14 Brands Like Teeki for Eco-Friendly Activewear
There's a specific kind of disappointment that comes from typing a brand's name into your browser and landing on a login box. That's what happens right now at teeki.com, which redirects to a password page whose text says the store is in building mode and coming back soon. No reopening date is given, and there's no catalogue behind it.
You can still buy the leggings. Teeki Boutique is selling the Hot Pant and the old prints, and describes itself on its About page as "the licensed manufacturer of the beloved Teeki brand", women owned and made in Los Angeles. The fabric is the same Eco Lux blend Teeki built its name on, 79% recycled polyester and 21% spandex spun from recycled water bottles.
The recycled-bottle leggings aren't gone, then. But one licensed storefront isn't much of a wardrobe, and if you came here looking for the next pair, here are 14 brands worth your money instead.
Quick comparison:
| Brand | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Wolven | $88 to $98 (USD) | The closest match to Teeki's prints |
| Girlfriend Collective | $108 to $118 (USD) | Solid colours, serious compression |
| INDIGO LUNA | $119 to $139 (AUD) | Plant-dyed, earth-toned yoga wear |
| Organic Basics | €39 to €57 (EUR) | Quiet, Scandinavian-cut training kit |
| Pact | $28 (USD) | Organic cotton on the cheap |
| tentree | $68 to $78 (USD) | Trail days and errands in one pair |
| prAna | $50 to $99.99 (USD) | Climbing, hiking and yoga in the same leggings |
| Athleta | $89 (USD) | One brand for every kind of workout |
| Boody | $30.95 (USD) | Bamboo softness on sensitive skin |
| Threads 4 Thought | $48 to $58 (USD) | Low-water dyeing at a fair price |
| TALA | £52 to £56 (GBP) | Sculpting fits from the UK |
| Fabletics | Membership pricing (USD) | Buying several sets at once |
| Patagonia | $125 (USD) | Tights you'll still own in ten years |
| Onzie | $88 (USD) | Hot yoga and loud prints, sewn in LA |
Wolven
Wolven is the pick that scratches the same itch as a pair of Teeki Hot Pants, because it prints kaleidoscopic, mandala-style artwork onto fabric made from the same raw material. The brand's own press page puts 27 post-consumer plastic bottles into a single pair of leggings, and says everything is made with OEKO-TEX certified recycled P.E.T. fabric.
The catalogue is bigger than you'd expect from a brand this niche. Leggings run $88 to $98 (USD), so the Summit Pocket Legging and the Zephyr Crossover Pocket Legging both land at $98, and the Chai Crossover Pocket Legging at $88. Wolven also sells the print as joggers, flares and swim, which is how you end up with a matching set without meaning to.
One practical note: the brand trades at wolventhreads.com, not wolven.com, which serves a certificate for an unrelated host.
Best for: keeping the bold, symmetrical prints you came to Teeki for.
Girlfriend Collective
Girlfriend Collective makes its Compressive legging from 79% RPET and 21% spandex, and says each pair diverts 25 water bottles from landfill. That's the same recycled-bottle story Teeki tells, told in flat colour instead of print.
The Compressive High-Rise Legging is $108 (USD) and the Compressive Pocket Legging is $118 (USD), with the FLOAT Ultralight Legging also at $108 for people who find the Compressive fabric too dense in summer. The waistband is the reason people buy a second pair. It sits high, it doesn't roll, and it holds through squats.
If you want the full range of what this brand does beyond leggings, we've written about it in brands like Girlfriend Collective.
Best for: building a monochrome kit that outlasts a print you'll tire of.
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INDIGO LUNA
INDIGO LUNA dyes its yoga wear with plants in a small dye house in Gianyar, eastern Bali, which is why the colours read as terracotta and moss rather than neon. The brand says its indigo is cut by eye, then fermented over 24 hours with palm sugar and limestone, and a single dye run can take two to three weeks depending on humidity.
Prices are in Australian dollars. The Layla Flares and Agni Flares are AUD $119, and the Alora Pants AUD $139. Flares dominate the bottoms range, so if you want a compressive gym legging this isn't it. What you get instead is drapey, wide-legged yoga wear in organic and recycled fibres.
