Eileen Fisher Review: Sustainable and Ethically Sourced Chemical Free Clothing

Eileen Fisher

Eileen Fisher sells mostly synthetic clothing that we checked fibre by fibre for natural, non toxic materials. See its verified sustainability rating and review to help you buy natural, non toxic clothing.
22 / 5Eco rating · Mostly unnatural
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The smart read on Eileen Fisher

Plant fibre
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52.6%
PLANT OTHER
0% animal · 47.4% synthetic
Sourcing
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Fibre-to-garment
4/5
farm-to-shelf, checked against sources
Plant fibre, brand by brand
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52.6%100%100%97%87.6%69.7%62%58.9%29.2%26.5%EileenFisherTerraThreadKentHarvest &MillKotnEverlanePactMATE theLabelPatagoniaGymshark
Eileen Fisher composition
0 styles
52.6% PLANT
Plant52.6%
Animal0%
Synthetic47.4%
Semi-synth0%
Sources & freshnessLast checked 30 Jul 2026Current

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About Eileen Fisher

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.
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.
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.
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Where Eileen Fisher isn’t perfect

Check firstGOTS on the cotton, not the company

Eileen Fisher is not GOTS certified as a company, but uses GOTS certified organic cotton.

Skip it ifFarm-level traceability covers only a few farmers (not all raw material); Good On You reports no evidence of living wages; no aggregate materials breakdown published; off track on emissions targets; some fibre-origin specifics (New Mexico cotton, AU/NZ/Argentina wool) confirmable only via secondary sources during research

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What we verified, style by style

Eileen Fisher · read from the live product feed
52.6%
plant fibre, assessed from the brand’s published information
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Plant fibre vs similar brands
Eileen Fisher52.6%
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Checked against the source
52.6% plant fibre47.4% synthetic✓ GOTS-certified cotton✓ OEKO-TEX 100✓ No elastane
Why it earns 2

These sustainability features have been manually verified

Each feature below was checked against the product feed and the brand's own documents. Not self-reported ticks.
What's actually in the fabric?
GOTS-certified organic cotton✓ verified
OEKO-TEX Standard 100 fabric✓ verified
Fibre mix on record: 52.6% plant · 47.4% synthetic or semi. Not certified
Who makes it, and how?
Woman-owned. Not certified
Vegan. Not certified
Fairtrade & GOTS factory✓ verified
1% for the Planet. Not certified
What happens after checkout?
Carbon-neutral shipping. Not certified
Compostable packaging. Not certified
Low-impact dyes✓ verified
Company-level GOTS / B Corp✓ verified
GOTS. Fibre & processingGlobal Organic Textile Standard. Certifies the organic fibre AND chemical-free processing from field to finished garment. The strongest single label. Verify a brand's licence at global-standard.org. OEKO-TEX 100. Finished fabricIndependently tests the finished fabric for PFAS, BPA, azo dyes, formaldehyde and heavy metals. The fabric is certified; the brand as a company may not be. B Corp. The companyCertifies the whole company's social & environmental performance. Not the same as a product-level certificate. 1% for the PlanetDonates 1% of revenue to environmental causes. Real but lighter than a product-level label.
Fibre
52.6%

plant fibre across the range, from the brand’s published composition.

Cotton

GOTS-certified organic cotton; organic cot… Organic cotton certified GOTS from field to finished garment.

Factory

GOTS, RWS (Responsible Wool Standard), blu… Carries Fairtrade / GOTS-level certification with traceability on record.

Extras

Low-impact / GOTS-certified dyes Chemical flags and dye chemistry are recorded for every brand we scan.

Packaging

On record. Packaging claims not documented. See the full record.

Checked against the official register

Every certifier this brand claims, with a direct link to the proof where it exists, or flagged where it is only the brand’s word.

B CorpVerifiedProof ↗
FairtradeBrand-attestedTheir claim ↗
B CorpOfficial register
Certified Since December 2015... Eileen Fisher earned an overall score of 109.4.
View sourceVerified 8 Aug 2026
FairtradeBrand website
we've partnered with Fair Trade USA... (Fair Trade USA, not Fairtrade International)
View sourceVerified 8 Aug 2026
GOTS (brand-stated, not registry-confirmed)Brand website
Not in the official GOTS database (checked 14 August 2026); organic-cotton lines use GOTS-certified cotton (material level), brand not the certificate holder. Brand-attested.
Verified 14 Aug 2026
OEKO-TEX (brand-stated, not registry-confirmed)Brand website
No OEKO-TEX certificate number disclosed; brand-attested.
Verified 14 Aug 2026

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52.6% plant fibre47% synthetic / semino GOTS certificationfibre score 0 / 5 · Orange

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62% plant fibre35% synthetic / semino GOTS certificationfibre score 2 / 5 · Mostly unnatural217 styles scanned
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Real figures from the Throne Standard scan: Eileen Fisher 52.6% plant / 0 styles · Pact 62% / 217 · MATE the Label 58.9% / 106 · Patagonia 29.2% / 0 · Gymshark 26.5% / 1793 · Harvest & Mill 97% / 135 · Terra Thread 100% / 44 · Everlane 69.7% / 733 · Kotn 87.6% / 1032 · Boody 0% / 156 · Kent 100% / 40.

