Susanna CellucciFounder
Published September 18, 2026 • Updated September 19, 2026
While there are those brands, including the designer’s ones, who keep intoxicating us and polluting the world, it is up to us not to feed this unsustainable system.
Full of pesticides and toxic chemicals. It doesn’t matter how stylish or expensive it is! Even if it is made by a luxury designer with a premium price, if they don’t respect our skin, the workers, and the environment, it is not sexy or attractive. There is nothing about luxury.
🌎 10.5 million tons of textile waste end up in the landfill every year, just in the USA!
Clothing can be made with many different materials. The irresponsible manufacturer produces their underwear using toxic, polluting, synthetic, and cheap materials to increase their profit at the expense of their customers’ health and the environment.
🌟Let’s reduce waste, let’s buy better quality clothes! Don’t follow the fashion, but make your own!
Avoid conventional tops made with toxic dyes and cheap materials, often synthetic and petroleum-derived.
❌ Synthetic clothes: They are made of polyester, nylon, acrylic, spandex, rayon, or polyamide. These clothes release 9 MILLION plastic microfibers into the ocean every time we wash them. They make up 35% of the primary microplastics found in the oceans!
❌ Conventional Cotton: Avoid conventional cotton of any kind.
Do you know that conventional cotton is considered the dirtiest crop in the world?
It is responsible for 16% of insecticides and 7% of pesticides on the planet! 🙈
It takes 713 gallons of water to make a non-organic t-shirt. 713 gallons of water are enough for a person to drink for 900 days. The water consumption of organic cotton is 91% lower than conventional cotton.
❌ Harmful chemicals: azo dyes, formaldehyde, PFCs or flame retardants, phthalates, heavy metals, chlorine bleach, VOCS.
Avoid Greenwashing tops made by brands that pretend to be sustainable, or eco-friendly when they are not. They will try to convince the products are somehow green without proving it.
They claim to be organic without certification. It doesn’t matter how big or luxurious their brand is, or if it is a designer line, if it is not made with responsible material in fair production, there is nothing sexy here.
❌ Greenwashing Cotton: Even if they claim “organic” or “natural” cotton, if they don’t display the GOTS Certified seal, they may have something to hide.
❌ Recycled synthetic material: it still releases microplastics when washing
❌ Avoid Bamboo viscose AKA Bamboo rayon: It is a bio-based semi-synthetic material created from cellulose fibers from bamboo. Even though bamboo is grown without pesticides, it is made into viscose, which requires toxic chemicals (carbon disulfide, solvents such as sodium hydroxide — a.k.a caustic soda) and a polluting process. Plus, it is mostly made in China! Therefore, bamboo viscose is greenwashing
❌ Avoid Modal: it requires toxic chemicals such as sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide to turn wood pulp into modal fibers. These substances can be hazardous to both workers and the environment. The majority is manufactured in China, and it is responsible for beach tree deforestation.
❌ Avoid Lyocell: its processing also omits certain harmful chemicals altogether.
❌ Avoid Tencel: Tencel is Lenzing’s trademarked version of lyocell or modal yarn
✅ The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibers, including ecological and social criteria, backed up by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain.
The standard covers the processing, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, trading, and distribution of all textiles made from certified organic natural fibers.
The aim of the standard is to ensure the organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing, up to labeling.🍃 GOTS Certification also certifies that the product does not have toxic heavy metals, pesticides, GMOs, chlorine bleaching, toxic dyes, or PVC (all things that conventional cotton has 🙈🙊).🍃It also certifies that the production has respected ecological rules on waste, water use, disposal, and protection of the environment; that it has followed rules that respect the workers; and finally, protection for the consumer’s health.
GOTS prohibits (PFAS) per- and polyfluorinated substances.
✅ The Fair Trade Certified Factory: logo means these brands partner with Fair Trade Certified™ factories that provide safe working conditions, community support, and additional development funds to those working on-site.
