13 Brands Like Afends for Eco-Friendly Streetwear Style
One hemp hoodie ends up doing all the work in your wardrobe, and now you want four more like it. AFENDS makes that harder than it sounds. It prices in Australian dollars, the good drops sell through, and hemp streetwear is a small club to begin with.
These 13 brands cover the same ground from different angles. We checked every price and material claim on each brand's own site, and where a pick sells shoes or underwear instead of hoodies, we say so instead of stretching the word streetwear to fit.
What makes AFENDS hard to replace: founded in 2006 in Byron Bay by Deco and Jono, off the back of a screen printing business doing merch for local punk and hardcore bands. Hemp content runs from 8% to 55% depending on the style, so there's no single house blend. The All Day Relaxed Hoodie (A$149.99) is 73% organic cotton and 27% hemp, while the Base Short Sleeve Shirt (A$119.99) runs 55% hemp and 45% Tencel.
| Brand | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| CHNGE | $48 to $144 USD | The closest wardrobe match, in GOTS organic cotton |
| THTC | £18 to £30 GBP | Hemp tees, the way AFENDS does hemp |
| Patagonia | $95 to $129 USD | Fleece and logo hoodies that read as street |
| Girlfriend Collective | $48 to $108 USD | Recycled activewear, XXS to 5XL |
| Tentree | $88 to $108 USD | Organic cotton hoodies with trees attached |
| PANGAIA | $80 to $190 USD | Heavyweight organic cotton blanks |
| Veja | £110 to £150 GBP | Sneakers only, with traceable rubber |
| Organic Basics | $24 to $95 USD | The GOTS-certified layer underneath |
| Nudie Jeans | $70 to $195 USD | Denim you get repaired instead of replaced |
| TALA | $78 to $82 USD | Women's sweats and gymwear from the UK |
| Outerknown | $58 to $88 USD | Surf-town heritage, grown-up cuts |
| Ecoalf | $47.88 to $275.90 USD | Recycled fabrics with the paperwork to match |
| Allbirds | $100 to $140 USD | Comfort-led sneakers in wool and tree fibre |
CHNGE
CHNGE is a US label making heavyweight, oversized streetwear in 100% GOTS-certified organic cotton, priced from $48 for a tee to $144 for the washed wide-leg sweatpant. Of everything here, this is the closest wardrobe match to AFENDS. Boxy zip hoodies, wide-leg sweats, heavy tees. The silhouettes land in the same place.
The difference is volume. AFENDS prints surf and punk graphics, while CHNGE runs hard political slogans across most of its range, so the blank Ethical Essentials line is where you go if you want the fabric without the message. Its sustainability page states the clothing is carbon neutral, that it offsets 48.5lbs of CO2 per shirt covering supply chain plus your first 50 washes and dries, and that production happens in a Fairtrade factory.
Prices to know: the Core Heavyweight Classic Hoodie lists at $119 and the Blank T-Shirt at $48. CHNGE discounts often, so those are the numbers to judge value against, not the ones you'll see on the banner.
Best for: Getting AFENDS' proportions in certified organic cotton.
THTC
THTC, short for The Hemp Trading Company, has been making hemp streetwear in London since 1999, with tees from £25 and boxers at £18. On the fibre that defines AFENDS, this is the closest match on the list. Its premium-weight tees state a blend of 55% organic hemp and 45% organic cotton at 200GSM, described on the product page as an upgrade from the 170GSM weight it used for over 15 years.
Set your expectations on range. Of 88 products, 50 are T-shirts, and the hemp hoodie collection is down to a couple of styles. This is a tee brand with a small tail of socks, caps and underwear, not a full wardrobe. The graphics lean 90s UK jungle and drum-and-bass, with activist prints alongside.
The Save The Jungle Remix Hemp T-Shirt costs £30. THTC's own accreditations page claims a 93% ethical rating from Ethical Consumer. Shipping goes worldwide from the UK, free on UK orders over £55. If hemp is the whole reason you shop AFENDS, start here, then read our guide to hemp apparel brands like Jungmaven.
