Organic, Natural Wedding Dresses

Of course the best eco-move would be to use your mom's wedding dress (and pay someone to alter it, thus aiding a small business). Or get a funky dress from Goodwill or Value Village and have it altered. Fun stuff. You can also buy a recycled or industry-donated gown from BridesAgainstBreastCancer. But if you want to support the organic wedding dress industry, here are some leads from Treehugger.com and some of our own findings.

[Note: the expanded list now lives on agreenbride.com.

wholly-jo: Wholly Jo’s is an ethical wedding gown designer and dressmaker based in Uxbridge, West London. "We make our gowns from organic, fair trade and cruelty-free products. We use Peace Silks (vegetarian), and organic cotton and hemp fabrics".
Olivia Luca Olivia Luca in Portland, Oregon. "On our web site you can use our fun interactive tool to design your own dress and choose the fabric - for organic cotton, hemp/silk, and 100% silk wedding dresses". All locally sewn.
Rawganique : "Finest hemp linen fabric especially woven for the occasion. Made in Europe: no sweatshop, child labor, or underwaged labor. Designer styling: Fully & voluptuously lined all through with wild raw silk. Simple. Elegant. Utterly beautiful. Completely sustainable". note: Hemp Clothing & Organic Cotton Products created from clean energy on Mac core duo's using solar panels & wind generator, Denman Island, BC. Vegan owners.
"Conscious Clothing of Santa Fe has been making environmentally and ecologically-conscious hemp, hemp/silk and hemp/tencel bridal garments or wedding gowns for environmentally-aware people".
taralynnstudio.com Since 1999 Tara Lynn has been designing custom hemp wedding gowns of 100% hemp or hemp and silk blends that look and feel luxurious". Vermont.
Threadheadcreations Threadhead Creations is proud to produce a high-quality line of eco-friendly wedding dresses. All of our green wedding dresses are made by hand in east Tennessee by the designer. Our dresses are crafted exclusively of natural fibers including hemp, organic cotton, peace silk and bamboo.