Boudoir Ethical Lingerie Designers

Gilda & Pearl

Gilda & Pearl offer ultra desirable lingerie that is made to be seen. You'll notice the attention to detail, soft silk satins, chiffons and ribbons which combine to create lingerie to love! Now in its second year, Gilda & Pearl have featured in the national press and found its way into celebrity boudoirs. Gilda & Pearl use traditional techniques to fit and construct every piece. Every item is made in the United Kingdom, which helps to preserve traditional skills and allows them to ensure that everyone who makes Gilda & Pearl lingerie is treated fairly.

Holloway-Smith Noir

Holloway-Smith Noir is the creative collaboration between sisters Alice Holloway-Smith (technical prowess) and Sophie Holloway (va va voom). Together they create unique and limited edition pieces of upcycled lingerie including pasties (nipple tassels) and merkins (a tassel like cover up for other intimate areas). Inspired by Weimar cabaret, Parisian junk shops and Sapphic literature, these pieces are destined to spark erotic imagination and kindle boudoir poetry.

Knickers In A Box

Knickers In A Box design and make knickers using their eco philosophy. Vintage, organic and rare materials are sourced from local antique markets, organic silk traders and trips taken visiting ethical and jute projects in Asia and the Far East. Their individual and limited edition designs are all manufactured in the UK.

Life’s Not Fair But... My Knickers Are!

Life’s Not Fair But My Knickers Are… are passionate about Fairtrade. Their philosophy is to design and create ethically sourced lingerie and loungewear that is both desirable and affordable, working with Fairtrade certified cotton to produce beautifully designed garments that women will love. They believe that those who are employed in manufacturing their garments deserve not just to survive but also to have a great deal of fun in a fairer world.

Luva Huva

Luva Huva produce beautiful hand made lingerie using ethically sourced fabrics, using end of line fabrics and remnants to create short lines and one off pieces.

Joanna Ketterer, the designer, wanted to create a lingerie collection that celebrated elegant feminine style whilst also provided a sustainable alternative to the often wasteful fashion industry.

In addition Luva Huva has developed garments made from eco-friendly materials such as hemp and bamboo. The results are miles away from the dreary, uncomfortable clothing that have unfortunately become associated with natural fabrics. In fact, the textiles are brilliantly soft and breathable, allowing for wonderfully wearable lingerie. Luva Huva is also particularly proud to support one of the last UK based manufacturers of elastic.

Joanna draws inspiration for the collections from the rustic Suffolk countryside where she spent her childhood. The colours of the collections seem to mirror the hues found in an English country garden. The range is full of the soft pinks that can be found on a cherry blossom tree, or the bright cream of cow parsley that dashes country fields. Each garment is carefully named after a wild flower.

All of the items in the range are finished with frills and delicate bows in a variety of pastel shades.

Peau-Ethique

Peau-Ethique is a cheeky French brand. They produce stunning lingerie and night wear in certified organic fair trade cotton, using Oeko Tex Standard 100 dyes which do not harm the environment. Peau-Ethique is committed to protecting the environment and to fair trade practices. All their products have been certified fair trade by la Plate Forme du Commerce Equitable, the French fair trade authority. Peau Ethique represents the best in gorgeous fair trade and organic lingerie.

Who Made Your Pants?

whomadeyourpants? is about pants, gorgeous, not guilty, ethical pants. And it's about women.

Whomadeyourpants? work with women in the UK who have had very little opportunity, and they help them learn to make gorgeous pants from lingerie industry waste fabric. All the profits they make go back into the business and costs aren't just about rent and fabric and wages, but about training and support and advice. They really do believe that pants can change the world - do you?

Ayten Gasson

Ayten Gasson creates exquisite confections of luxurious pure silk lingerie, trimmed with vintage Nottingham lace, all hand-made in the UK.

Ayten Gasson’s indulgent pieces, with scrumptious embellishments, are bought by those looking for a special treat; a refined gift, with an air of youthful, sensuous sophistication. Ayten takes her inspiration from vintage designs, imbuing them with a sense of classic coquetry, mixed with a fresh palette of both vibrant jewel tones and delectable pastels.