Best for: A hemp tee with a 27-year track record behind it.
Patagonia
Patagonia is an outdoor brand, and its fleece and logo hoodies happen to work as streetwear, priced $95 to $129. Calling it a streetwear label would be wrong. Calling the '73 Skyline Uprisal Hoody ($95) a hoodie you'd wear on a skate would be right, and its P-6 logo graphics have had street currency for years.
The hemp connection is real too. The Work Hoody ($125) uses a fleece of 83% recycled polyester, 15% industrial hemp and 2% spandex, which is the same argument AFENDS makes about the fibre.
On labour, Patagonia states it offers "more styles made in a Fair Trade Certified™ factory than any other apparel brand—over 90% of our line", and that it pays a premium on every Fair Trade item that goes to workers through a Community Development Fund. The Uprisal Hoody page states the piece is 100% recycled and bluesign® approved. The Daily Hoody ($125) is the plainer everyday option.
Best for: Fair Trade fleece that outlasts the graphic on it.
Girlfriend Collective
Girlfriend Collective makes size-inclusive recycled activewear from $48 to $108, in sizes XXS to 5XL. Be clear on what this is: leggings, sports bras, tanks and bodysuits. There's no hoodie collection at all, so it sits beside AFENDS rather than replacing it.
What it does, it documents well. The brand states that "100% of our collections use over 75% recycled polyester" and that all its recycled fabric is certified Standard 100 by OEKO-TEX. Its SuperTrack fabric is woven from 100% recycled water bottles, and PFAS testing through Bureau Veritas came back not detected.
The Compressive High-Rise Legging ($108) is the piece people buy first, and the Scoop Bralette ($48) is the cheapest way in. The brand also donates 1% of every order to a nonprofit the customer picks. Shipping is US-based with free delivery over $100.
Best for: The activewear half of the wardrobe, in an honest size range.
Shop Girlfriend Collective Now
Tentree
Tentree is the most natural swap on this list, selling organic cotton hoodies and tees from $88 to $108 and planting ten trees for every item sold. Silhouettes sit close to AFENDS, the fabrics overlap, and the brand uses hemp alongside organic cotton and TENCEL™ lyocell in its materials.
The aesthetic is where you'll notice the gap. Tentree reads outdoorsy and wholesome where AFENDS reads surf and skate, so the graphics are mountains and forests rather than punk flyers. If that suits you, the Juniper Hoodie ($88) is a 60% organic cotton and 40% recycled polyester fleece, and the Juniper Zip Hoodie ($98) is the same fabric with a full zip.
Tentree states it has been carbon neutral since 2020, and shows B Corp, Science Based Targets and Climate Label marks on its sustainability page. Canadian shoppers get their own storefront at tentree.ca. We'd point anyone weighing up these claims at our guide on telling a sustainable brand from greenwashing.
Best for: An organic cotton hoodie under $90 with the receipts published.
PANGAIA
PANGAIA sells heavyweight organic cotton blanks from $80 for a tee to $190 for a hoodie. It's a materials-science label selling premium basics in oversized cuts, which puts it next door to streetwear without any subculture attached.
The specifics are on the product pages, which is more than most brands manage. The 365 Midweight Hoodie ($190) states "100% 320 GSM organic cotton", and the 365 Lightweight Scoop Neck T-Shirt ($80) is 100% organic cotton made in Portugal, treated with peppermint oil the brand markets as PPRMINT™ for odour control.
Worth knowing before you compare it to AFENDS: there's no hemp in the core range, and while PANGAIA's glossary explains what GOTS certification means, we found no claim on its own site that its products carry that certification. Price is the other gap. At $190, the hoodie costs more than the AFENDS All Day at A$149.99.
Best for: A 320 GSM organic cotton hoodie with the weight stated up front.
