15 Brands Like Collina Strada for Whimsical Eco-Fashion
Recycled fabric used to mean beige and shapeless. Collina Strada tore that up in New York with clashing florals and cargo silhouettes, and an About page that calls the brand a platform for climate awareness. The hard part is finding a second label like it. Search results hand you loud clothes with no environmental record, or worthy clothes with no sense of humour. We checked 15 brands like Collina Strada against both tests.
Collina Strada prices its Mid Blue Hazel Cargo Pant at $595 USD and the Gua Sha Plaid Serpentine Top at $310 USD, and its own About page calls sustainability "a journey" rather than a finished job. Ten of the 15 brands below publish an environmental claim on their own website. Five publish none, and we've said so in each section instead of dressing an aesthetic match up as an eco one. Several price in GBP or EUR, so check the currency before you check out.
Quick comparison: every brand on this list, what it costs, whether it makes an eco claim on its own site, and who it suits.
| Brand | Price | Eco claim on its own site | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella Jean | €190 to €740 EUR on ready-to-wear | None | Wax print cut like Italian tailoring |
| Brother Vellies | $225 to $1,050 USD on footwear | Yes | Handmade shoes, if your size is there |
| Rachel Comey | From $395 USD on dresses | Yes, with percentages | The grown-up version of the look |
| Ganni | $595 USD for the Blue Poplin dress | Yes, B Corp | Print you'd wear on a Tuesday |
| Chopova Lowena | £935 to £1,295 GBP on skirts | Yes | The closest match on the list |
| STAUD | $325 to $695 USD on dresses | None | Colour with a polished finish |
| FARM Rio | $290 to $320 USD on maxi dresses | Yes, B Corp | Tropical print at a reachable price |
| Nanushka | Premium | Yes | Eco materials in a calm wardrobe |
| Batsheva | $225 to $450 USD on dresses | Yes, on part of the range | Prairie shapes in loud prints |
| AREA | $895 to $1,495 USD on tops | None | Crystal-covered evening pieces |
| Loup Charmant | $485 to $775 USD on dresses | Yes | Organic cotton in plain colours |
| Palomo Spain | €345 to €395 EUR on tops and shirts | None | Theatrical, gender-fluid tailoring |
| Lirika Matoshi | $470 to $490 USD on dresses | None | Tulle, glitter and a photograph |
| Story mfg. | £725 to £875 GBP on outerwear | Yes, dye by dye | Handmade texture over loud colour |
| Marine Serre | €320 to €340 EUR | Yes, around 50% upcycled | Upcycling with a graphic signature |
Stella Jean
Stella Jean builds Italian ready-to-wear around wax prints and hand-painted panels, priced from €190 to €740 EUR. The designer is Italian-Haitian, and the collision of Caribbean print with Roman tailoring is the point of the label.
The Alaska Midi Dress (€515 EUR) comes in cotton with a little elastane and runs from IT 38 to 56, while the Printed Sleeveless Midi Dress (€740 EUR) is the loudest thing in the range. Two things to know before you get attached. The store prices in euros even on its US path, and shipping is a flat €20 on all orders. The About page talks about multiculturalism and says nothing about materials or factories, so this is a print match for Collina Strada rather than an environmental one. Best for: bold print with real tailoring behind it.
Brother Vellies
Brother Vellies makes shoes and accessories by hand, from $225 to $1,050 USD, and its sustainability page reads like a materials list rather than a mission statement. Aurora James founded the brand in 2013 to keep traditional African design techniques alive and create artisanal jobs, in the wording of her own About page.
That materials page names vegetable-tanned leathers, soling made from recycled tyres, hand-carved wood and by-product materials sourced from farmers, with production running across South Africa, Kenya, Mexico and Morocco. The same page states the brand doesn't discount, which explains the prices. The Lace Up Huaraches in Whiskey ($225 USD) are made in Mexico and the Lali Ballet Flat in Midnight ($525 USD) is the softest entry point. One caveat worth your time: stock is thin. Of the first 26 products we checked, six had a size available. Best for: handmade footwear when your size happens to be in.
Rachel Comey
Rachel Comey is the downtown New York label for Collina Strada's oddness at a lower volume, with dresses from $395 USD. Comey started it in 2001 and still runs her own production teams in New York, Los Angeles and Peru.
Her transparency page carries numbers, which is rarer than it should be. It states that 84% of 2023 ready-to-wear wovens were made in the USA, that 90% of the brand's manmade cellulosic fibres are FSC-certified, and that fabric scraps go to Fabscrap for recycling. The Wisp Dress ($395 USD) is 100% cotton, naturally dyed and made in the USA, and the Gian Dress ($495 USD) covers sizes 00 to 14. Shipping is free within the US and $10 internationally, with a 14-day return window. If you want the sculptural silhouette without the neon, this is the swap, and our guide to brands like Rachel Comey has more in that key. Best for: the grown-up version of the aesthetic.
Ganni
Ganni is the Copenhagen brand that put leopard print inside a B Corp, with the Dress in Blue Poplin at $595 USD in 100% organic cotton, made in Turkey. It's the most wearable pick on this page and the easiest to slot into clothes you own.