Ayten Gasson has several signature styles of skirted and peek a boo knickers, teddies and slips, all whilst maintaining her firm commitment to using UK workers and UK suppliers. Her lace is sourced from the last remaining mills based in Nottingham, many of which still hold vintage stock and she continues to explore vintage designs.

Bam Bamboo

UK based Bam Bamboo are all about transparency, honesty, integrity and fun. Their aim is to ensure that everyone is treated properly, from the garment factory workers to the customer. Their factory also has voluntary community initiatives, pays almost twice the going rate and offers private healthcare to all workers and families. At every stage Bam Bamboo try to minimise their impact on the environment, that’s why they use 100% naturally grown bamboo which thrives without the use of pesticides and fertilisers and only uses rain water to grow. As bamboo is a grass it is also cut, not uprooted, which helps soil stability and the yield is ten times greater than cotton. Bam Bamboo also put 50p per pair of knickers purchased towards planting new rain forests in South America.

Candles Naturally

Founded by a passionate Chartered Environmentalist Candles Naturally produce 100% natural, healthy, beautiful and environmentally friendly products. They specialise in soy wax and beeswax from sustainable sources which burn without smoke and are completely bio degradable. By focussing on recycled, reused and plant based materials Candles Naturally also take enormous care to ensure that all product packaging is sourced and produced in a way that does not damage the environment or communities.

Ciel

Ciel, [pronounced C’ elle] is an edgy but romantic designer women’s wear label, with a simple design aesthetic to make the most beautiful clothes from the best possible green fabrics, a sentiment that has struck a chord with modern women everywhere.

Hip, luxurious and special Ciel source from the best places possible working with innovative organic and eco textile groups in Europe and South America. They love to create beautiful low energy, organic and sustainable products that are as good for you as they are for the environment.

The cotton for Ciel’s underwear collection is grown organically in Africa & Turkey and produced in Portugal. From seed to stitch the whole process is vertically integrated from the field to the end product, with maximum respect for the environment and the farmer’s. Rather than using harsh agro-chemicals emphasis is put on the natural balance in the field. This creates a 100% GOTS Certified Organic Cotton!

Clare Bare

Clare Bare is a Brooklyn based artist and designer specialising in eco-friendly lingerie made from bamboo jersey and vintage fabric. All of her pieces are made in the USA using sustainable design practices, and are structured to flatter your body in a natural way without the use of constrictive hardware. The designs range everywhere in between fashion and function, and embody a fun and flirty spirit and a youthful edge.

Eco-Boudoir

Eco-Boudoir's passion is to make first class lingerie with the most sustainable production values. That’s why they only use Ahimsa Silk, also known as peace Silk loved by vegetarians and vegans. All their silks are cultivated and printed without using harmful chemicals and the cotton is all certified organic. Eco-Boudoir’s collections are sewn in the UK and when working abroad they support small communities of women.

Enamore

Enamore is a UK based label that creates playful luxurious lingerie and accessories from a range of eco-friendly fabrics. The label was first launched in 2004 by Canadian designer Jenny Ambrose. The ranges are inspired by 1950’s pin up postcards and culture but strongly led by ethics in terms of its materials and production.

Enamore supports local UK manufacturing with all current ranges designed in Bath and produced in Nottingham. All nipple tassels and pasties are handmade in London by their fellow designer Alice Holloway-Smith who incorporates vintage and upcycled textiles into the designs.

g=9.8

Designed for ultimate comfort, g=9.8’s designs are truly luxurious. We hope not to insult your intelligence by explaining that g=9.81m/s2 is the figure for gravitational acceleration, an invitation by the design team to take care of the earth.

Their French designer Sophie Young has created a new generation of lingerie and loungewear made from 94% recycled white pine tree clippings (all of which are timber grown) and 6% spandex for stretch, making a truly sustainable and biodegradable textile.

Designed for ultimate comfort, these are the most luxurious garments. The fabric is as soft as cashmere to the touch, with the coolness of linen and the spandex adds just enough stretch to give a perfect fit. Made in France g=9.8 is green and gorgeous.