✅ Regenerative Organic Certified® Cotton is more than certified organic, which prohibits the use of toxic chemicals, but also promotes regenerating the soil, promoting animal welfare, and improving the social and economic well-being of farmers and workers. Regenerative Organic Certified® cotton farmers source the highest quality organic cotton available. These farmers are on the cutting edge of regenerative agricultural practices that preserve soil and the planet, delivering the most luxurious, natural, and responsible cotton ever.
I listed here the best GOTS-certified organic tank top brands:
🌟Their cotton is superior, more resistant, and incredibly soft, compared to conventional cotton! Their cotton will last you much longer than cheaper conventional options.
🍃By choosing only GOTS Certified Organic, or Regenerative Organic Certiifed we are sending a clear message to the toxic and greenwashing cotton companies: their marketing strategies are not working with us. That we care about the enveroment and the workers, and that we don’t wont their toxic stuff on our skin! By not supporting their brands, we are reshaping the market for better and more responsible products. 🌎
Here are my top certified organic brand recommendations:
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💖Mate is one of my favorite organic activewear brands! It is the perfect replacement for Lululemon and ALO, which use primarily synthetic materials!
👉ALO yoga fabric is made with polyester and elastane. 👉Lululemon uses a blend of nylon and Lycra, or they use synthetic blends. ❌ Synthetic fabrics are petroleum-derived, which release microplastic pollution, and they are not the best to put on your skin! Also, their dyes are synthetically derived Mate is the perfect replacement for healthier, more responsible, and sustainable activewear 🌿They use GOTS-certified organic cotton, where the working conditions and salaries are guaranteed to be fair and under stricter control than in some other parts of the world! Mate offers a beautiful collection; they also have a men and kids collection! With Mate around, who needs to shop again in the synthetic, polluting world?
This Organic clothing brand offers us sustainable options made with natural materials and dyes that respect us, the workers, and the planet's resources!
Like these organic leggings and organic tank top made by MATE:
MATERIAL: 92% GOTS-certified organic cotton / 8% Spandex
💖Run Active makes an amazing collection of organic activewear.
🌿This organic cotton tank top is amazingly made in the USA with American Organic Cotton!!
Which means grown on American soil, spun at heritage mills, and sewn by American hands in South Los Angeles.
Which is super rare! Congratulations to this amazing brand for being able to do that!
USDA organic cotton, which means rigorous standards: multi-year land transition, a federal ban on synthetic pesticides and genetically modified seed, and annual third-party inspection. It's spun and knitted domestically. It's dyed, cut, and sewn in South Los Angeles, under California's labor and environmental laws. One country. One state. One roof for the final three steps.
Racerback fit with contrast piping. Removable organic cotton bra pads. This organic cotton top is dyed with natural, low-impact dyes, free of heavy metals.
MATERIAL: 95% organic cotton, 5% spandex. Grown and made in America.
💚Cottonique Women's Racerback Tank Top
🍃This organic tank top is the most sustainable and most hypoallergenic since it is made from 100% GOTS Organic Cotton, undyed and with no synthetic materials, such as elastane, latex, or spandex!
100% organic cotton rib fabric, offering breathable comfort, full coverage, and gentle built-in support—without harmful materials.
Great who is dealing with chemical sensitivities like me, for skin that tends to be irritated or sensitive skin, eczema-prone skin, by avoiding rough seams, irritating labels, and any potentially harmful chemicals.
Designed to keep you cool, dry, and chafe-free, it’s ideal for yoga, training, or all-day wear.
MATERIAL: 100% Certified Organic Cotton
💚I have been wearing PACT clothing for years!