The wording on its responsibility page is unusual for the category: "We've never labelled ourselves a 'sustainable brand'". Ganni runs its commitments through a framework it calls GAMEPLAN, now in a third version covering 2026 to 2028, and publishes an annual report against it. Check two things first. The US store ships to US states only, with separate regional sites for everywhere else, and a large slice of the catalogue sits under a 50% sale badge, so read the price twice. We go deeper in our roundup of brands like Ganni and in is Ganni fast fashion. Best for: print-heavy pieces you'd wear on a Tuesday.
Chopova Lowena
Chopova Lowena is the closest thing to Collina Strada in this list, with carabiner-buckled kilts from £935 to £1,295 GBP. Emma Chopova and Laura Lowena started the London label in 2017 straight out of Central Saint Martins.
Its about page says the brand merges folklore and sportswear with a concentration on sustainability and craft, using recycled materials and deadstock textiles, often in the form of pillowcases and aprons. Those pieces are sewn with women artisans in Bulgaria using traditional techniques. The Alma Knee Carabiner Skirt (£1,295 GBP) is the signature and the Course Knee Carabiner Skirt (£935 GBP) has an adjustable belt. No percentage or certification sits behind the claims, so read them as stated practice rather than audited fact. Shipping is free over £300 with code CL300. Our guide to brands like Chopova Lowena covers the same shelf. Best for: the reader who wants the volume turned up, not down.
STAUD
STAUD sells Los Angeles ready-to-wear in strong colour, with dresses from $325 to $695 USD. Sarah Staudinger started the label in 2015, and it does colour-blocking and sculptural bags where Collina Strada does print chaos.
The Claretta Dress in Espresso Cobalt ($325 USD) and the Portia Silk Dress in Harbor ($695 USD) show the method: two colours, one clean shape, no pattern doing the work. Be clear on what this brand doesn't claim. There's no sustainability page on staud.clothing and no materials programme stated anywhere on the site, so treat STAUD as a colour and silhouette match with no environmental record attached. It ships worldwide through a Global-e partnership, with duties falling to the recipient. We've looked at its discounting pattern in does STAUD have sales. Best for: colour with a polished finish.
FARM Rio
FARM Rio covers the tropical end of maximalism, with maxi dresses from $290 to $320 USD and the strongest outside credentials on this page. Kátia Barros and Marcello Bastos started the label in Rio de Janeiro in 1997.
Its sustainability page states B Corp certification, ESG reports published to GRI standards for 2022, 2023 and 2024, and a planting programme it calls 1000 Trees a Day, Every Day. The specific figures sit inside the linked PDFs rather than on the page itself, which is worth knowing if you want the detail. The Off-White Bloom Garden Maxi Dress ($290 USD) and the Dark Green Miranda Buckles Maxi Dress ($320 USD) are the prints people reach for first. A stacked promotion was running when we checked, so take the listed regular price and ignore the banner. More in brands like FARM Rio. Best for: parrots, fruit and florals without designer pricing.
Nanushka
Nanushka is the quiet one, a Budapest label built on its own Okobor alt leather and soft tailoring at premium prices. Sandra Sándor has run it since 2005.
Okobor is Nanushka's alternative leather, with dedicated womenswear and menswear collections on the storefront, and that's the claim we could read directly on the site. The brand also publishes a sustainability report and an ethos page, both of which render through JavaScript and wouldn't load for us, so we're not quoting figures we couldn't see. One practical note. The store is geo-localised and shows the same number against different currency symbols depending on where you shop from, so confirm the currency at checkout. If Collina Strada's volume is the part you'd tone down, this is where to go, and brands like Nanushka lists the alternatives. Best for: eco materials in a calm wardrobe.
Batsheva
Batsheva makes prairie dresses in rainbow zebra and taffeta bows, from $225 to $450 USD, and its eco claim is the one closest in spirit to Collina Strada's. Batsheva Hay started the New York label in 2016 after leaving law.
The sustainability statement reads: "Many of our garments are made using either vintage, deadstock, or recycled fabrics. As much as possible, we try to source from fabrics that have already had a first life." Note the word many. The Bow Pinafore Dress in Sky Taffeta ($450 USD) is 100% polyester and made to order in NYC, so the deadstock claim covers part of the range and not the whole of it. The Snap Smock Dress in Rainbow Zebra ($225 USD) is the cheaper way in. US shipping is free over $250 and international runs around $50. Our guide to brands like Batsheva goes further. Best for: nostalgic silhouettes in impossible prints.
AREA
AREA is crystal-covered New York evening dressing, with tops from $895 to $1,495 USD. Beckett Fogg and Piotrek Panszczyk founded it in 2014, and Nicholas Aburn became creative director in 2025.
The Disco Ball Top ($1,495 USD) and the Sequin Basketball Jersey ($895 USD) set the register, which is nightclub rather than garden party. AREA makes no environmental claim anywhere on its site, including the About page and the product pages, and we won't invent one on its behalf. Collections are developed in a Milan atelier, so the New York label description covers the design studio rather than the supply chain. The checkout lists many destinations, though the shipping policy page carries no detail, so ask before ordering from outside the US. Best for: the loudest thing in the room after 9pm.