The brand runs stores in Ubud, Canggu and Uluwatu, and ships from Australia, so factor in the freight before you fill a basket.
Best for: soft, plant-dyed yoga clothes with nothing synthetic-looking about them.
Organic Basics
Organic Basics is the opposite of a Teeki print, and that's the point. The Copenhagen brand's Active range is cut close, dyed in muted colours, and priced in euros: the Active Run Shorts at €55, the Active Bike Shorts at €57, the Flex Racer Back Bralette at €44 and the Active Flow Tank Top at €39.
Sixty pieces were in stock across the Active collection when we checked, which is a small, deliberate range rather than a wall of options. It's built for people who own four things and wear them constantly.
Prices display in EUR from a European connection, so check what your own basket shows before you commit.
Best for: pairing under a loud pair of leggings, or replacing them entirely.
Pact
Pact makes the cheapest legging in this list, and it's cotton rather than recycled polyester. The On The Go-To Legging is $28 (USD), built from 90% organic cotton and 10% spandex, and Pact states on the product page that it's GOTS certified made with organic cotton and sewn in a Fair Trade Certified factory.
Cotton behaves differently from RPET. It breathes better on a walk and holds less odour, and it also sags a little at the knee by the end of a long day. For lower-effort movement, stretching, dog walks, a long flight, that trade is worth making at this price.
Pocket and cropped versions of the same legging sit alongside it, so you can pick the length rather than the fabric.
Best for: organic cotton basics when you don't want to spend $100 on leggings.
tentree
tentree plants ten trees for every item sold, a claim it puts in its own page title rather than burying in a sustainability report. The women's legging range is small and priced sensibly: the Granville Legging at $68 (USD), the Atlin Legging and Fernie Brushed Legging both at $78.
The look leans outdoors rather than studio. Earthy colours, brushed fabrics for cold mornings, and cuts that don't announce themselves as gym wear when you stop for coffee afterwards. The Fernie in particular is warm enough for a winter trail.
We've covered the rest of the brand's range in brands like tentree.
Best for: leggings that work on a trail and don't look out of place at the shops.
prAna
prAna has been making yoga and climbing clothes long enough that its leggings are cut for people who move sideways as much as forwards. The Heavana Pocket Legging uses 87% recycled polyester and 13% elastane in a bluesign approved fabric, which is a certification held by the fabric rather than a claim about the company.
prAna's own site prices its bluesign women's leggings between $50 and $99.99 (USD), and the range spans yoga pants, hiking tights and the hemp collection the brand is known for. Hemp is worth understanding here: it's a bast fibre that gets softer with washing instead of pilling, which is why prAna keeps using it in pieces meant to last.
Best for: one pair that covers a climb, a hike and a Sunday flow class.
Athleta
Athleta is the largest brand on this list and the easiest one to buy from, with sizing, returns and stock levels that a smaller label can't match. The Elation Ultra High Rise Legging is $89 (USD), cut in the buttery-soft, medium-compression fabric that most of its repeat customers buy on.
Where Teeki gives you one silhouette in many prints, Athleta gives you many silhouettes in fewer colours. The Elation family alone runs to 7/8 lengths, no-front-seam versions, ribbed versions and a split flare, all in the same fabric.
If you want a closer look at how the brand is put together, we've examined it in is Athleta fast fashion.
Best for: shoppers who'd rather solve their whole activewear drawer in one order.
Boody
Boody knits its leggings from bamboo viscose, and the Base Layer Full Leggings are $30.95 (USD) in a blend of 79% viscose from bamboo, 15% nylon and 6% elastane. The construction is seamfree, which matters more than it sounds if seams irritate your skin.
These aren't squat-proof compression tights and Boody doesn't pretend otherwise. They're a base layer, so they go under a dress in winter, under ski trousers, or on their own for a slow morning. The waistband is wide and soft rather than structural.
Boody runs a separate Australian site at boody.com.au, so use the US store if you're shopping in dollars.
Best for: sensitive skin, layering, and anyone who finds recycled polyester scratchy.