Veja
Veja makes sneakers and nothing else, from £110 to £150. No apparel, no hoodies. It earns a place here as the shoe you wear with the rest of the list, and because its sourcing is documented further than most footwear brands bother with.
The Campo comes in canvas at £110 and leather at £125. Composition is printed on the product page rather than buried: the leather Campo's outsole is 40% Amazonian rubber, 23% mineral silica and 10% recycled rubber scraps, with 100% organic cotton laces and a recycled polyester lining, made in Brazil.
Veja's own project site states its soles are 50% Amazonian rubber, that it has bought more than 4,382 tons since 2004, that it pays five times the market price, and that the rubber holds Fair for Life certification through 22 associations representing more than 2,500 families. Stock on individual colourways runs thin, so shop the collection. For alternatives, see our eco-friendly sneaker brands like Veja.
Best for: Traceable rubber under a pair of hemp cargos.
Organic Basics
Organic Basics is an underwear and basics brand from Denmark, priced $24 to $95, and it's the layer that goes under everything else here. Briefs, boxers, bras and singlets first, with a Scandi-minimal sweatshirt line alongside. Calling it streetwear would stretch the word past breaking.
Its certification wording is the clearest of any brand on this list. The materials page explains that GOTS "covers the processing, manufacturing, packaging, labelling, trading, and distribution of all textiles made from at least 70% certified organic natural fibres", separates Organic at 95% minimum from Made with Organic at 70% minimum, and states that only products carrying a valid label are certified. The site even merchandises by tier, with separate Organic Cotton +95% and +70% collections.
The Weekend Boxy Sweatshirt lists at $87 and the Core Singlet at $24. There's a US store in dollars and an EU store in euros. We've covered the wider category in our roundup of brands like Organic Basics.
Best for: Knowing exactly what percentage of your cotton is certified.
Nudie Jeans
Nudie Jeans is a Swedish denim brand where jeans run $195 and tees start at $70, and its repair policy is the reason it belongs on a list about buying less. Its help centre states it repairs jeans free "no matter when or where they were bought", as many times as needed, at its own repair shops and partners. Freshly washed jeans only, which is fair enough.
On cotton, the wording rewards reading closely. The men's jeans page states "All our jeans are made with 100% organic cotton", meaning the cotton is organic rather than that every pair is pure cotton. The Rad Rufus Dry One ($195) is 100% cotton in a 13.5oz rigid organic denim from Candiani Mill in Italy, while stretch styles like the Lean Dean run 98% cotton and 2% elastane.
Tees are 100% organic cotton too, with the Roffe Slub T-Shirt at $70. It ships to over 100 countries in local currency.
Best for: Denim you'll still own in ten years because they'll mend it.
TALA
TALA is a UK women's activewear brand with a substantial sweats line, priced $78 to $82 in the US and £59 in the UK. It's women's-only and gym-led, so it doesn't cover AFENDS' unisex range, but the hoodies and joggers are the part that crosses over.
The Cocoon Pullover Hoodie costs $78 in the US and £59 in the UK, in 60% organic cotton and 40% recycled polyester, with the cotton GOTS-certified and the polyester certified to the Global Recycled Standard. Note the two currencies are priced separately rather than converted.
TALA's product page states that all its products are made with at least 50% sustainable fibres, meaning recycled or plant-based, and that a new factory only comes on board after an audit meeting its ethical compliance policy. Named factory certifications include HIGG, Sedex, REACH and GRS. Everything ships from the UK, so shoppers elsewhere should expect import charges, and US orders over the $800 threshold get charged duty.
Best for: A GOTS-cotton hoodie that doubles as gym kit.
Outerknown
Outerknown is Kelly Slater's California surf brand, with heavyweight tees from $58 to $88. It shares AFENDS' surf-town origin story and its material ambition, though the clothes grew up. Blanket shirts, Sea Jeans and henleys, no cargos and no graphic streetwear.