This organic tank top is made with certified organic cotton. 🌿GOTS Certified Organic: which means they are made with certified organic cotton, which not only is safer for your skin but also saves water, power, and other resources during manufacturing. They can save up to 80% of water and power compared to conventional cotton. Plus, no pesticides or herbicides 🌿Fair Trade factory: which means their workers are paid fairly and not taken advantage of, as we see in fast fashion brands; they squeeze their manufacturing costs in order to sell you their cheap clothing made with cheap, polluting materials and by underpaying their workers who have no choice! In a few words: Just pick clothing or textiles that are GOTS-certified organic, or don’t get them! Also, if they mention they are certified organic but they don’t share their certifications, ask them why! Transparent brands always show their GOTS certification! Like PACT. 🍃Once you try organic cotton, you won't go back! I just placed another order!!😉
MATERIAL: GOTS Certified Organic Cotton
🌿 Organic Basics offers an amazing line of certified organic underwear, organic clothing, organic activewear, and sustainable swimwear.
🌸 This organic tank top is made with 100% organic cotton!
It features a Slim-fit scoop-neck tank top with a semi-sheer fabric, perfect for layering or wearing on its own
It is lightweight, made with 100% organic cotton
This True Sheer Tank Top features all-natural and sustainable materials: Certified Organic Cotton is grown without harmful chemicals. This helps sustain the land it is grown on through crop rotations and a natural way of controlling pesticides, making it much lower-impact than regular cotton. Organic cotton versus conventional cotton benefits the fashion industry and planet, as organic cotton has the potential to sustain the land by naturally building soil health through crop rotation and growing crops without artificial fertilizers.
GRS-certified suppliers are audited annually for environmental, chemical, and social compliance under those standards, with annual third-party human-rights assessments on top.
MATERIAL: 100% GOTS Certified Organic cotton
🍃 Pact Organic Shelf Bra Camisole is made with Organic Cotton in a Fair Trade Factory.
I have several of these in several colors, and I use them for the gym or under cardigans or pullovers. Built-in wireless shelf bra; no separate bra needed. Adjustable straps, scoop neck, slim fit, hits at the hip. One layer. All-day support.
💚 PACT is my favorite certified organic brand! It is GOTS-certified organic and fair trade!
🌿GOTS Certified Organic: which means they are made with certified organic cotton, which not only is safer for your skin but also saves water, power, and other resources during manufacturing. They can save up to 80% of water and power compared to conventional cotton. Plus, no pesticides or herbicides🌎
🌟Their cotton is superior, more resistant, and incredibly soft compared to conventional cotton! They offer a stylish collection of organic clothing, organic loungewear, organic sleepwear, and organic underwear! 👒 Their cotton will last you much longer than cheaper conventional cotton!
MATERIAL: 95% GOTS Certified Organic Cotton, 5% Elastane.
This organic tank top is made with certified organic cotton. A fitted cropped racerback with a built-in shelf bra for all-day support. 🌿GOTS Certified Organic: which means they are made with certified organic cotton, which not only is safer for your skin but also saves water, power, and other resources during manufacturing. They can save up to 80% of water and power compared to conventional cotton. Plus, no pesticides or herbicides 🌿Fair Trade factory: which means their workers are paid fairly and not taken advantage of, as we see in fast fashion brands; they squeeze their manufacturing costs in order to sell you their cheap clothing made with cheap, polluting materials and by underpaying their workers who have no choice! 🍃Once you try organic cotton, you won't go back! I just placed another order!!😉
MATERIAL: 90% Organic Cotton, 10% Spandex
💖Quince Organic Cotton Tank Tops are the most affordable options!
This organic tank top is made from 97% organic cotton 3% elastane
Organic Cotton Micro-Rib Tank Top. Made from lightweight organic cotton, it's breathable, soft, and so easy to wear. You'll soon figure out it's crazy versatile—perfect to wear alone or as a layering piece with your favorite cardis and blazers.
Certified by OEKO-TEX Standard 100 (Certificate Number: 2202033), which ensures that no hazardous substances are present
👉GOTS is still considered the gold standard, and OEKO-TEX is still a good option versus conventional cotton!
MATERIAL: 97% organic cotton 3% elastane
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