2nd highest risk is in the fashion trade), the brand was launched so that you could ‘buy an organic t-shirt for the price of a pint’.

At the proper scale, you can buy ethically without much added expense. Avoiding toxic chemicals, most dyes are eco-friendly.