The Big Heavy Tee ($88) is the piece that overlaps most with an AFENDS boxy tee, and the Saltwater Slub Tee ($58) is the lighter, cheaper version.
Its materials page lists Regenerative Organic Certified® Cotton, recycled wool, recycled cashmere, NetPlus® made from reclaimed fishing nets, and Kelsun® made from seaweed, alongside a published map of its mills and factories. We couldn't confirm Fair Trade or B Corp status on Outerknown's own pages, so we're leaving those claims out. One thing to watch when you shop: items marked Outerworn are secondhand resale, priced well below the figures above.
Best for: The AFENDS ethos in cuts that suit a 35-year-old.
Ecoalf
Ecoalf is a Spanish label building a full apparel range out of recycled fabrics, from $47.88 for a tee up to $275.90 for a jacket. Of the non-streetwear picks here, it's the one that sells the widest actual wardrobe: jackets, shirts, tees, trousers, knitwear, denim, bags and caps.
Its documentation is the strongest on this list. Ecoalf states it has held Global Recycled Standard certification since 2017 with annual audits verifying traceability and chain of custody, and Organic Content Standard certification since 2023. It's B Corp certified, has developed over 600 fabrics since 2009, and reports recycling 17 million plastic bottles in one season plus over 929,000 recovered from the ocean floor through its Upcycling the Oceans work.
The Vent T-shirt lists at $47.88 in 100% recycled cotton, and the Diluvio Jacket at $179.90. Aesthetically it's Mediterranean and technical rather than skate, and there are separate US dollar and euro stores.
Best for: Recycled fabric with third-party certification behind the claim.
Allbirds
Allbirds sells comfort-led sneakers from $100 to $140, plus socks and slippers. Like Veja, it's footwear, and the apparel line people remember has shrunk to accessories, so treat it as the shoe half of an outfit.
The Tree Runner NZ ($100) is the entry point, the Dasher NZ ($140) is the running shoe, and the Varsity sits between them at $120. Materials named on its own page include tree fibre, responsibly-sourced merino wool, organic cotton canvas and a plant-based leather alternative it calls Terralux™.
Read the claims carefully. Allbirds describes the M0.0NSHOT Zero as "the world's first net zero carbon shoe" and says it's working to cut its footprint to near zero, but that materials page names no third-party certification, so those figures rest on the brand's own reporting rather than an outside auditor. There's also a resale site at rerun.allbirds.com where prices sit below the ones above.
Best for: Wool and tree-fibre sneakers you can wear without socks.
Where to Start If You Want the Hemp, Not the Look
Three of these brands put real hemp in the fabric. THTC states 55% organic hemp and 45% organic cotton on its premium-weight tees, Patagonia's Work Hoody carries 15% industrial hemp, and AFENDS itself ranges from 8% to 55% by style. Start there if the fibre is the point.
If the point is the wardrobe, CHNGE gets closest on cut and weight, and Tentree gets closest on price. If you want the paperwork, Ecoalf and Organic Basics publish more detail about what's certified and what isn't than anyone else here.
The rest earn their place by covering a gap rather than replacing AFENDS. Veja and Allbirds are shoes, Girlfriend Collective and TALA are activewear, Nudie is denim, and PANGAIA sells blanks. Buy them for that, and you'll end up with a wardrobe that works. Browse more of our brand guides when you're ready for the next piece.
If you purchase through our links, we may receive a commission. Our editorial team is independent and only endorses brands we believe in.
Written by
Spencer Lanoue
![Bo and Tee vs. Gymshark: Which brand should you buy? [2026]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%2Fghlxjico%2Fproduction%2F56eaf558a6422302de7cd1373854c50a04db37d4-805x536.jpg%3Frect%3D1%2C0%2C804%2C536%26w%3D1200%26h%3D800%26q%3D80%26auto%3Dformat&w=3840&q=75&dpl=dpl_7LsFUi6oj2Cq146F4vDSeZsMezfg)