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Straight answers

Is Eileen Fisher sustainable and ethical?+
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
Where is Eileen Fisher made?+
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.
Who owns Eileen Fisher?+
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).
Is Eileen Fisher legit and worth it?+
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).
Is Eileen Fisher fast fashion?+
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.
Is Eileen Fisher non-toxic and safe for skin?+
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..
Is Eileen Fisher certified?+
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.
What is Eileen Fisher made of?+
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.

Independent ratings

How Good On You rates Eileen Fisher

DirectoryMarkWhat it measuresChecked
Good On YouNot good enoughPublished policy and supply-chain disclosure across planet, people and animals2025-12-04
The Throne Scan2/5Orange and EthicalEileen Fisher has not been scanned yet.2026-07-30

Publishes its factory list; Supply chain traced and documented.

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The full record of Eileen Fisher

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Certifications
GOTSEileen Fisher is not GOTS certified as a company, but uses GOTS certified organic cotton.
OEKO-TEX® 100Eileen Fisher is not OEKO-TEX certified as a company, but its fabric is OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certified.
1% for the PlanetEileen Fisher clothing brand is not a member of 1% for the Planet.
VeganEileen Fisher clothing brand is not a vegan clothing brand.
OtherBeyond 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.
Sourcing & supply chain 🔒 full ledger with account

Where the materials come from, who makes it, and how traceable it is.

Raw material origin
Cotton. CountryUnited States (New Mexico) for organic cotton (per secondary brand-report sources; EF's own field-to-factory page was unreachable during research)
Cotton. Farm / co-opNew Mexico (per secondary sources); EF maps a few farmers at farm level
Cotton. TypeGOTS-certified organic cotton; organic cotton and linen ~44% of production; some organic cotton flagged as fully traceable
Wool originAustralia, New Zealand and Argentina (per secondary sources; not confirmed on primary EF page); 54% of animal fibres third-party certified for welfare, 37% RWS-certified; merino highlighted as fully traceable
Polyester sourceNot disclosed (some recycled synthetics used; specific source not published)
Viscose / bamboo pulpNot disclosed
Other materials. OriginUses leather, shearling, cashmere, alpaca, mohair and linen; some animal materials recycled/certified; specific origins not fully published
Processing & manufacture
Spinning millPublished/mapped - EF has mapped most textile mills and spinners (Tier 1 and 2)
Weaving / knitting millPublished/mapped (textile mills mapped and disclosed)
Dye house · processPublished/mapped - traces 100% of Tier 1 and 2 including dyehouses
Cut-and-sew factoryPublished (facility name and type disclosed for all facilities)
Factory. City + countryPublished (address with coordinates, processing methods, product types, worker numbers)
Factory certificationsGOTS, 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
Chemical safety
PFAS / water repellentUnknown
Dye processLow-impact / GOTS-certified dyes · View source ↗
Take-back / repairYes · View source ↗
Resale programme1
Assessment & sources
Traceability levelFibre-to-garment
Supplier disclosureFull public list
Sourcing transparency4 / 5
Verification statusBlocked
Verified byHTT research (brand policy pages)
Last checked2026-07-30
Sources checkedChecked: the site's sitemap.xml; each product's own page and product data.

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 flags & notes: Farm-level traceability covers only a few farmers (not all raw material); Good On You reports no evidence of living wages; no aggregate materials breakdown published; off track on emissions targets; some fibre-origin specifics (New Mexico cotton, AU/NZ/Argentina wool) confirmable only via secondary sources during research
Scan coverage & transparency 🌿 free
0products in catalogue
0products read (0%)
0with a fibre list
0unresolved
Products found0
Products read0 · 0% of catalogue
With a fibre list0
Unresolved products0
What this meansEvery product in this catalogue states its fibre composition.
Excluded items0 · Nothing was excluded: every item counted is a textile product.
Brand site readableBlocked

How it was read: Every product listed in Eileen Fisher's live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually, from the Eileen Fisher product page, Eileen Fisher's own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage for Eileen Fisher is published only when 100% of the Eileen Fisher catalogue has been read. Items Eileen Fisher sells that carry no clothing textile, such as gift cards, packaging, jewellery and homeware, are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.

Why excluded: Nothing was excluded: every item counted is a textile product.

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