The Simple Folk
July 18, 2026
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The Simple Folk sustainability review: the real plant fibre percentage and natural score, tested by label to the Throne Standard. See the data.
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| Brand | 0Eileen FisherYou’re viewing |
5The Simple Folk | 5Where Does It Come From? | 5Momotaro Jeans | ＋ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fibre score | 0 / 5 | 5 / 5 | 5 / 5 | 5 / 5 | |
| Plant fibre | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Synthetic | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Styles scanned | 0 | 116 | 89 | 44 | |
| GOTS | Yes | — | — | — | |
| Cotton origin | United States (New Mexico)… | Not disclosed | India | Zimbabwe (many flagship models… |
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Eileen Fisher is one of the deeper-tracing US brands: it publicly discloses 100% of its Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers (garment factories, textile mills, spinners, dyehouses) on Open Supply Hub with facility name, coordinates, processing methods, product types and worker numbers, and has mapped a few raw-material farmers. Its organic cotton (reportedly New Mexico) and merino wool (reportedly Australia/New Zealand/Argentina) are highlighted as fully traceable, backed by GOTS, RWS and bluesign certifications. Eileen Fisher’s transparency is strong on sourcing, though Good On You rates it ‘Not good enough’ overall on account of labour and wage gaps rather than traceability.
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Documented facts: Eileen Fisher holds verifiable third-party certifications (B Corp, Fair Trade USA factories, bluesign dyehouses, GOTS organic cotton, OEKO-TEX), publishes a searchable factory/supplier list, participates in supply-chain assessment tools (Higg FSLM), and runs the well-documented Renew circular program with published annual return figures. These are audited or independently verifia
Eileen Fisher garments are manufactured through a global network of partner factories, principally in China (including much of its silk and knitwear), as well as the United States, Vietnam, Indonesia and other countries, with textile mills, spinners and dyehouses across multiple regions. Eileen Fisher publishes a searchable supplier/factory list (via the Open Apparel Registry / Open Supply Hub) as part of its supply-chain transparency work, a level of disclosure that is verifiable and relatively uncommon in the industry.
Eileen Fisher (EILEEN FISHER, INC.) is an independent, privately held American women's clothing company founded in 1984 by designer Eileen Fisher, with headquarters in Irvington, New York. It has no parent company; instead it is partly employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) begun in 2005-2006, with founder Eileen Fisher retaining roughly a 60% stake and employees holding around 40%. The company is a New York State Benefit Corporation (since 2017).
Eileen Fisher is a real, currently-trading legitimate business, not defunct. It is an established U.S. fashion company operating since 1984, actively selling a Spring/Summer 2026 collection, running dozens of retail and outlet stores across the US, Canada and the UK plus its Renew resale stores, and maintaining active e-commerce sites (eileenfisher.com and eileenfisherrenew.com).
Eileen Fisher is a slow-fashion brand, not fast fashion. It is built around a small, timeless core range designed for longevity rather than rapid trend turnover, and it operates one of the fashion industry's earliest brand-led take-back and resale programs, Renew (launched 2009), which has collected over three million garments for repair, resale or donation. Industry reporting explicitly frames the company as having resisted the fast-fashion model over its 40+ year history.
Certifications: Eileen Fisher is a Certified B Corporation (first certified in 2015, recertified multiple times including 2024, roughly a decade of continuous certification) and a New York State Benefit Corporation. Its manufacturing includes Fair Trade USA certified factories (three factories as of 2023, with the company reporting expansion since). It uses bluesign-certified dyehouses/mills (it was an early U.S. adopter of bluesign), organic cotton certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), and OEKO-TEX certified materials; it has also introduced Regenerative Organic Certified cotton. Not every product carries every certification. European Flax certification for its linen is not clearly documented, so treat that specific certification as Not publicly documented..
Eileen Fisher holds the following certifications: Eileen Fisher is a Certified B Corporation (first certified in 2015, recertified multiple times including 2024, roughly a decade of continuous certification) and a New York State Benefit Corporation. Beyond any paper certification, our scan of 386 Eileen Fisher styles found 52.6% is 100% plant fibre, which is the measurable material fact behind Eileen Fisher's claims.
The most common fibres in the Eileen Fisher styles we read were cotton and linen. That composition is the measurable fact behind what Eileen Fisher is made of, so check the specific Eileen Fisher label for any individual piece.
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