Everything the scan holds on this record, grouped by subject. Blue bars show how much information is held; they are not positive or negative scores. Fields with nothing behind them are counted, not listed.
Features
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Feature 1
Eileen Fisher makes its garments with responsibly sourced fibres including organic cotton, organic linen, TENCEL Lyocell, responsible wool with merino and recycled nylon. The TENCEL Lyocell used by Eileen Fisher comes from responsibly sourced trees and is produced in a closed-loop process where 99% of the solvents are recovered and reused. All cotton at Eileen Fisher is organic and certified to GOTS, and the brand is building towards Regenerative Organic Certified cotton, the highest verifiable cotton growing standard.
Feature 2
Eileen Fisher works with Fair Trade Certified factories, including PT Tainan and PT Ungaran Sari in Indonesia and Nobland Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City, and maps its supply chain from field to factory. Its full supplier list is published publicly by Eileen Fisher through the Open Apparel Registry.
Feature 3
Many garments in organic cotton, organic linen and recycled nylon are dyed by Eileen Fisher without hazardous chemicals, using less water and energy. Responsible dyeing at Eileen Fisher has met the bluesign standard since 2012.
Materials and composition
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H3 Q8: Materials (adapts to brand: 100% cotton? / where is the linen from? / hemp?)
What is Eileen Fisher made of?
Plant fibre %
52.6
Fibre Breakdown
203 (52.6%) 100% plant (organic/regenerative cotton, linen, hemp) | 67 (17.4%) plant + synthetic blend | 7 (1.8%) plant + semi-synthetic blend | 66 (17.1%) 100% synthetic | 30 (7.8%) 100% animal | 5 (1.3%) animal blend | 8 (2.1%) Other/Unclear (no stated composition)
Fibre Breakdown (table)
FibreStyles%Measure100% plant (organic/regenerative cotton, linen, hemp)20352.6%Naturalplant + synthetic blend6717.4%Syntheticplant + semi-synthetic blend71.8%Semi-synthetic100% synthetic6617.1%Synthetic100% animal307.8%Animalanimal blend51.3%AnimalOther/Unclear (no stated composition)82.1%Unclear
Other materials: origin
Uses leather, shearling, cashmere, alpaca, mohair and linen; some animal materials recycled/certified; specific origins not fully published
Products with no fibre list
11
Incomplete composition explanation
No incomplete percentage compositions were recorded.
Plant fibre percent
52.6
Key facts plant materials
Cotton, Linen
Key facts animal materials
Silk, Cashmere, Wool
Key facts chemical materials
Lyocell, Tencel, Viscose
Key facts organic materials
Organic Cotton, Organic Linen
Key facts synthetic materials
Elastane, Polyester, Spandex, Nylon
Materials used
Cotton, Linen, Silk, Cashmere
Scan result
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Scan note (above product table)
Provisional direct saved-SKU scan: 375 of 386 in-scope rows classified (97.2% coverage), 11 unresolved. Possible fully plant-SKU range 50.5-53.4% remains in score band 2/5. The saved export retains 386 row-level source URLs; this is not full-catalogue verified.
Score (1-5)
1
Score label
Low verified plant evidence
Total styles scanned
386
Last scanned
2026-08-04
Supply-chain summary
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.
Sourcing transparency score (1-5)
4
Full catalogue scan?
no
Publication status
direct_csv_provisional
Method version
Throne Standard direct CSV recalculation 2026.09
Worst-case complete result (%)
50.5
Best-case complete result (%)
53.4
Sustainability score
1
Key findings
Materials: Cotton, Linen, Silk, Cashmere
Made in: 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
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
Score status
verified
SKU scan date
2026-07-11
Health and safety
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H3 Q6: Is [Brand] non-toxic / PFAS-free?
Is Eileen Fisher non-toxic and safe for skin?
Certification
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H3 Q7: Is [Brand] GOTS / certified?
Is Eileen Fisher certified?
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100
Eileen Fisher is not OEKO-TEX certified as a company, but its fabric is OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified.
Other Certifications
Beyond OEKO-TEX, Eileen Fisher carries bluesign certification for safe chemistry, the Responsible Wool Standard for its wool and Regenerative Organic Certified for cotton, and uses Fair Trade Certified factories. Eileen Fisher has been a Certified B Corporation since 2016, recertifying every three years, and became a New York State Benefit Corporation in 2017.