Loup Charmant
Loup Charmant is the calmest brand here and the one with the clearest fibre story, with dresses from $485 to $775 USD. Kee Edwards founded it in 2006 and sold the label to Rachel Decker in October 2023, who designs it now.
The Our Story page claims fine organic cotton from a cooperative of family farms in India, garments made with craftspeople in New York City and Madagascar, and a knitwear collaboration with fair trade mills in Peru running since 2023. The Adrian Dress in Signature Cotton ($485 USD) is the piece to start with and the Hannah Gown in Chocolate Silk ($775 USD) is the occasion version. Nothing in the range counts as whimsical in Collina Strada's sense, so take Loup Charmant as the eco half of the promise without the print. Shipping is free over $250 domestically and $450 internationally. Best for: organic cotton in plain colours.
Palomo Spain
Palomo Spain makes theatrical, gender-fluid tailoring out of Andalusia, with shirts and tops from €345 to €395 EUR. Alejandro Gómez Palomo founded it in 2016, according to the brand's own About page.
The Pink Fernando Shirt (€395 EUR) and the Embroidered Lace Tank Top (€345 EUR) sit at the wearable end of a range that runs through corsetry and lacework. That About page talks about Spanish artisans and historical textile techniques, embroidery and corsetry among them, and makes no environmental or sourcing claim, so local craft is the honest description rather than sustainability. Watch the pricing here. A 60% off campaign was live when we checked, and the Bow Blue Bomber Jacket showed €358 against an RRP of €895. Palomo ships to over 100 destinations with duties paid by the recipient. Best for: romance and excess in the same piece.
Lirika Matoshi
Lirika Matoshi covers the fairytale end of whimsy, with dresses from $470 to $490 USD. Matoshi started the label in 2016 at the age of 20, and the strawberry dress that took over the internet arrived four years later.
The Gold Starry Midi Dress ($490 USD) and the Fuchsia Heart Cutout Dress ($470 USD) are the current versions of the same idea, which is tulle, glitter and a shape you remember. On sustainability the brand claims nothing, and we looked. What its About page does claim is labour: "Lirika Matoshi is proudly built by women. From the design studio to the production floor, 100% of the brand's artisans and seamstresses are women." Design sits in New York and production in Kosovo. Stock is deep and the checkout handles many currencies. Our guide to brands like Lirika Matoshi has the closest matches. Best for: a dress that does the talking.
Story mfg.
Story mfg. is the plant-dye end of this list, a UK label with outerwear from £725 to £875 GBP. Saeed and Katy Al-Rubeyi started it in late 2013 and run it from a railway arch in east London.
Its manifesto page documents natural dyes by name, kaduka, pomegranate, jackfruit and natural indigo among them, and states that natural fibre offcuts from production get reused as lining or stuffing. The same page says the indigo is grown to fix nitrogen levels in over-tilled soil and dyed in a re-planted forest. That's the deepest material evidence on this page. The Amba Jacket in Folk (£875 GBP) carries the crochet and hand embroidery the brand is known for, and the Atlas Overcoat in Black Slub (£725 GBP) is the plainer option. Shipping is free over £250 to the US and Europe. See also brands like Story mfg. Best for: handmade texture instead of loud colour.
Marine Serre
Marine Serre takes upcycling furthest of anything on this list, with jersey and mesh pieces from €320 to €340 EUR. Serre founded the Paris label in 2017 after winning the LVMH Prize.
Its values page states that around 50% of its shows are composed of upcycled products, with the remainder in what it calls innovative and sustainable fibres, including biodegradable yarns and recycled fibres. The Recycled Moon Jersey Stirrup Leggings (€340 EUR) and the Moonogram Mesh Flock Polo Shirt (€320 EUR) carry the crescent print the brand built its name on, and a Unique Pieces category holds one-off upcycled garments. The mood runs darker than Collina Strada's, closer to dystopia than daisies, so take it if the print matters to you more than the cheer. Delivery is free over €200. Best for: upcycling with a graphic signature.
How to Choose Between These Labels
Start with which half of the promise you came for. If you want clothes that look like Collina Strada, Chopova Lowena, FARM Rio and Lirika Matoshi get closest, and only the first two publish an environmental claim of their own. If you want the record more than the print, Story mfg. documents its dyes one by one, Rachel Comey publishes percentages, and Ganni and FARM Rio hold B Corp certification, the one credential on this page checked by somebody other than the brand.
Then check the currency and the map. Chopova Lowena and Story mfg. price in GBP, Stella Jean, Palomo Spain and Marine Serre in EUR, and duties on an international order can add a third to the total. Ganni's US store ships within the US only, and Brother Vellies has more sold-out pages than live ones. If the eco half is what brought you here, our roundup of sustainable brands like Reformation covers the same ground at lower prices, or browse everything we've written on Apart Style.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
