For environmental cautious fashionistas - here is a great list of brands that respect both fairtrade standards and organic standards. It's a good way to start changing your shopping habits to support fairtrade, sweatshop-free conditions, and organic cotton that respects the earth.

Marks and Spencer - M+S are leading the way in fairtrade cotton. http://www.marksandspencer.com

American Apparel - made in LA and setting a standard for the US clothing industry. http://americanapparel.net/

People Tree - a pioneering company making their clothes in co-ops in the developing world. http://www.peopletree.co.uk/

Seasalt - a Cornish company making colorful organic clothing. http://www.seasaltcornwall.com/

THTC - The Hemp Trading Company. There are lots of good reasons why hemp is a great sustainable crop - it grows so fast it doesn’t give weeds a chance, it needs almost no pesticides, and can be grown on marginal land. http://www.tunghsin.com/

Kuyichi - streetwise organic denim, named after the Peruvian God of the rainbow, in case you were wondering. http://www.kuyichi.com/

Patagonia - outdoor and hiking company with a genuine passion for the environment. http://www.patagonia.com

Timberland - a bigger company taking responsibility, in a lumberjack kind of way. http://www.timberland.com

Equop - vote for your favorite t-shirt designs. http://www.equop.com/