Threads 4 Thought
Threads 4 Thought has been blending recycled polyester with organic cotton since 2006, and its leggings undercut most of this list: the Comfort Fit Ankle Length Legging is $48 (USD), and both the pocket version and the Elena High Rise 7/8 Legging are $58.
The detail worth knowing is what happens to the water. The brand says its main factory recycles over 80% of the industrial wastewater used in production, and that its Clean Color by Green Universe dyeing cuts water use in the dye process by over 95% while removing chemical inputs. Dyeing is where most of an activewear brand's water footprint sits, so that's the number to look at.
Best for: stocking up on several pairs without the per-pair guilt.
TALA
TALA prices in pounds and sells sculpting fits, which is a different promise from Teeki's loose, elastic-free waistband. The SkinLuxe Contrast High Waist Legging is £56 (GBP), and the SkinLuxe No Front Seam Legging is £52.
The SkinLuxe fabric is the one people buy TALA for. It's thin, matte and second-skin, and the no-front-seam cut removes the line that most leggings put down the middle of your leg. Sixty styles were in stock in the leggings collection when we checked, so colour choice isn't the constraint.
You're buying from the UK, so shipping and duty are real costs if you're ordering from the US.
Best for: a smoothing, sculpted fit rather than a loose yoga silhouette.
Fabletics
Fabletics works on a membership rather than a price tag, and that's the thing to understand before you order. The brand's own pages state that VIP members are charged $69.95 on the 6th of each month, that the charge converts to a member credit expiring after 12 months, and that you can skip between the 1st and 5th of any month to avoid it.
What you get for it is volume. Fabletics advertises two leggings for $24 to VIPs and most complete outfits at $59.95, and says over 60% of its fabrics are made from sustainable and recycled materials. Prints and bold colours turn over monthly, which is the closest thing here to Teeki's constant new artwork.
We look at how the model works in is Fabletics fast fashion, which is worth reading before you sign up.
Best for: filling a drawer quickly, if you'll remember to skip the months you don't want.
Patagonia
Patagonia charges the most on this list and gives you the clearest account of what's in the fabric. The Women's Maipo 7/8 Stash Tights are $125 (USD), made from 81% NetPlus postconsumer recycled nylon spun from recycled fishing nets and 19% spandex, in a Fair Trade Certified factory, with a 26-inch inseam and a stash pocket at the waist.
Recycled fishing nets are a different feedstock from recycled bottles. Nets are nylon rather than polyester, which means more abrasion resistance and more stretch recovery, and it's why these hold their shape after a season of hiking that would leave a cheaper pair bagging at the knee.
Patagonia also resells its own used gear through Worn Wear, so a pair that outlives your interest in it has somewhere to go.
Best for: buying once and not thinking about leggings again for years.
Onzie
Onzie is the other LA hot-yoga label with a print obsession, and it's the closest thing to Teeki in spirit that's still fully open for business. The Hot Girl Legging is $88 (USD) in black or leopard, and $88 to $98 in the painted prints with names like Medicine Magic and Hawk Wisdom.
Onzie says 99% of its cutting, sewing and dyeing happens in Los Angeles, that its recycled performance yarns use CiCLO technology so the synthetic fibres break down more like natural ones at end of life, and that its products are STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX certified. Its Sustainable Soul pieces are 82% recycled plastic bottles and 18% spandex, though that collection showed no products in stock when we checked, so the recycled-bottle line is the part to watch rather than the part to count on today.
Best for: hot yoga, loud artwork, and clothes sewn a few miles from where Teeki's were.
Picking Your Next Pair
Start with what you'll do in them. Compression and squat-proofing point you at Girlfriend Collective or TALA. Trails and abrasion point you at Patagonia or tentree. If you're on a mat in a hot room, Onzie and Wolven were built for exactly that, and Wolven is the one that keeps the print language you already like.
Then check the currency before you check out. Four of these brands price in something other than US dollars, and a £56 legging plus international shipping is a different purchase from a $56 one.
Teeki's own store may well come back, and its licensed boutique is selling in the meantime. Until there's a date, these 14 are the ones you can order from today. More of our activewear coverage sits in the archive.
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Written by
Spencer Lanoue