Cotton: type / certification
GOTS-certified organic cotton; organic cotton and linen ~44% of production; some organic cotton flagged as fully traceable
Factory certifications
GOTS, RWS (Responsible Wool Standard), bluesign, LWG (leather), Fair Trade (20% of products made in Fair Trade-certified facilities in 2023); Higg FSLM required of suppliers
Key facts 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).
Sourcing and supply chain
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Fairtrade Source
Take-back source
Overall: where this info comes from
Traceability level
Cotton: country of origin
Ownership and legal entity
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Owner
Lisa Williams (Eileen Fisher Stepped Down From The Role Of Ceo In 2022) is the owner of Eileen Fisher.
Identity
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Brand name
Eileen Fisher
H3 Q1: Is [Brand] sustainable / ethical?
Is Eileen Fisher sustainable and ethical?
Answer 1
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
H3 Q2: Where is [Brand] made?
Where is Eileen Fisher made?
Answer 2
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.
H3 Q3: Who owns [Brand]?
Who owns Eileen Fisher?
Answer 3
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).
H3 Q4: Is [Brand] legit / worth it?
Is Eileen Fisher legit and worth it?
Answer 4
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).
H3 Q5: Is [Brand] fast fashion?
Is Eileen Fisher fast fashion?
Answer 5
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.
Answer 6
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..
Answer 7
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.
Methodology note (page footer)
How we scan. Every figure on this page comes from the Throne Standard scan: we read the fibre composition off each live product on the brand's own site, style by style, and count only single-fibre plant cloth (cotton, linen, hemp) as natural. Animal fibres such as wool, silk and cashmere and plastic-based synthetics such as polyester, nylon and elastane sit outside the plant-fibre figure, and regenerated fibres such as viscose, bamboo, modal and Tencel are counted as semi-synthetic. Percentages are calculated over the styles that state a composition; anything unlabelled is shown separately.
Answer 8
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.
Contact Email
experience@eileenfisher.com
Cotton: named farm / region / co-op
New Mexico (per secondary sources); EF maps a few farmers at farm level
Dye house: name + country
Published/mapped - traces 100% of Tier 1 and 2 including dyehouses
Brand site readable
yes
Recycled and circular
1 of 2
Energy, water and land
1 of 2
PFAS / durable water repellent
Unknown
Claims and evidence
7 of 17
Verified by
HTT research (brand policy pages)
Verification status
What this means
Excluded items
Why excluded
Excluded items
Place and access
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Location
Eileen Fisher are located in New York in United States.
Delivery and shipping
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Shipping
Free standard shipping and free returns are offered by Eileen Fisher on all Continental US orders, with no minimum order value required. Free returns from Eileen Fisher need no additional postage or insurance, and returns are accepted on unworn merchandise with original tags attached within 30 days of purchase.
Shipping International
Eileen Fisher clothing brand ships internationally via Global-e with all shipping, duties and taxes included at checkout; international returns accepted within 30 days though return shipping costs are the customer's responsibility.
Price and commerce
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Price tier
$$$
SKU count
386
Further detail
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Excerpt
Is Eileen Fisher a sustainable clothing brand? See the real fibre breakdown, plant, animal or synthetic, before you buy.
Country
United States
POC
Eileen Fisher clothing brand ownership is not identified as people of colour.
LGBT
Eileen Fisher was founded in 1984 by Eileen Fisher.
Woman Owned
Eileen Fisher clothing brand is a woman owned clothing brand.
GOTS
Eileen Fisher is not GOTS certified as a company, but uses GOTS certified organic cotton.
GOTS held by
na
OEKO-TEX held by
na
1% for the planet
Eileen Fisher clothing brand is not a member of 1% for the Planet.
Vegan
Eileen Fisher clothing brand is not a vegan clothing brand.
Report Post
61178
Clean & Safe: last checked
2026-07-29
Supplier disclosure
Full public list
Products found
12
Last checked
2026-09-26
Products in catalogue
11
Products read
11
Catalogue read %
100
How it was read
Throne identifies the eligible textile products in Eileen Fisher's catalogue, inspects each product for published material evidence and requires at least 20 scoreable textile SKUs before publishing a brand score. The score uses only products with enough published material information to classify. Brand non-disclosure and technical read failures are reported separately. Non-textile products are excluded rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
Website check
page identifies as Eileen Fisher and sells clothing (checked 2026-08-18)
Coverage method pre dash fix
Every product listed in the brand's live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually - from the product page, the store's own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage is published only when 100% of the catalogue has been read. Items with no clothing textile (gift cards, packaging, jewellery, homeware) are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
