Faherty

Faherty Brand locations within ten miles of 06820

• Nordstrom at the SoNo Collection, 100 N Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854 (3 miles away)
• Family Britches, 99 Main Street, New Canaan, CT 06840 (4 miles away)
• Mitchells, 670 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880 (8 miles away)
• Richards, 359 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06820 (9 miles away)
• Faherty Greenwich, 120 Greenwich Avenue. Greenwich, CT 06830 (9 miles away)

What they sell:

Women’s, men’s, and kids’ casual clothing. The aesthetic is a relaxed coastal style.

What we like about Faherty’s Sustainability Efforts

1. Transitioning to more environmentally friendly materials and fabrics
2. Prioritization of sourcing packaging and paper that reduces harmful environmental and social impact
3. Quality guarantee and repairs
4. Peer-to-peer resale platform

Fabric and Materials

Conventionally produced materials and fabrics consume more water, energy, and other natural resources than preferred materials, which are considered environmentally less harmful. The chemicals used to treat conventional materials harm the environment, factory workers, and consumers. More information can be found on the Textile Exchange site.

Faherty increases its use of preferred materials every year. Its collections use GOTs-certified organic cotton, Tencel ™ Lyocell, Tencel ™ Ecovero, traceable cashmere, linen, and recycled polyester.

Packaging

Packaging clothes either when they are shipped or put in a bag for you when you leave a store is not the sexiest part of the fashion value chain, but it is an important one. Canopy reports that 3.4 billion trees are cut down annually to produce paper, packaging, and fabrics such as rayon and viscose. Many of these materials are being cut down illegally from ancient and endangered forests. To help conserve these ecosystems, Faherty is now working to source only from areas managed and certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification system. In 2021, Faherty converted 85% of their bags to FSC-certified, recyclable paper instead of traditional plastic polyester.

Quality Guarantee, Alterations and Hemming

An unofficial mantra within the sustainable fashion movement is ‘buy less, but better.’ Fast fashion has created a cycle of waste. Inexpensive and poorly made clothes often don’t survive a single wash cycle and are tossed out with the trash. If an item of clothing is beyond repair, please clean it and find a textile recycling drop-off location.

To combat the ‘take, make, waste’ cycle perpetuated by poorly made clothes and low prices, consider the following when looking at a brand’s sustainability efforts:

• An emphasis on well-made products
• A quality guarantee
• An offer of alterations and repairs
• A means of selling your preloved clothes

Faherty checks all of these boxes and is committed to creating a high-quality product with the best materials, and they back that promise with a quality guarantee. They offer complimentary hemming on pants, jumpsuits, and sleeve alterations on some shirts. To keep their garments out of landfills and in your closet, they also provide complimentary repairs to extend the lifespan of their clothes. They will repair torn seams, holes, broken or missing buttons, and fix zipper issues. * A local tailor can also help with these repairs, which may be easier and faster.

Peer-to-peer Resale

In June 2023, the company launched “Second Wave,’ a peer-to-peer resale platform for your no longer wanted or needed Faherty clothes. Resale platforms are having a moment. Companies like Thredup, The Real Real, Vestiaire Collective, and Poshmark have been around for a while, but now individual brands are launching proprietary sites. (See our resale directory for companies that have expanded into the space.)
Resale advocates hope buying ‘preloved’ clothes will change shopping habits and check the industry’s wasteful overproduction problem. Critics say it is too early to tell whether resale will result in the manufacturing of fewer products or simply enabling additional consumption through a new marketing channel. This is important because if brands aren’t reducing production, an unintended consequence of resale will be continued growth and more significant emissions from the industry. Most of the fashion industry’s emissions come from upstream activities, such as materials production, preparation, and processing, when new products are made.

If you want to learn more about Faherty’s sustainability efforts, you can find information on their website.

Additional information:

Good On You Directory Faherty – Rating as of Nov 2023 “It’s a Start”